Installed new airtel Xstream fiber connection

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so 2 weeks ago i got airtel Xstream fiber connection installed at my home.

background story:

so in 2017 i got a call from jio fiber that they are giving free fiber connection for 3 months with refundable security deposit of 4500rs. I opted for this and got it installed. I continued using free jio fiber internet for like 2 years untill they started paid plans.
In those 2 years i got full 95 mbps up and down speed. No complaint in that. But their ping latency and download speed was like horrible for non-peered content. I raised a disconnection request this year and got the security amount of 4500rs back within 20 days.
Then airtel called me and told that they are pre booking for upcoming ftth service in my area and i will get free installation and dual band wifi for 1000rs amount. This amount will be adjusted in 2 bills . 500rs discount per bill for 2 months.
I said yes and within 1 week of request engineers and hired labour started digging my street for underground fiber cables and OLT boxes . This continued for 1 month and work was done.

i again got a call from their engineer that service is live now and they are sending wiring team to my location. And installation process began and within 1 hour connection was installed and internet was up and running.

I choose 200mbps unlimited plan and getting more than 200mbps down and upload speed approximately.

ping is also fine. Just 10ms lesser than jio but surfing websites and streaming is way better than jio.
 
meaning?
 
Means Airtel got no incentive to upgrade, As they are already earning good revenue from you people.
Maybe possible you ppl are kind of last in queue.
 
What i have heard so far is that Airtel doesn't have fiber here. Meaning they don't have underground line here to make us ftth.

By do you think your area had fiber before all this or your area was same like ours without fiber?
 
What i have heard so far is that Airtel doesn't have fiber here. Meaning they don't have underground line here to make us ftth.
Fiber is there till vdsl box(not dp box) in exchange nearby. Vdsl/vfiber exchange need fiber connectivity for sure.

By do you think your area had fiber before all this or your area was same like ours without fiber?
No idea. In where i use to live before Airtel was non-existent. No landline nothing. And they got fiber before us.
Here is the pic i posted.
So no Idea what make them do it.
 
Last night I got the following SMS about fiber:

Dear Vishal Rao,
Congratulations, you are a step closer to be a part of Airtel Family!
Thank you for your interest in Airtel Xstream Fiber connection. Our representative will get in touch with you shortly.Regards,
Airtel Xstream Fiber

But I don't have much hope for it to be real. It must be just a mass SMS sent out to spam people for no good reason.

Anyone else been getting such SMS lately?
 
Yeah, as I suspected it was probably a timepass exercise, got the following SMS today:

Hi, Thank you for your interest in Airtel Xstream Fiber. We regret to inform that our services are not feasible in your area at the moment.
 

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