Airtel Xstream Fiber speed issues

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Dear All,

I am located in South Delhi, Lajpat Nagar and I recently got upgraded to Airtel Xstream Fiber 300Mbps plan with unlimited download top up.

Since day 1 I have been getting speed issues where during the day speed fluctuates between 60 - 170 Mbps on WiFi and I have seen 300 Mbps only twice and that too at like 6AM in the morning. Yes I am using the 5GHz WiFi option and this connection is through Airtel directly and NO local cable operator involved.

When I spoke to the guy who did the installation he claimed that this is how Airtel Fiber is and even if I pay for 1Gbps this is the best I would get which is total nonsense.

Anyways I have spoken to customer care and they raised a ticket and closed it on their own without doing anything.

Now after discussion with the area manager he is willing to change my router to the Nokia device (earlier it was Huawei) to check if it’s the router has problems.

Can you guys please advise/suggest what should I be doing to sort out these speed issues. I have been checking speed on all sorts of latest devices at home including iPad Pro, iPhone pro MacBook etc. all of them show maximum 170 Mbps however upload is always above 300Mbps.

Really sick and tired of this pathetic service and I’m on the verge of disconnecting it, would really appreciate some help. Thanks


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@mayank yadav @Aakash Malhotra @JB700 @MadAxe @ashu.nift

I couldn’t do speed tests via Ethernet cable earlier as I’m using a MacBook that doesn’t have a port finally I was able to get hold of a laptop and I did several speed tests by connecting through Ethernet cable and mostly the speed was coming at 300 Mbps+ (Which is my plan) sorry couldn’t take screenshots as the laptop wasn’t mine and mostly ping was between 3 - 5 ms.

guys please advise what to do next. Airtel people have no clue what to do and mostly everyone has given up....
 
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Told ya bud, Ethernet is the most reliable medium. WiFi can be unreliable sometimes.

Can you tell the wifi link speed you get on your laptop while connected by wifi?

Here is how to do it:
 
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if speeds over ethernet are always 300Mbps, irrespective of time of day, then airtel is fulfilling their promise. no isp promises speed over wifi. the service that you pay for is for ethernet connection and tested on isp's own server.

you can pester airtel for a replacement ont/router. if they refuse to do it then there is nothing that you can do about it apart from getting your own wifi router.
 
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Told ya bud, Ethernet is the most reliable medium. WiFi can be unreliable sometimes.

Can you tell the wifi link speed you get on your laptop while connected by wifi?

Here is how to do it:

@JB700
the WiFi link speed on MacBook is 300Mbps
on my phone it’s 580 Mbps

all devices are showing similar results on the Ookla speed test app 130 - 150 Mbps including the new iPad Pro
 
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