Hi Guys, here is my Jio airfiber experience:
I have an airtel xstream 1gbps connection in Bangalore which I get it for free under Airtel employee benefits, which is amazing and get speeds around 600-650Mbps on wifi 6 router and 900mbps on lan.
However in my hometown which is a rural area with dense plantations there is no fiber availability and hence I was using TP link mr600 with external lpda antenna and mounted it on terrace with direct line of sight with tower which is approximately 4km away and used a jio postpaid sim with 599 unlimited data plan, the speed i used to get after locking the band in router to band 40 was around 30-50Mbps and 2-3Mbps upload and night download would go up to 80Mbps, TP link mr600 with external antenna performed exceptionally well as it was a 4g+ router, there was never a downtime or ping loss although ping was 50-60ms nor any performance issues and met all my WFH and entertainment needs and also Jio was giving unlimited data with 599 postpaid plan.
And now why did I upgrade to Jio airfiber?
One day I just wanted to test if I get 5g signal or not because my tower is 4km away with dense plantations in between so was curious to test the signal , so I went to my terrace where Lpda antenna for 4g were installed and for my surprise I got 5g signal that too n78 band , it took me by surprise and when I tested the speeds were around 250-300mbps download and 2-3Mbps upload.
This is when I decided to go for Jio Airfiber as I was curious to test the functionality and also I thought its value for money and I needed a WiFi 6 router to cover my entire house of 4000sqft, I booked Airfiber 100Mbps connection giving nearby tower location and got the connection installed on February 7th and here are my views on it:
1)As soon as the connection was installed the first day speeds were 95Mbps download and 5-6Mbps upload which was ok considering the tower distance, but the same day night from 9pm to 11pm the internet completely stopped working like 0kbps though there was green light.
2) during day times the speed was consistent but used to have frequent internet disconnections during team meetings video calls which was really frustrating and when you do the speed test speeds were normal then I realised it’s packet loss issue
3) these issue remained for a week until the router got updated itself to 1.9.1 version thereafter most of the speed related issues were resolved expect the packet loss issue during meetings
4) now I get consistent speed of 90-93mbps download and 5-6Mbps upload (i know its bad considering tower distance its fine ) also I did a speedtest near the tower and upload speeds are max 40-45Mbps, may be n78
band limitations or jio needs to optimise on Nokia sites. erricson sites give 100mbps upload.
Also according to me Jio needs to optimise their n78 band a lot for seamless connectivity and no packet loss nonetheless I'm satisfied with Jio airfiber especially for a place like mine where there is no fiber footprint and where I'm able to enjoy the latest 5g speeds.
Few things i need to ask experts here:
1) strangely whenever I do speedtest i get max speed of 93.38 Mbps only why is that? How is Jio capping the speed? Is it on the basis of RSSI? The same location I get 250-300 mbps in 5g phone with rssi 100dbm
2) I have logged into odu connecting the lan and have seen signal properties but I need a way to monitor signal properties without disconnecting internet, is there any way? Has anyone tried it?
3) any suggestions to improve upload speed through CA? I doubt CA on uploads
Outdoor antenna:
Speed tests done on Jio home application (you can run tests remotely from any location):
PS: if you observe speed capping happens at 93.38 Mbps only why is that?
I have an airtel xstream 1gbps connection in Bangalore which I get it for free under Airtel employee benefits, which is amazing and get speeds around 600-650Mbps on wifi 6 router and 900mbps on lan.
However in my hometown which is a rural area with dense plantations there is no fiber availability and hence I was using TP link mr600 with external lpda antenna and mounted it on terrace with direct line of sight with tower which is approximately 4km away and used a jio postpaid sim with 599 unlimited data plan, the speed i used to get after locking the band in router to band 40 was around 30-50Mbps and 2-3Mbps upload and night download would go up to 80Mbps, TP link mr600 with external antenna performed exceptionally well as it was a 4g+ router, there was never a downtime or ping loss although ping was 50-60ms nor any performance issues and met all my WFH and entertainment needs and also Jio was giving unlimited data with 599 postpaid plan.
And now why did I upgrade to Jio airfiber?
One day I just wanted to test if I get 5g signal or not because my tower is 4km away with dense plantations in between so was curious to test the signal , so I went to my terrace where Lpda antenna for 4g were installed and for my surprise I got 5g signal that too n78 band , it took me by surprise and when I tested the speeds were around 250-300mbps download and 2-3Mbps upload.
This is when I decided to go for Jio Airfiber as I was curious to test the functionality and also I thought its value for money and I needed a WiFi 6 router to cover my entire house of 4000sqft, I booked Airfiber 100Mbps connection giving nearby tower location and got the connection installed on February 7th and here are my views on it:
1)As soon as the connection was installed the first day speeds were 95Mbps download and 5-6Mbps upload which was ok considering the tower distance, but the same day night from 9pm to 11pm the internet completely stopped working like 0kbps though there was green light.
2) during day times the speed was consistent but used to have frequent internet disconnections during team meetings video calls which was really frustrating and when you do the speed test speeds were normal then I realised it’s packet loss issue
3) these issue remained for a week until the router got updated itself to 1.9.1 version thereafter most of the speed related issues were resolved expect the packet loss issue during meetings
4) now I get consistent speed of 90-93mbps download and 5-6Mbps upload (i know its bad considering tower distance its fine ) also I did a speedtest near the tower and upload speeds are max 40-45Mbps, may be n78
band limitations or jio needs to optimise on Nokia sites. erricson sites give 100mbps upload.
Also according to me Jio needs to optimise their n78 band a lot for seamless connectivity and no packet loss nonetheless I'm satisfied with Jio airfiber especially for a place like mine where there is no fiber footprint and where I'm able to enjoy the latest 5g speeds.
Few things i need to ask experts here:
1) strangely whenever I do speedtest i get max speed of 93.38 Mbps only why is that? How is Jio capping the speed? Is it on the basis of RSSI? The same location I get 250-300 mbps in 5g phone with rssi 100dbm
2) I have logged into odu connecting the lan and have seen signal properties but I need a way to monitor signal properties without disconnecting internet, is there any way? Has anyone tried it?
3) any suggestions to improve upload speed through CA? I doubt CA on uploads
Outdoor antenna:
Speed tests done on Jio home application (you can run tests remotely from any location):
PS: if you observe speed capping happens at 93.38 Mbps only why is that?
