Surviving Airtel’s 1 TB Cap and how i manage around it (attempt)

  • Thread starter Thread starter Kyle Crane
  • Start date Start date
  • Replies Replies 11
  • Views Views 1,022
Kyle Crane

Kyle Crane

Crane
Messages
1,910
Location
Mumbai
ISP
7 Star Broadband | VI Mumbai
I’m someone who typically uses around 500GB of data each month on my PC, 20-30GB on my iPad, and 50-70GB on my phone, totaling roughly 600GB a month. my parents together consume about 100 GB, and my sister uses approximately 200 GB on her iPhone and MacBook combined. This brings our total to 900GB of data usage each month.

However, I’m concerned about hitting the 1TB limit, as going over it results in a speed reduction to 2Mbps, which is only really suitable for basic tasks like WhatsApp messaging. Airtel doesn’t offer data boosters like Jio, so I’ve considered offloading excess data usage onto my mobile hotspot, specifically for tasks like downloading PC games, torrents, and movies. This way, I can preserve the 1TB data cap for my family’s regular usage. While I can manage with my 4G hotspot, it’s inconvenient for my family.

Recently, I experimented with using Vi's unlimited data 12am-6am , by downloading 50GB of content overnight, and it worked well. Vi provides 20Mbps during peak hours, up to 50Mbps after midnight, and even 60-75Mbps around 5am.

Last night, I connected my PC to my iPhone 11 via a wired connection, placed the phone by the window to maximize signal strength, and started downloading torrents. The average speed for one of the game downloads was impressive.

For now, this is the best workaround I’ve found to deal with the 1TB limit. If you have a 5G phone and Jio 5G, that could be a good alternative, though I'm unsure if Jio allows torrent downloads, and I’ve experienced that they block Epic Games downloads on 5G.


Source
 
@Lolita_Magnum 2022-2023 i used Jio 5G to download GTA 5 and other games

It used to work at the full speed available
But mid 2023 they did something which blocks epic games downloads completely

And i couldn’t find a way out of it

Cloud flare warp didn’t do the trick as well
 
For me torrenting through Jio 5g works in ethernet tethering. But after 15-20 mins connection stops, no internet at all. I have to manually disable and re-enable mobile data in my phone and it works for another 15-20 mins. Sometimes it happens during streaming also. I was watching a 2hour long 4k movie in primevideo, I had to do that re-enable thing thrice.
 
8GB/Hour for 4K UHD on both netflix and prime.

Havent really measured 4K SonyLIV, but it was 2-2.5GB/hour in 1080p.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back