Lucknow people need help - Jio Fibre vs Airtel xstream Fibre

[Xposed]

No such problem faced by me

 

[rajil.s]

Lucknow user chiming in. Use both Airtel and Act in a load balancing setup.

Stay away from Jio. There are better options in Lucknow.

 

[Xyphoros]

@lucifer I don’t see any issue

Windows cmd can't detect the packet loss. Try with MTR
Also try dowloading this file. Let it download for a few minutes. After the initial burst, it drops to 1 MBps.

 

[mayanksingh24]

@mayanksingh24 You should take Airtel and not jio.
Since you zoom (you didn’t tell that in your chat) the speed to international servers of jio is very slow and the latency is high so your video calling will suffer. Our mam also took jio fiber 100 Mbps one (Still there is a lot of delay in what she says and most of the time it shows poor network connection (red signal).

@Gaurav_add where do you reside? Per Jio reviews, I think latency issue is area specific. My folks in Lucknow and Gurugram do not have similar issues, while for some others, this is a real big issue. FYI, I use Microsoft Team's for calls.

 

[mayanksingh24]

Lucknow user chiming in. Use both Airtel and Act in a load balancing setup.

Stay away from Jio. There are better options in Lucknow.

Thanks for chiming in. Both Airtel and Act will be costly for me, especially that I would have to go to Gurugram in another 4-6 months for my regular office work. Btw, which are other better options (Tachon, Sikka, Exitel)
Anyone having Airtel connection here, where junction box is 150-200 mtrs away and connection comes through that long drop cables? My research indicates Airtel installs boxes on road facing locations and provide cables for interior locations.

 

[rajil.s]

I have Airtel, they pulled a fiber to the house.
I dont understand why you are worrying about Airtels box.

Tachyon is not reliable, the connection goes down often.

 

[mayanksingh24]

@rajil.s I am not worried, but skeptical about Airtel as I have burned my hands with their copper infrastructure. Since I have other options (Jio, ACT which I am already using), better be investigative rather than singing with the "Airtel is the best" chorus. Broadband switching costs aren't huge, but the hassles it entails (wiring, power supply, repeater configuration) makes you think twice. User experiences from friends and family using Jio in Lucknow isn't bad, and the infrastructure they have provided in my area is miles more futuristic than Airtel. Network latency is a bit of issue, probably because they are expanding at a vigorous pace; once expansion stabilizes, I am sure they will improve their backend and servers. Jio's greatest strength is being prepaid, pay when you want to, change plan in any month based on your requirements.

 

[rajil.s]

You are the best judge of your needs.

On a technical level, Jio is an inferior offering to Airtel and ACT. You can search in the forums on why that is so.

 

[Gaurav_add]

@mayanksingh24 Take sikka broadband 499 one I have it for almost three years. Almost no downtime.

 

[mayanksingh24]

I wanted to confirm the latency issue from Jio hence tested it at 7 PM on 12 Oct 2020 along with ACT pings (ACT is the one with CloudPing written on it). Both connection are 100 mbps, at 2.4 ghz and ACT connection in on a range extender wifi. Given the peak time, latency were higher for both of them, but not too different. Any Airtel user can sent screenshot from cloudping.info in similar settings at peak time would be helpful. I know location is also a factor, so any Airtel Fibre Lucknow user here with the info?