To intensify the tariff war in fiber broadband segment, state run PSU, BSNL has launched a couple of new Bharat Fiber (FTTH) broadband internet plans – ‘Fiber Basic 449’ & ‘Fiber Basic Plus 599’ – which are available to customers all over India. BSNL intend to grab a major chunk of existing fiber broadband customer base with this newly launched 30Mbps & 60Mbps entry level unlimited Fiber Broadband (FTTH) plans.
Jio Fiber and Airtel Xstream Fiber are the other two major operators in fiber broadband segment. Here we will compare the most popular fiber broadband (FTTH) plans which are being offered to customers by these three major players – BSNL, Jio and Airtel. All the three operators offer one fixed line telephone connection which comes bundled with their FTTH broadband. Customers are allowed to use unlimited voice calls (Local/STD) to any network from this fixed line number without any additional cost.
Entry Level Fiber Broadband Plans Comparison : Jio Fiber vs BSNL Bharat Fiber Vs Airtel Xstream | ||||
Particulars | Jio Fiber 399 | BSNL Fiber Basic 449 | BSNL Fiber Basic Plus 599 | Airtel Xstream Fiber 499 |
Bandwidth (with best effort Download Speed) | Upto 30 Mbps till 3300 GB, up to 1 Mbps beyond | Upto 30 Mbps till 3300 GB, up to 2 Mbps beyond | Upto 60 Mbps till 3300 GB, up to 2 Mbps beyond | Upto 40 Mbps till 3333 GB, up to 1 Mbps beyond |
Monthly Charges (Rs) | 399 | 449 | 599 | 499 |
Free Calls & Additional facility | 24 Hrs Unlimited calling (Local + STD) on any network within India | |||
| OTT Apps Included | NIL | NIL | NIL | Airtel Xstream Apps |
- Speed : Jio Fiber plan starts at Rs 399 with 30Mbps download speed whereas BSNL offers two entry level plans priced at Rs 449 and Rs 599 with 30Mbps and 60Mbps download speed. Airtel Xstream Fiber plan starts at Rs 499 with 40Mbps download speed.
- FUP Usage : Jio & BSNL offers 3300GB high speed data usage whereas Airtel allows 3333GB data usage without speed throttling.
- Post FUP Speed Restriction : Jio & Airtel customers may get maximum of 1Mbps download speed after crossing FUP usage limit whereas BSNL customers may get 2Mbps post FUP download speed.
- Bundled OTT Apps : None of the operators are offering streaming OTT apps other than Airtel Xstream Fiber. Airtel FTTH customers may get access to Airtel Xstream Apps without any additional cost.
100 Mbps Fiber Broadband Plans Comparison : Jio Fiber vs BSNL Bharat Fiber Vs Airtel Xstream | ||||
Particulars | Jio Fiber 699 | BSNL 500GB CUL | BSNL Fiber Value 799 | Airtel Xstream Fiber 799 |
Bandwidth (with best effort Download Speed) | Upto 100 Mbps till 3300 GB, up to 1 Mbps beyond | Upto 100 Mbps till 500 GB, up to 2 Mbps beyond | Upto 100 Mbps till 3300 GB, up to 2 Mbps beyond | Upto 100 Mbps till 3333 GB, up to 1 Mbps beyond |
Monthly Charges (Rs) | 699 | 777 | 799 | 799 |
Free Calls & Additional facility | 24 Hrs Unlimited calling (Local + STD) on any network within India | |||
| OTT Apps Included | NIL | NIL | NIL | Airtel Xstream Apps |
- Speed : Jio Fiber plan Rs 699 offers 100Mbps download speed whereas BSNL 777 Plan & BSNL Fiber Value 799 plans offer 100Mbps download speed. Airtel also offers 100Mbps download speed in their 799 plan. BSNL 777 plan is available all over India. The only catch in BSNL 799 plan is that, the PSU has launched this plan only in selected cities.
- FUP Usage : Jio offers 3300GB high speed data usage whereas Airtel allows 3333GB data usage without speed throttling. BSNL is having two 100Mbps plans where 777 plan offers 500GB data usage while 799 plan offers 3.3TB data usage.
