Airtel Fiber Review

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Last week I took Airtel Xtreme fiber connection and after using 7-8 days, today I will try to make a detail review on this and also I will make short comparison with Jio fiber which I was using since last 3 years.

Plan: ₹999+GST
Speed: 200 Mbps
I have shared the plan details below, please take a look.

🔰 First come to the installation process. Installation charge is ₹1000 but you can get it free if you subscribed for 3 months advance rental plan. On boarding procedure is same as Jio and completely online. You will get the connection within 24 hours. Connection type is postpaid by default but you can convert it to prepaid after 3 months. Alternatively you can ask Airtel sales person to give you prepaid connection.

🔰 The ONT Router that Airtel provides is just normal and most likely cheap Chinese made, just like Jio. I asked them to give Nokia or Siemens router but they replied that Airtel currently giving these routers only. Router firmware is completely locked and you can't make any changes like Jio.

But the most interesting part is if you have a good router then you can connect through Bridge mode and use your own router instead of Airtel's cheap one. I think this is the most preferable point to opt Airtel instead of Jio because Jio still not supports Bridge mode.

I will post detail guide how to activate the bridge mode in Airtel soon. In Bridge mode you will really get rid of double DHCP and NAT, also reduce the latency.

🔰 Like Jio, Airtel also have no caching speed, you will get full bandwidth domestic or International as per plan. But I have seen at least 10%-15% more bandwidth than Jio.

🔰 Let's come to the most important part that is latency. If I compare with Jio, latency is less in Airtel, maybe the reason that Airtel supports Bridge mode, they have moderate NAT etc. However I got average 20-24ms ping in BGMI while playing from mobile and 40-52 MS ping in PC(BlueStack). As per my opinion Airtel is better in gaming than Jio.

🔰 About the OTT package, if you take Airtel Xtreme Box then you will get free DTH connection with 350 live channels and also the OTT content as per plan. You can play the OTT subscription in any supported device by login with your RMN, Jio also have the same feature.

Now come to the conclusion, if you are a gamer and latency matters then I must say you go with Airtel, otherwise both Airtel and Jio have almost same to same in each and every aspect. One more thing I would like to add, recently Jio launched their new plans which will give a strong competition to Airtel.

Thanks for reading. If you have any opinion you can comment below.
 
@Lolita_Magnum caching is storage of contents which are repeatidly downloaded by isp's users ( torrents , big video files , Google peering , Facebook peering).
Usually local isp used to provide higher speeds for such contents as they didn't had to pay for bandwidth fees for them.
 
Entertainment Pack is 1099/-+GST what I am paying to Airtel which includes ₹413 worth of channels, I have activated Hindi Mega Hd which includes almost all channels (English HD Movies and Ent too, all Sports channels) which cost me additional ₹177 including GST.
So for 1473 I am getting 200 Mbps Broadband and almost all HD channels (excluding regional)

Hope this helps!!
 
@igloo @armaan_99 Airtel Black DTH bill is messed up. Make sure you verify what is the actual plan cost. They put some additional usage in the DTH and fails to put the Black discount.
I am on a Airtel Black plan of 899rs in which I get 2 sim + 1 DTH.
I can have 413rs. (GST included) worth of TV channels and this should cost me 336rs. only after the Black discount. My actual DTH channel cost is 395rs. Instead of making the amount less. they put 51rs. of additional charges and do not provide the discount. Every month I had to fight with several people and make them understand the issue. Every time they say this would be resolved from next month. But doesn't happen.

So make sure you check your bill, especially DTH.
 
I am using from past 9 months and dint face any billing issue till now.

@igloo i have taken a plan which is 469/- per month with NCF it comes to 590/- per month, in which I get 413 black discount hence I pay 177 extra.
 
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@imdarkray Well you made me conscious to check my bill, I received my bill yesterday and it was 1493.28 and not as per my calculation 1473, on closing looking at all the bill details found the DTH bill per month is 30 days and the last month was of 31 days and I have been charged accordingly(+1day) not sure if they can do it, but went against getting in to cc for 1 day extra charge.
 
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