Here in Lucknow, JioFiber is still stuck in initial stages of building infrastructure (only above ground wiring done). Even if the plans are announced 3 days later, it will be going to take a minimum of 1-2 months to get connections. In the meanwhile, thanks to Airtel still being stuck at 16 and low FUPs, a local ISP named Tachyon has been milking for the past 1-2 years and then ACT launched in March of this year with excellent plans. Due to Tachyon inability to venture in my colony, my locality block which has some 50 houses, used to have Airtel/BSNL in some 30 houses and almost 20 of them have switched to ACT and disconnected Airtel/BSNL, though I have kept both with now Airtel as backup. Surprisingly, ACT after initial hiccups has been up to the promise though ping times have been not up to the mark. Through ethernet cable, I am getting 100 download and 50 upload, while Wifi has been 50 both. When complaining about low upload on ethernet and bad pings, ACT people are saying to give them some time so that they set their house in order here.
Well up to now, ACT has been satisfactory. Initial months and specially when the rains started, there were 2-3 days of downtime but now it has been reduced to minimum. In fact, August was the month of zero downtime. As far as my neighbors are concerned, they are very happy with ACT.
I have already registered for JioFiber, but now I am hesitant due to past experiences with RCOM, the last being the Jio 4G experience, which I sarcastically call as Jio 2G has now made it like thrice or four times bitten and more shy. I am already thinking of porting my Jio numbers back to Airtel or Vodaphone now, from where they were originally ported. Due to Jio 2G experiences, my neighbors are also hesitant in switching to JioFiber.
Our usage is around 700 GB (1 laptop, 1 desktop, 3-4 smartphones in whole family) right now and I am FUPed on both ACT and Airtel with 2 days of the month left, which I manage with my Airtel 4G, which gives around 15-20 speeds comparing to Jio 4G speeds of less than 1. I also have learnt Airtel is also laying fiber in my colony and suppose they also raise their FUP limits after complete JioFiber plans announced, there should be no reason to switch to Jio. In any case, ACT will be main ISP and then the backup ISP to be used in downtime or ACT FUP period.
But since I am also fed up with Tata Sky DTH now, if JioFiber offers a good package for triple play, I will be tempted to move to JioFiber as second ISP and primary DTH and disconnect both Airtel and Tatasky.
I was tempted to upgrade my ACT plan to 1000 GB FUP, but better will play wait and watch game. Tachyon has also entered in our area now and there are wires every here and there. They have even slashed their plans such that now they are even cheaper than ACT. I am expecting a heavy price war in coming months and the winner should be only us, i.e., customers.
I can only say that JioFiber has been a little late in Lucknow to exploit the broadband market here. Unless their plans are very attractive and they buy out Tachyon, they will not find many takers here. Their main competition here will be now ACT since local ISP like Tachyon they will simply bully out.
Well up to now, ACT has been satisfactory. Initial months and specially when the rains started, there were 2-3 days of downtime but now it has been reduced to minimum. In fact, August was the month of zero downtime. As far as my neighbors are concerned, they are very happy with ACT.
I have already registered for JioFiber, but now I am hesitant due to past experiences with RCOM, the last being the Jio 4G experience, which I sarcastically call as Jio 2G has now made it like thrice or four times bitten and more shy. I am already thinking of porting my Jio numbers back to Airtel or Vodaphone now, from where they were originally ported. Due to Jio 2G experiences, my neighbors are also hesitant in switching to JioFiber.
Our usage is around 700 GB (1 laptop, 1 desktop, 3-4 smartphones in whole family) right now and I am FUPed on both ACT and Airtel with 2 days of the month left, which I manage with my Airtel 4G, which gives around 15-20 speeds comparing to Jio 4G speeds of less than 1. I also have learnt Airtel is also laying fiber in my colony and suppose they also raise their FUP limits after complete JioFiber plans announced, there should be no reason to switch to Jio. In any case, ACT will be main ISP and then the backup ISP to be used in downtime or ACT FUP period.
But since I am also fed up with Tata Sky DTH now, if JioFiber offers a good package for triple play, I will be tempted to move to JioFiber as second ISP and primary DTH and disconnect both Airtel and Tatasky.
I was tempted to upgrade my ACT plan to 1000 GB FUP, but better will play wait and watch game. Tachyon has also entered in our area now and there are wires every here and there. They have even slashed their plans such that now they are even cheaper than ACT. I am expecting a heavy price war in coming months and the winner should be only us, i.e., customers.
I can only say that JioFiber has been a little late in Lucknow to exploit the broadband market here. Unless their plans are very attractive and they buy out Tachyon, they will not find many takers here. Their main competition here will be now ACT since local ISP like Tachyon they will simply bully out.
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