Airtel Landline Voice Only Plan

[igloo]

I think Airtel BB is pending tariff review as jio prime recharge are cheaper which may happen in next 4-5months.

As i m getting prime for jiofi2 device with 499 recharge + (this Airtel BB with 19GB + 50GB addon).

I'll try to use Jio 499 2GB/day for most of needs and see how much is used by family members on airtel & accordingly get addon deactivated.

 

[Sushubh]

yup. i was told that the cheapest landline plan was 699 and it did not even have unlimited calling. lol. i am sure by six months, landline plans should become cheaper. if not, i would dump airtel.

 

[wecaz]

Hello from 'the same boat'.
I am moving to another place where Airtel provides just 2Mbps plan. I should disconnect Airtel, but I am using unlimited voice calling feature. I have also invested in Cordless Landline phone set. Even if I get Broadband from another company, I may want to keep Airtel for unlimited calling and backup internet connection. Same as Sushubh's case!!

What minimum rental I can have with Airtel?

Currently I have following plan:
1299 Rental for Airtel-UL-Zoom 1299 75GB COMBO
200 VDSL Modem Rental
75GB plan data
5 GB Airtel MyHome data
5 GB Airtel Surprise data
15 GB Retention data

 

[Sushubh]

best is to get the cheapest broadband plan.
apply for disconnection.
get the retention department.
get them to offer 50% discount.
win.

i am supposed to get the same 50% discount on my next bill for the next six months. remains to be seen.

 

[wecaz]

Cheapest plan I know is of Rs. 899.
Which one have you got?

 

[Sushubh]

same. but with additional shit. 99 for calls, 99 for static ip. but should get 50% off for next six months so around 550 bucks plus taxes.

 

[wecaz]

Ok. Talked to Airtel.
After moving the connection to the new address, I need to call them back and I will get 899 plan with 50% rental discount for 6 months. I will loose both "5 GB Airtel Surprise data" and "15 GB Retention data".

But they will continue charging me 200/month for VDSL modem even after providing 2Mbps speed.

 

[Sushubh]

no option to downgrade back to adsl?

might be better to get a gsm capable landline type device and get one of the sim with unlimited calling. would have been nice if jio had launched such models... would have been great to have unlimited calling for just 150 rupees per month.

 

[igloo]

Get second hand adsl modem from ebay for Rs.500+ , sell that vdsl for Rs.2k+ (vdsl modem are very costly in market currently).

My friend is on 499 plan with unlimited calls + 60GB(+12GB ret + surprise). You need to be firm on disconnection to get plan like this.
Never got charged for that Rs.200 vdsl rental.

 

[wecaz]

Thanks, @igloo
I already have an old ADSL modem lying around somewhere in the house. I can find it.

I was not sure that VDSL modem is my property, and I can sell it. Out of the box thinking !!!