The Biggest airtel scam ever

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I am a Airtel Postpaid Mobile user since a very long time now. and one day I was told through there Thanks app that There Fiber Broadband comes with an Landline Service in my area.
This has Impressed me, and I have booked a new Airtel Fiber Connection and it got Installed the very same day.
I Received my Airtel Landline number through an Email from Airtel and the email says I got Free unlimited calling all over the country.
I was so Excited about this, and I bought a new Telephone set to connect to the landline Service which I will be getting from Airtel.
I connected the phone, and there is no dial tone. I am unable to make calls, and no incoming as well.
I tried Calling My Landline Number provided by airtel from my Mobile, and to my shock it says the Number is not valid.
I have Immediately Called the guy who Installed the connection and told him about this, and to my shock this guy says, Airtel wont provide any landline service. its only Internet what they provide.
I shone him my plan details on there airtel thanks app, and on there website airtel.in and also in the Email I received from airtel.
but this guy still says that its only Internet what they provide and there is nothing like landline from airtel.
Then I called airtel customer care and booked a complaint regarding my fake landline number provided by the airtel. this time the customer care guys said, the landline number i got from airtel is valid and they are going to send there technician to fix the problem with in 24 hours.
the very next day I got a call from the same guy who installed the connection and he still says the same. this time with a rood voice. he sir I already told you that you will only get Internet and nothing else. no landline nothing and the have cut the call on my face.
as soon as he cuts the call, I got an SMS from airtel saying that my complained is closed.
I dint give up. I have booked a complaint again with airtel, and this time, they have closed my complaint without even calling me.
I still dint give up. I kept on booking complaints Repeatedly and they use to close my complaints Repeatedly without solving my landline problem.
I got tired of it, and posted all this things on there facebook and twitter pages.
now, again airtel guys booked multiple ticket's on my landline number and promised me that my problem will be solved with in 24 hours.
but no, it dint. again all those complaints got closed without any fix. they din't even contacted me while they are closing my tickets.
but still I dint give up, I kept on posting on there facebook and twitter pages about my landline thing, and you know what? this time airtel Surprises me saying that they only provide landline service in few locations and they do not provide any landline service at my location.
I asked them if it is the case, then y I was told that I will be getting a landline service along with my Broadband plan? Y I was told that there is an unlimited calling with my plan?
Then y I was given a landline number?
and trust me, they have no answer to any of my questions. and since then airtel has stopped responding to my posts on facebook and twitter.
later, I got to know that I am not alone who got cheated in the name of landline by airtel. there are many customers all over the country.
This is a open Scam by airtel.
People, stay away from this cheater company.
Dear Airtel, Stop Playing with Peoples Trust.
This shows What Kind of Management Airtel has.
The Fake Landline Number Provided to me by Airtel is: 08689468736.
 
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@sbhokray Nope, they'll mention about the landline inside the plan details if they offers see your ss of your place and bangalore
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However some LCOs voluntarily offers landline with airtel prepaid broadband like mine this is the flyer I received from LCO clearly mention landline
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@minuteman my plan clearly shows landline service. also i got an email from airtel that i can use my landline service. my question is, y i was given a landline number, and y i was told that there is an landline service coming with my broadband plan. if i am under a LCO, then my plan should not show anything about the landline service. and on the airtel website there should be other plans mentioned for the LCO. they should not bluf the customer, thats my point.
and am sorry, as i am a blind computer user I cannot see your screenshots. I will be happy if you can describe them. thank you
 
their first screenshot shows the airtel website showing broadband plans and it mentions unlimited landline.
The second looks like a pamphlet / ad sent by the LCO advertising airtel fiber and it mentions "free landphone connection"
 
@awemonk I don't know how airtel broadband through a LCO works. Can anyone explain in what way is it (technically) different from their service in Major Cities?

If it needs approval from BSNL, does that mean that BSNL is the LCO? If so, why can't BSNL itself provide service directly?
 
@mreccentric let me explain. airtel operate by there own in very few citys in the country.
in all other areas they operate through Third-party. they are called LCO [local Cable Operators]
the LCO job is to just Install and Maintain the main Fiber lines Between OLT [optical Line Terminal] Installed at there BTS [cell tower] and out doos plants[splitters].
from the out door plant [splitter] to the customer airtels own employees will Install the and maintain the connections.
for this kind of business model airtel pays 27% out of the bills collected from the customers to the LCO.
thats it, there is no technical difference .
 
In LCO cities BSNL plays a major role to activate landline services, if LCO has not approached BSNL to enable landline service guess Airtel can’t do much. I never got any sms from Airtel when landline got activated, it just that while checking setting in modem I saw VOIP is connected successfully and the landline started working once instrument was connected.
 
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