Discussion General Discussions about Indian Broadband Services

[TheAndroidFreak]

But again there is a long tussle between Alliance and Wishnet, typical LCO based. That is why and how Jio/Airtel fiber entered into state market taking advantage of internal broadband fights. Anyways atleast these local ISPs are realizing it now.

Same is happening in Mumbai. @Koji got good plan because of that. And Hathway/Jeebr/One more I forgot the name are doing just fine after scrapping internal fights. There must be many more, but these are good ones from his area. Service has became top notch. Navi Mumbai providers should focus on more speeds in order to survive, their service was never an issue.

 

[Phoenix96]

Delicense lower 6GHz for WiFi 7, digital transformation initiatives: IAFI to Scindia - ET Telecom

Jyotiraditya Scindia: He said delicensing lower 6GHz band would also enable the next wave of digital innovation, empowering rural communities, and supporting India’s global leadership in software, AR/VR, and device manufacturing.

telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com

The ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI) has urged the Central government to delicense the lower portion of the 6GHz band – 5925–6425 MHz – to support next-generation WiFi connectivity in the country and accelerate digital transformation initiatives.

 

[Koji]

Same is happening in Mumbai. @Koji got good plan because of that. And Hathway/Jeebr/One more I forgot the name are doing just fine after scrapping internal fights. There must be many more, but these are good ones from his area. Service has became top notch. Navi Mumbai providers should focus on more speeds in order to survive, their service was never an issue.

hathway resolved their speed issues by rolling out fibre and offering 300mbps for 800Rs a month by late 2022
then there is vortex netsol ,which is basically excitel of Mumbai since they are offering 400mbps under 1000Rs

7 star broadband used to double or triple speeds every year during Ganesh Chaturthi in Andheri west

I remember back in 2015 they were offering 10mbps unlimited and up to 50mbps unlimited connections, at a time when Airtel maxed out with 16mbps plans in high-end societies

later by 2017
7 star broadband doubled speeds again and now reaching like 70-100mbps plans

by 2023
7 star was offering 300mbps plans in Andheri west

Now in 2025 they unofficially do have 1gbps plans in my building

I'm glad to have 200mbps for 1000Rs for 30 days a month ,I was ready to pay 1000Rs to Airtel for there 40mbps plan if they gave an option to get 3.3tb, but they didn't ,anyway its there loss.

 

[Koji]

Delicense lower 6GHz for WiFi 7, digital transformation initiatives: IAFI to Scindia - ET Telecom

Jyotiraditya Scindia: He said delicensing lower 6GHz band would also enable the next wave of digital innovation, empowering rural communities, and supporting India’s global leadership in software, AR/VR, and device manufacturing.

telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com

The ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI) has urged the Central government to delicense the lower portion of the 6GHz band – 5925–6425 MHz – to support next-generation WiFi connectivity in the country and accelerate digital transformation initiatives.

Maybe they are trying to tell the Govt that oh villagers would benefit from MLO or something and maybe Govt would then agree

because all these years, how dare people living in cities have a comfortable Wi-Fi experience

 

[TheAndroidFreak]

hathway resolved their speed issues by rolling out fibre and offering 300mbps for 800Rs a month by late 2022
then there is vortex netsol ,which is basically excitel of Mumbai since they are offering 400mbps under 1000Rs

7 star broadband used to double or triple speeds every year during Ganesh Chaturthi in Andheri west

I remember back in 2015 they were offering 10mbps unlimited and up to 50mbps unlimited connections, at a time when Airtel maxed out with 16mbps plans in high-end societies

later by 2017
7 star broadband doubled speeds again and now reaching like 70-100mbps plans

by 2023
7 star was offering 300mbps plans in Andheri west

Now in 2025 they unofficially do have 1gbps plans in my building

I'm glad to have 200mbps for 1000Rs for 30 days a month ,I was ready to pay 1000Rs to Airtel for there 40mbps plan if they gave an option to get 3.3tb, but they didn't ,anyway its there loss.

What's 1Gbps tariff?


Hathway and Jeebr has improved services in western line for sure. No idea about vortex Netsol. There was one provider, on which many Tata subscribers shifted, I don't know name.

 

[Koji]

What's 1Gbps tariff?


Hathway and Jeebr has improved services in western line for sure. No idea about vortex Netsol. There was one provider, on which many Tata subscribers shifted, I don't know name.

not sure but i just know it exists

 

[Skye]

Most of the ISP's used to say, speed test should be done only when connected with LAN.
BSNL always tops in providing good and consistent speed even on wifi.
The only reason still prevents me move away from BSNL. I am unable to take decision to close my BSNL.

That's true, but they mostly ask you to test on LAN because some places have too much interferences due to multiple WiFi and other devices on same frequency. Also, there are many people with potato WiFi on their phone, laptop, tab etc.

So, as long as they are providing you with a decent router, and you don't have those issues, you should be getting close to your LAN speed. Personally, I never had issues with WiFi speed on my JioFiber, local ISP, as well as RailWire connection.

 

[Balaji G]

That's true, but they mostly ask you to test on LAN because some places have too much interferences due to multiple WiFi and other devices on same frequency. Also, there are many people with potato WiFi on their phone, laptop, tab etc.

So, as long as they are providing you with a decent router, and you don't have those issues, you should be getting close to your LAN speed. Personally, I never had issues with WiFi speed on my JioFiber, local ISP, as well as RailWire connection.

Agreed your point, most of the ISP in our location is always asking us test through LAN, even on LAN most of the time the speed is not as per plan.
I have been using BSNL since its copper line age, also I had Railwire for 2 years. I was happy with both Railwire and BSNL.
The only con of BSNL is inadequate OTT packs compared to other ISP.

 

[TechXpert]

That's true, but they mostly ask you to test on LAN because some places have too much interferences due to multiple WiFi and other devices on same frequency. Also, there are many people with potato WiFi on their phone, laptop, tab etc.

So, as long as they are providing you with a decent router, and you don't have those issues, you should be getting close to your LAN speed. Personally, I never had issues with WiFi speed on my JioFiber, local ISP, as well as RailWire connection.

Does choosing unique wifi channel matter if there are many wifi in my area? Also suggest me best channel for 2.4ghz and 5 ghz frequencies

 

[Skye]

Does choosing unique wifi channel matter if there are many wifi in my area? Also suggest me best channel for 2.4ghz and 5 ghz frequencies

It often does if you are surrounded by many WiFi networks, but most new routers automatically choose the best channel nowadays. If yours doesn't then you should be able to look for the best channel on apps like WiFiMan.