Does Airtel provide free WIFI router to existing customers having 8 mbps plans?

[yougotmehere]

Yes 450tc2 is being given these days.

 

[dejan]

Personally, I had buy a better quality unit that offers wider coverage and stable connectivity than take shitty hardware from Airtel for free.

Which WIFI router are you using?

 

[tyrannosaurhex]

Wi-fi hardware provided by Airtel is 3rd grade. They are still stuck with 802.11a/b/g, when the world has moved on to 802.11n/ac.
While it may not matter on internet browsing(where speeds much lesser than 54mbps their routers support), it matters if you are going to have your own WLAN and use it to transfer files.
IIRC, A router with 802.11n supports a throughput of 300mbps compared to the ones airtel provides(which have a theoritical throughput of 54mbps).

 

[iChaitanya]

^ Beetel 450TC2 (the airtel modem + WiFi router) is 802.11a/b/g/n. Signal strength is average or should I say below average.

 

[Sushubh]

And most users have no need for an n router forget an ac router. People who have multiple devices connected over LAN in the house are probably technical enough to understand that not all routers are created equal.

 

[goodburner]

The Free Wifi modem that they gave me was full of crap. The wi-fi totally went bonkers after 6 months.
Now I've been using a D-Link one for 1.5 years and happy.

 

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[uberjon]

Getting a free wifi router from Airtel - You get what you 'pay' for.
The OP got his free router. Can we close this thread?