India, Jio, and the Four Internets

Re:India, Jio, and the Four Internets by sk0g on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @10:43PM (#23913420)

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.

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Re:India, Jio, and the Four Internets by duckfruit on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @01:25AM (#23914176)

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.

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Re:India, Jio, and the Four Internets by sk0g on Thursday July 23, 2020 @10:50PM (#23935199)

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.

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Re:India, Jio, and the Four Internets by vijaybritto on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @01:00AM (#23914076)

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

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Re:India, Jio, and the Four Internets by sk0g on Thursday July 23, 2020 @10:51PM (#23935206)

> fastest teleco(?) in the world

Previous speeds or country's development status wouldn't factor in to that question, right?

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