BSNL Broadband has increased FUP data limit to 7.5TB

[Kyle Crane]

honestly, this is something which jio or airtel should've done first
and the even after if someone uses up 7.5TB a month
post FUP its 35mbps
that's a lot of speed after FUP

idk how bsnl's fiber is like but I'm definitely happy to see their plans have generous amount of data

 

[Kyle Crane]

 

[akshay71]

No one else will bother to increase their FUP. Unless Jio increases FUP on their plans, copycats and industry laggards like Airtel/TataPlay/You/Excitel/Act will not do a damn thing.

 

[Deleted member 87056]

Average monthly data usage for a family hovers around 400-800GB even if you stream 4K content on multiple devices. Even a power user who downloads content/games won't be able to cross the standard FUP limit of 3.3TB even if one is hosting a file server/NAS. Increasing the FUP limit makes very little sense for ISPs on all their plans, they would have a much more accurate data of how much data is consumed by their customers.
BSNL is known to have very bad routing and connection quality, goes down quite often or there is speed drop. Even if one goes for a 500 Mbps plan from BSNL(which no one in their right minds would do unless they don't have any other option), they won't be able to hit the given FUP limit even if they want to.
Afaik excitel doesn't have any FUP but it comes with a cost of poor internet, bad routing etc. If one just wants crazy download speeds for less money, sure excitel is the way to go but most of the users who are students, families, working professionals, content creators or elderly citizens would value connection quality and uptime over higher FUP. Most of them won't even cross 1TB of data usage.

We all have seen the abuse of free and unlimited internet in 2016 when Jio was launched. Sure there were good sides to it but providing too much data would just increase the misuse of it at some point. In my opinion ISPs should launch a booster pack for extra data let's say 1TB for a price if someone crosses the 3.3TB FUP limit.

 

[Kyle Crane]

I think we need to get out of this mentality that oh 1TB is enough

Dude all the western nations have like truly unlimited data
Same for east as well

 

[Deleted member 87056]

Yeah I get your point but the cost of wired Fiber internet in the US is much more than in India. As per a quick google search, it costs around 50$ for a 100 Mbps wired fiber internet, again it may be more or less depending upon the provider and location. In India it's around 9-12$ in tier-1 cities. Even if you factor in purchasing power parity, the cost is significantly higher.
Again, ISPs could launch two plans for the same speed, one with an standard FUP and one without FUP for a premium price for those who really need it.

 

[Kyle Crane]

I’m nowhere in economics but why can’t they just scale up?

More customers? Easy to sustain I guess

 

[Deleted member 87056]

Assuming that by scale up you mean expanding their infra in order to serve more customers, well both airtel and jio are already doing that. We have seen a decline in after sales support from almost all major ISPs after they shifted their focus from providing quality connection to expanding and capturing more cities hence more customers. From a business point of view it may seem a good idea but Indian consumers want everything, they want low prices with discounts and top notch services at the same time.
Idk about Jio but Airtel is clearly not able to handle the surge in number of customers with all their gimmicky Airtel Black marketing. Their CC support has declined after 2022. I believe they were just burning the cash which they raised in investment rounds in order to expand across the country via LCO model(in tier-3 cities).
So maybe more customers means better business and more money in the long run but would they be able to maintain the quality? I hardly think so.

 

[Kyle Crane]

Interesting
Airtel does feel like a premium player out of all
Jio has mediocre services
Hathway is awful (customer care)

Local isp not a good experience too

 

[JB701]

I think if India wants to improve its internet, more state investment is necessary.

Also, US doesn't have the best internet with a few exceptions, Chattanooga Municipal Broadband being one.

And India's purchasing power is very low. It is the reason why Indian consumers are seen as "wanting everything". Even now, only 10% of Indians have wired internet, and that isn't going to improve unless purchasing power of bottom 80% increases or if the state subsidizes it.