Good News Bought Airtel Xstream Fiber Black (Fiber + IPTV) connection with AOT-5221ZY (wifi 6) ONT

[saketk11]

Once Nokia or something better becomes available, I will replace it.

does user have option to change router?

Secondly Airtel catching up fast in wired fiber segment

 

[Bapun]

does user have option to change router?

Everything doesn't require an option. I guess it's wise not to explain here how does users get ONT or STB replaced but I am aware that many users have done it before and I won't be the first or last one.

 

[TheAndroidFreak]

does user have option to change router?

Secondly Airtel catching up fast in wired fiber segment

Airtel is better when there is no LCO model. Expensive from other small local FTTH players but hardly any downtime in major cities.
OTT wise, Jio is better.

 

[D. J. Das.]

Congratulations @Bapun bro

 

[Bapun]

Airtel is better when there is no LCO model. Expensive from other small local FTTH players but hardly any downtime in major cities.

Are you reaching to conclusion on your own that Airtel is terrible in LCO cities or do you have any evidence?

As discussed earlier in another thread, Airtel has strict control over LCO, unlike other LCO-managed ISPs.

Yesterday only the installer who installed my connection mentioned that Airtel penalize LCO if an area or the mainline is down for more than an hour.

 

[anmolbhard004]

finally @Bapun congratulations and welcome to airtel family !!

 

[anmolbhard004]

Yesterday only the installer who installed my connection mentioned that Airtel penalize LCO if an area or the mainline is down for more than an hour.

yes its correct they start penalizing the lco if they dont fix wire cuts within a hour 2 at max

 

[Sayantan]

Airtel is better when there is no LCO model. Expensive from other small local FTTH players but hardly any downtime in major cities.
OTT wise, Jio is better.

3yrs running... No issues ... Mine is Lco town ...

And congratulations @Bapun bro ... Enjoy Airtel fiber

@anmolbhard004 re tu bhi agya welcome

 

[Bapun]

3yrs running... No issues ... Mine is Lco town ...

Before installing the connection, my only concern was the cabling done by the LCO - he used normal thin fiber cables for the mainline (that goes inside the FAT box for splicing). I guess it's 4 or 6 core fiber.

On the other side, JioFiber uses 12 or 24 core fiber cables for their mainline I think. They are very thick.

So I was afraid whether I will get speed as per the plan or it will turn terrible like Railwire Broadband speeds but fortunately, so far it's been working well with no downtime or random slowness observed. I think Airtel's OLT is doing wonders.

It is worth watching how the connection performs after a few months or a year when there are other users apart from me in the area and the bandwidth gets divided.

 

[TheAndroidFreak]

Are you reaching to conclusion on your own that Airtel is terrible in LCO cities or do you have any evidence?

As discussed earlier in another thread, Airtel has strict control over LCO, unlike other LCO-managed ISPs.

Yesterday only the installer who installed my connection mentioned that Airtel penalize LCO if an area or the mainline is down for more than an hour.

This is happening where Airtel has taken bandwidth from smaller FTTH players and doing LCO thing. It's not at all good experience so far since last two years in Maharashtra. People have shifted to BSNL FTTH after paying huge amount for installation.