Ok Guys, want to update on this
@Chip @nishantt6969 ...
That free Internet thing is again working, plus I am getting 1Gbps speeds again, on all speediest servers / everywheree.
So here's the big explanation how it actually stopped and how I started getting that again.
So what happened actually, on around 4th or 5th June.......
my fiber strand had a weak signal, so I got a LOS light. What the Airtel LCO did was, he put me and my neighbor under same fiber strand with a splitter in the junction box , and this was despite the fact he had put a 6 core fiber cable of 150 m length from FAT box to my terrace.
He could have simply given another strand from 6 core from FAT box, but was lazy to do so, to go back to other building climb those 3 floors, etc..
Fast Forward a bit.....
Real problem started more recently in start of July first with slow speeds ( 0.69 mbps uploads ) to both me and my neighbour .
So I did complain, and they resolved it in a day without visiting, but then started disconnects. Both of ours internet disconnected 2 to 3 times a day for 25-30 minutes.
What I observed was that I was getting pretty low optical power variable from -28 dbm to -33 or -34 dbm and Internet stopped working at -33. Same with my neighbor, but his stopped working at -32.5, and he always had better power. ( Probably wrong reading by the ONTs )
Then I complained again,
This time, Airtel Technicians visited first with all the slicer machine and other equipments, then they realised, they even don't know where's the FAT Box and all and said the LCO will visit.
(In my city OLT is also of Airtel, FAT Box is also of Airtel . Just putting up the line from FAT box was done by LCO and even probably the area is transitioning from LCO service to Airtel Technicians probably.)
Had to follow up a lot with them, someone from LCO / Airtel side even closed complaints 2 times without resolving.
Finally on 26th July, The LCO guy game, removed the splitter, and put strand in FAT Box. I am now getting -25 normally, and it goes down to -28dbm sometimes. Neighbour has -22, and he goes down till -26dbm.
I will be happy if the area won't be under LCO, coz even the LCO guys keeps their mouth shut even on asking anything, they don't say much as if it is some
business secret, and if like telling or suggesting them anything, they are very rude. Even their policies are bad. As per them any signal above -30dbm (mind the -ve sign ) is good. While As per Airtel , or even the
Airtel Xstream Fiber App, any signal above -26dbm is good
Now the big question I have for which even
google didn't give me an answer, why does optical fluctuate so much, at random times of the day, even where there is no wind, or anything and at different varying times of the day ? I am getting no idea of it. @chipp
@nishantt6969 if you know anything do let me know,
But what I get is, my internet used to disconnect daily, which reset my connection and stopped me from connecting when plan expired. Now that the cable has improved, the same old bug is back, and I am able to still continue using internet, that too at 1000mbps speeds again.
My experience with 1 Gig was a total disappointment. I am back to 300 Megs now. No point wasting money.