Re:India, Jio, and the Four Internets
by trianglem on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:13PM
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Interesting. I read an article that mentioned it was the fastest teleco(?) in the world.
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It is possible it was a paid article. Jio's attraction is about its low price point, not quality (speed/latency). Again, that itself is not a problem per se, some people don't need the fastest and the lowest latency as long as they have affordable access.
'Fastest' growing teleco.
Is it? A few replies here are mentioning being happy with ~40 Mbps in bigger cities, meanwhile the last time I ran a speedtest in a busy CBD in Australia I got 600Mbps or so on 4G.
I sure hope you're trolling, because as an American running an AT&T 4G phone in the heart of Silicon Valley, 40 Mbps is about what I normally get on a good day.
And I assure you I pay way more than $2/ month. In fact, AT&T's cheapest unlimited plan starts around $65 - and thats the advertised price, which is always before taxes and fees, so its realistically around ~ $80 monthly once all of those ludicrous surcharges are tacked on. Once again, this is for their cheapest plan.
I haven't really seen speed tests go below 60 Mbps or so in the crowded residential building I live in!
Don't worry, the shitty and overpriced fiber we get more than offsets the quality our wireless network may have.
Re:India, Jio, and the Four Internets
by vijaybritto on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @01:00AM
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Yeah cause this is a developing country and what we got was a few kb/s prior to this. This is a massive leap for us