TPF v/s Airtel - Long term review and comparison (Pick your poison)

[_rajat]

Just raise a service ticket from the app, they will respond. Write an email as well. They are pretty fast in resolving issues once the engineer is assigned.
I think there is some error in bridge mode itself. Could also be a faulty ONT I believe.
Does the internet work when you connect your devices to the Nokia ONT? If yes then bridge mode may not have been enabled from backend.
Try dialing up PPPoE from your PC and see if internet works.
Also try resetting your TP-Link Router.

seems like a VLAN tagging issue

No need to worry about VLAN tagging. While in bridge mode, no need to enter VLAN ID on the router which dials PPPoE. It is done on ONT level only.

 

[yashg]

@_rajat When connecting to the Nokia ONT, I am unable to connect to the internet even with bridge mode disabled despite the internet LED being on. Can't connect via PC, it's a macbook and I don't have an RJ45 converter. I'll try resetting and wait for the service engineer

 

[yashg]

@_rajat @Kaiju404 Resetting the TP-Link router seems to have worked. I reset it and set it up with the tether app this time. It has connected to the internet and is no longer terminating the connection intermittently. Thanks for the help

 

[_rajat]

Get a better router, TP-Link suffers from such problems due to poor firmware update. My Archer AX10 also dropped connection randomly and I kept blaming my ISP until I found out the real problem. Switched to Asus after that and pretty happy, no glitches whatsoever.

 

[yashg]

@_rajat Yeah I'm actually experiencing lag spikes and stuttering on Geforce Now, which were absent on the Nokia router and are somehow there on this Ax10 router. Will Asus ax53u or archer ax53 be a better pick? I would like to get rid of this stuttering problem

 

[_rajat]

Don't get TP-Link again. Better to go for Asus.

 

[Chip]

@yashg I use the AX53 as an AP in a mesh configuration. Go with Asus without a doubt. Their hardware quality is second to none across products be it routers motherboards, graphics cards. I've been using Asus products for well over 20 years and no intention of changing.

 

[_rajat]

Airtel Black
Someone actually spent money and time just to go out of their way to hate Airtel. Hilarious

 

[Lolita_Magnum]

This is one of the greatest use of AI

 

[_rajat]

Got a call today from TPF's retention team and they gave me a very good deal. 1 month extension on 3 month recharge, 2 month extension on 6 months recharge and 4 months extension on 12 month recharge. They said a cash back worth of 4 months recharge would be provided after the recharge is completed. Very good deal imo.
Went ahead and recharged for 12 months and got a cash back of 3800 in the wallet. 200 Mbps plan. Great deal imo.



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Happy to report that I am getting download speed of more than 300 Mbps atleast on steam server as well. Pings on most servers are solid, similar to Airtel.