[suhastech]

However, there are downsides to this. To compete with Jio. All the carriers have massively decreased the prices to match Jio. This has increased congestion in all metro areas.

Things don't work when I most need it. I cannot book an Uber in the middle of the city. The uber drivers struggle to get the navigation right. I sometimes hear "All channels occupied" error when I'm calling. I never knew such an error existed.

I had tried Jio in the initial days. The coverage was spotty at best. No one I know use Jio as a primary connection. Most people use a dual SIM phone, which I don't have.

Even if the access of internet has increased, the overall quality of cell service has decreased at lot, no matter what the carrier.

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[rohan1024]

This is true for cities but the speed is mostly better than any other provider. Besides people have broadband in cities so most of the time its not the issue. If you go through towns of India the speed is very high on this network like around 20+ Mbps.

[shashankjain16]

How do you really define a primary connection? Nowadays, most people I know, call from their Jio SIM and I can them on the same number. I believe their previous number is just there for legacy reasons. Most of the communication now happens over JIO. I am myself looking to switch my 10-year-old number from Airtel to Jio, and I have a single sim iPhone.

[iamgopal]

That caused increase in non synchronous communication such as WhatsApp.

[fnatreq]

That's the sad truth about unlimited plans. You can't beat physics. Sadly most people don't understand this and think ISPs are being greedy.

[drb91]

People aren’t the ones claiming the plan is unlimited, whatever that means. Are the ISPs confused?