Airtel V-Fiber (VDSL) - Link Drop & Other Issues [HELP]

[Karan]

They are more likely laying fiber to feed newer/existing remotes for V-Fiber, just bolstering up their existing network for higher speeds and the eventual load it will create in your area.

 

[warpspeed]

^True. They are laying fiber cables here in Chennai as well but it's fiber only till distribution box and copper from there.

 

[cooltexas60s]

@manojrk. what you are saying doesn't make sense. Why would somebody lay fibre till junction box and lay copper from their to modem. FTTH doesn't work on this makeshift arrangement. FTTH comes with fibre till electrically operated OMU and then three line are spliced to Telephone, Television and internet modem

 

[Karan]

@cooltexas60s : The distribution box term he is using is what airtel calls it, it actually is a remote terminal for VDSL, it is fed from airtel's end via a fiber, from there to your house it uses the traditional twisted pair copper cable aka telephone wire. You are not the only one being served by it. hence keeps the cost of intial setup low

Airtel does FTTH only in apartment complexes where the density of people is much higher to offset the cost of setting up the network. In traditional housing colonies they are deploying v-fiber which is just their terminolgy for VDSL to make it sound cool.

 

[warpspeed]

@cooltexas60s Sorry for the vague reply. Karan explained it better. Remote DSLAMs are now being placed in the street cabinets since VDSL works better on short distance. True FTTH i.e. fiber cable terminating at your home is only for Apartment complexes.

 

[4uziaul]

The more appropriate term for this would be FTTC or Fiber to the Cabinet/Curb and from there they use twisted pair or better known as telephone wires, like Karan said. It's just Airtel's own terminology and making it sound all cool with term v-fiber.

 

[cooltexas60s]

But if Fibre is not terminated till home and twisted cable is used then speeds will be limited like upto 100mbps. Not sure if they can give upto 1 gbps through vdsl route. this is sham, if now they r putting infra for 100mbps then when will they prepare for 1gig.?

 

[Karan]

Yes, that is the issue, airtel is just milking the existing last mile copper infra for as long as they can. Airtel is a company that waits for others to create competition and then responds accordingly. They have never taken the lead in stirring things up.

 

[cooltexas60s]

So today, even Jio digged and laid Fibre in my lane in addition to Airtel which did last weak. But, to my disappointment it was meant for Jio towers en route to our next area and not for jio fibenet. But contractor mentioned that they r laying 3 conduits and only 1 will be utilised now and after 2-3 months, they will lay Jio fibre in entire area. Not sure how true was he!!! But any body witnessing fibre laying by jio for Broadband purpose? Pls contribute...

 

[warpspeed]

My line rates are now capped at 45/10 Mbps so getting only 41 Mbps. Used to get 50 Mbps consistently when the line rates were 65/10.