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In an exclusive conversation with India Today Tech, Excitel CEO and co-founder Vivek Raina says that while 5G and AirFiber are generating buzz in the country, these services cannot overcome the physics of wireless signal degradation and network congestion that plague all mobile-based technologies.

“It’s (AirFiber) just repackaged 5G. Mobile networks use shared spectrum” more users, slower speeds. And high-frequency waves (5G) can’t penetrate walls. AirFiber needs line-of-sight, which is impossible in unplanned areas,” he says. “Telcos are desperate to monetise their unused 5G spectrum. But it’s not a fibre replacement. You’ll always need wired broadband for TVs, gaming” anything that needs stable speeds.”

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AirFiber from Jio and Airtel are no match for actual wired broadband: Excitel CEO

AirFiber, the wireless broadband that telcos are offering nowadays, is quite popular. But Excitel CEO Vivek Raina says that it is only a stop-gap solution and the best way to go about for good broadband service is still the wired route.
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I had Airtel Airfiber from July 2024 to Dec 2024 and the biggest problem I faced was 1TB limit.
I was ready to pay upto 1000Rs a month to get Unlimited Airfiber data but Airtel just didn't have an option for user like me

Since I was happy with 40mbps speed and pings varying all the time

after facing a downtime of 5 days i switched to LCO
 
For someone like me who lives on rent and keeps shifting residences every 1 or 2 years
a lot of buildings even in Mumbai don't have JIO/AIRTEL fiber and only have a local gunda operating a LCO and in such a case Airfiber is very helpful

In my case i paid the LCO twice ,because of installation of fiber cable to my house
2000Rs + 1000Rs ONT = 3000Rs for nothing, since Airtel and jio offer free installation

Airfiber is actually useful since you dont need to spend 1 or 2 day for installation and uninstallation every time (If you have the Airtel Airfiber 1st gen unit which came without ODU)

If in future ,Airfiber from Jio or Airtel offer 3.3 TB limit
i might take it up again
 
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Koji said:
I had Airtel Airfiber from July 2024 to Dec 2024 and the biggest problem I faced was 1TB limit.
I was ready to pay upto 1000Rs a month to get Unlimited Airfiber data but Airtel just didn't have an option for user like me

Since I was happy with 40mbps speed and pings varying all the time

after facing a downtime of 5 days i switched to LCO
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Lol
 
Koji said:
For someone like me who lives on rent and keeps shifting residences every 1 or 2 years
a lot of buildings even in Mumbai don't have JIO/AIRTEL fiber and only have a local gunda operating a LCO and in such a case Airfiber is very helpful

In my case i paid the LCO twice ,because of installation of fiber cable to my house
2000Rs + 1000Rs ONT = 3000Rs for nothing, since Airtel and jio offer free installation

Airfiber is actually useful since you dont need to spend 1 or 2 day for installation and uninstallation every time (If you have the Airtel Airfiber 1st gen unit which came without ODU)

If in future ,Airfiber from Jio or Airtel offer 3.3 TB limit
i might take it up again
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I don't think it will happen. Last line. Out of question..
 
Zuke said:
Yeah, 5G is more expensive for them, and they have also invested a lot on it. So, they are definitely going to continue charging more for AirFiber.
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At same pricing, 3.3TB he is expecting, that's not possible. And speeds won't be that good as well compared to 6Ghz band of Wifi. Government should look forward to deploy that technology for India and decongest the mobile networks. 1Gbps at 1999 at the most and at 999, 500Mbps without any add on OTTs.
 
Bapun said:
In an exclusive conversation with India Today Tech, Excitel CEO and co-founder Vivek Raina says that while 5G and AirFiber are generating buzz in the country, these services cannot overcome the physics of wireless signal degradation and network congestion that plague all mobile-based technologies.

“It’s (AirFiber) just repackaged 5G. Mobile networks use shared spectrum” more users, slower speeds. And high-frequency waves (5G) can’t penetrate walls. AirFiber needs line-of-sight, which is impossible in unplanned areas,” he says. “Telcos are desperate to monetise their unused 5G spectrum. But it’s not a fibre replacement. You’ll always need wired broadband for TVs, gaming” anything that needs stable speeds.”
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From the inception I am keep on saying the same. Air fibers are not as reliable as wired one. When the user increases there will definitely be a congestion. We should not be over excited for Airfiber as well as IPTV bundled with Air fiber.
 
Balaji G said:
From the inception I am keep on saying the same. Air fibers are not as reliable as wired one. When the user increases there will definitely be a congestion. We should not be over excited for Airfiber as well as IPTV bundled with Air fiber.
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mmwave should have been used for Airfiber units. But three years passed, Reliance Jio is searching for returns on 39000 crores which they invested in 700Mhz. So from where they will find money for mmwave deployment. 5G expansion has stopped frankly speaking. VoNR has been not deployed as well. Works sometimes, sometimes doesn't.
 
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