AIRTEL 4G REVIEW
1. 4G of all the wireless technologies is the closest to replace 'Wired Broadband' especially copper - not only because of speed but also because of the low latency(25ms for Bangalore servers). 3G is still not very good, at least for now
2. Speed of about 35 Mbps download & 15 Mbps Upload are now possible in most parts of Bangalore, otherwise most users are at the mercy of BSNL's pathetic tariff FOR HIGH SPEED plans with the worst Customer Service ever
3. Quality of Service is expected to be one of the best - considering Airtel & that the delivery is on Wireless - so not much can go wrong here
4. Cost is still on the higher side for Medium to heavy home users like me, i opted for Rs. 1399 + tax - 9gb FUP then speeds will come down to 128 Kbps *the best plan they have is Rs.2999 with 30gb FUP then 128 Kbps - after this you are at the mercy of Airtel Smartbytes
5. Airtel finally reduced the CPE price to 5k & we can't really except any better price or Tariff plans any time soon now that Reliance Infotel has changed the launch date yet again. I think their service launch will take another year or so then we can probably expect some price wars. So this is indeed a good time to buy a 4G connection
I get Full Signal Strength - 5 Bars & hence the Download speed has been pretty consistent around 25-28 Mbps at most time, with a speed tests varying between 25-35 Mbps for servers across India. Here is a quick snapshot:
1 comments:
I have been a customer of airtel for around 6-7 years, but will be discontinuing the services because of the "smartbytes charges" they impose on the customers.Within 2 months, I have received additional bills of 1500 I.E. Total of 3000. This kind of service should be verified by the use of credit card or debit card only and not just based on clicking the offer.
Infact this service is specifically designed so that some users who are not so educated about the computers and stuff, will accidently click on this and thus airtel will have the excuse that the customer demanded it and thus charge them heavily for that.
Since my payment mode is ecs, ( I really regret the day I chose ecs) I cant really do anything except discontinuing the broadband connection. I have filed an complaint against them on their site as well as at Consumer Court site but so far no action has been taken on this case.
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