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Seeking Help Please suggest for new Airtel xstream fiber connection options

I am planning to busy airtel Exstream fiber with Rs.699 plan 40 mb speed. Expected this connection to support my office wfh support and dth channel viewing .

Pls clarify and share your experience.

1.is it worth buy this fiber + dth combo? Wil it reduce net speed if dth running time.

2. Dth any package/plan available and we can choose while order. Since I am looking primary tamil,sports and kids channels.. Will they do any dth odu dish setup?

3.some forums mentioned as airtel fiber exstream provide , satelite based or internet based dth ... which one they give while install and which dth model is better without affecting the net speed ..

4. Is dth will run if fiber connection not working time (if satelite based dth option)

5. Any difference satelite based dth and internet based dth option, plans, channels wise...


Pls share Your experience and comments. It will helpful me.to choose right option.

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Sad News Stay alert. COVID is back in country.

Rajasthan detects 7 new COVID cases in 48 hours: JN.1 subvariant likely; Health Ministry monitoring situation, no panic advised


Also 1 already died in Kerala.

Another Covid death in India: 84-year-old man dies in Kerala; 15 new cases reported, active tally rises to 350

Discussion Affordability of satcom services in India

Satellite communication providers such as Elon Musk's Starlink may debut their services in India at less than $10 (about ₹840) per month for unlimited data plans under promotional schemes, said analysts. They added these companies would seek to ramp up their user base to up to 10 million in the mid-to-long term to offset high spectrum costs through economies of scale.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended an additional per urban user charge of ₹500 per month, making satcom spectrum pricier than terrestrial services.

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Sony LIV not promoting India Tour of England on their social media handles. What might be the reason?

Hey guys, Is Sony LIV shutting down in India? There is literally no promotional material of IND Vs ENG series being posted on their social media handles. Only Sony Sports Network's social media handles are posting about it and there too there is no mention of Sony Liv. Very Strange.

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Discussion Got a new Jio AirFiber Max connection (for review purpose) via the 50 Day free trial offer

Finally pulled the plug on Jio AirFiber after getting Gold Pass for my Jio Mobile Postpaid connection

Timeline:

Late march 2025: Jio announced IPL Gold Pass free 50 day trial thingy for prepaid users only on certain minimum recharge plans. Contacted Jio CC as nothing was mentioned for postpaid customers. They told this offer is not available for postpaid customers. Checked gold pass with my number on their site. Nothing.

April 1st week or 2nd week....forgot - Announcement of extension of the offer. I recheck with my number. Nothing,

April last week I again rechecked for the last time and finally got the gold pass. Then immediately applied for a new connection @0 rupees. Then the waiting game started. From April last week till mid May, nobody even contacted abt kyc. Luckily had local Jio peeps number. Kyc was done the next day and connection was installed yesterday (23 May)

Tower is hardly 50-60 meters away from home. Got the 25dBi antenna. Got less than 55dBm signal. So the A6 signal was great. Now, coming to the pros and cons at least in my case

Pros - Installation was surprisingly fast especially after going thru Reddit and twitter abt installation delay complains. As there was pretty clear LOS, alignment was a breeze. Installation was done within 2 hours.

Cons - Had a 5 min electricity blackout. When electricity came back, the router took like forever to boot up and then after it had booted up completely, the red light was blinking....checked the PoE injector nd sure enough, PoE port was not active.weird.....disconnected and reconnected cable then the PoE to C6 port was active again.
During peak hours and even in afternoons, not getting complete plan speed but late at night its crossing 30mbps into 31-32mbps which meant that their speed cap is working bt due to the load in the nearby tower during peak hours, speeds reduce. Its weird as C6/A6 works over wifi and acc to Mimosa specs, A6 should be able to handle around 200 clients. Near my home, I know at least 5-6 houses using C6. Even taking a conservative estimate, at any given time, no more than 60-70 C6 clients should be connected to the tower. Also, within 1km radius of the tower, there are hardly any apartments. Most of the houses are a bit spread out and are single houses. So the user density should be less. Also noticed that the loaded pings are pretty terrible. Even my airtel airfiber used to give me far better loaded ping and consistent speeds even during peak hours. Also, Jio Join landline calling thingy worked for a little time and now it doest work. Tells me to connect to jio fiber/airfiber.

Conclusion is that even with A6/C6, this Airfiber stuff is not gonna take off that well

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Peak Hour speed test - Horrible loaded ping considering its a P2P wifi connection basically


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Non-peak time speed test. Again, loaded ping on download is not that great

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Sad News Airtel Fiber might be downgrading 200 Mbps plan to 100 Mbps for existing subscribers!

Strangely from today, my Airtel 200 Mbps plan speed has been automatically capped at lower speeds.

Download speed is capped at 180 Mbps, while the upload speed is capped at 150 Mbps.

Till yesterday Airtel was giving full 200 Mbps speed on my connection. Repeated speedtests on the Ookla app has returned similar results.

I did only wifi connectivity speedtest by staying near the router for now. But previously on wifi was also providing full 200 Mbps speed.

Who knows if I make a fresh session start (by restarting the ONT), the speed will go to the new 100 Mbps plan speed. 🥲

Any other users facing similar issue on their 200 Mbps connection can share their inputs here.

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Does Airtel has any mechanism of improving network signal automatically after raising complaint?

Does airtel has any mechanism of improving network signal automatically after raising complaint?

I raised a service request with location, floor and other details and within a minute I could see spike in signal bar and now it's latching more on 900MHz frequency with improved RSSI. Not sure what exactly happened, but could see some improvement in latency.

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Bajaj Auto to acquire majority stake in KTM

Bajaj Auto on Thursday announced that it will acquire majority control of Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM AG through its wholly owned subsidiary, Bajaj Auto International Holdings BV (BAIHBV).

BAIHBV has committed to a total investment of €800 million (around ₹7,765 crore), which includes:
  • €450 million (₹4,365 crore) as a secured term loan to KTM AG
  • €150 million (₹1,455 crore) via convertible bonds in Pierer Bajaj AG (PBAG)
  • 200 million (₹1,945 crore) previously infused as shareholder debt
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