For those blaming Jio and Government for prices hike, India has the cheapest mobile data prices in the whole world all thanks to Jio for that. Maybe you guys deserve 1gb at ₹250 calling charges extra.
It may true. But both situations are different. The current price hike is no where near that 251/GB era. But I will not call it bad days. People's engagement with smartphone was less that time, online services were less and no mandatory monthly recharge and now we have to pay rs 49 forcefully. Now the whole country is facing economic crisis. Fuel rates are at steep. Smartphone and internet became a necessity. DTH/Cable rates increased (that time I think the monthly cable rental is 100 or 150 with all channels).
Everything is coming as a burden to people's head.
But that will be very nasty move for Jio. It's already facing severe load and further more data offering will make the situation worst. I will port out to Airtel if that happens as I'm willing to have stable network than more data.
We think the incremental 300% benefit which Jio is talking about is by offering more data allowances
Reliance Jio’s anticipated "all-in-one" plans – priced up to 40% higher than previous plans – are likely to be 15%-20% cheaper than the latest plans that Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea rolled out recently. Reliance Jio’s new plans likely to be 15-20% cheaper than other telcos’: Analysts - ET Telecom