- Post FUP Speed Restriction : Jio & Airtel customers may get maximum of 1Mbps download speed after crossing FUP usage limit whereas BSNL customers may get 2Mbps post FUP download speed.
- Bundled OTT Apps : None of the operators are offering streaming OTT apps other than Airtel Xstream Fiber. Airtel FTTH customers may get access to Airtel Xstream Apps without any additional cost.
200 Mbps Fiber Broadband Plans Comparison : Jio Fiber vs BSNL Bharat Fiber Vs Airtel Xstream | |||
Particulars | Jio Fiber 999 | BSNL Fiber Premium 999 | Airtel Xstream Fiber 999 |
Bandwidth (with best effort Download Speed) | Upto 150 Mbps till 3300 GB, up to 1 Mbps beyond | Upto 200 Mbps till 3300 GB, up to 2 Mbps beyond | Upto 200 Mbps till 3333 GB, up to 1 Mbps beyond |
Monthly Charges (Rs) | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Free Calls & Additional facility | 24 Hrs Unlimited calling (Local + STD) on any network within India | ||
| OTT Apps Included | 14 Apps (Netflix, Amzon Prime, ZEE5, Eros Now, Disney+Hotstar etc) | Disney+Hotstar Premium Subscription worth Rs 1499/- | Airtel Xstream Apps |
- Speed : Jio Fiber plan Rs 999 offers only 150Mbps download speed whereas BSNL Fiber Premium 999 plan and Airtel Xstream 999 plan offer 200Mbps download speed. Here also, BSNL 999 plan is limited to customers in certain cities.
- FUP Usage : Jio Fiber 999 plan & BSNL Fiber Premium 999 plan offer 3300GB high speed data usage whereas Airtel allows 3333GB data usage without speed throttling.
- Post FUP Speed Restriction : Jio & Airtel customers may get maximum of 1Mbps download speed after crossing FUP usage limit whereas BSNL customers may get 2Mbps post FUP download speed.
- Bundled OTT Apps : Jio Fiber 999 plan comes with 14 OTT apps worth Rs 1000 monthly subscription whereas BSNL Fiber Premium Plan 999 offers Disney+Hotstar Premium Subscription worth Rs 1499/-. Airtel FTTH customers may get access to Airtel Xstream Apps without any additional cost.
300 Mbps Fiber Broadband Plans Comparison : Jio Fiber vs BSNL Bharat Fiber | ||
Particulars | Jio Fiber 1499 | BSNL Fiber Ultra 1499 |
Bandwidth (with best effort Download Speed) | Upto 300 Mbps till 3300 GB, up to 1 Mbps beyond | Upto 300 Mbps till 4000 GB, up to 4 Mbps beyond |
Monthly Charges (Rs) | 1499 | 1499 |
Free Calls & Additional facility | 24 Hrs Unlimited calling (Local + STD) on any network within India | |
| OTT Apps Included | 15 Apps (Netflix, Amzon Prime, ZEE5, Eros Now, Disney+Hotstar etc) | Disney+Hotstar Premium Subscription worth Rs 1499/- |
Ultra High Speed Fiber Broadband Plans (Plans with 300Mbps Speed)
- Speed : Jio Fiber plan Rs 1499 & BSNL Fiber Ultra Plan Rs 1499 offer 300Mbps download speed. BSNL 1499 plan is limited to customers in certain cities. At present, Airtel Xstream is not offering any 300Mbps plan.
- FUP Usage : Jio Fiber 1499 plan offers 3300GB high speed data usage whereas BSNL Fiber Ultra 1499 plan offer 4000GB high speed data usage.
- Post FUP Speed Restriction : Jio BSNL Fiber Ultra Plan offers 4Mbps post FUP download speed whereas Jio Fiber 1499 plan offer just 1Mbps post FUP download speed.
- Bundled OTT Apps : Jio Fiber 1499 plan comes with 15 OTT apps worth Rs 1500 monthly subscription whereas BSNL Fiber Ultra Plan 1499 offers Disney+Hotstar Premium Subscription worth Rs 1499/-. Airtel FTTH customers may get access to Airtel Xstream Apps without any additional cost.
BSNL FTTH (Bharat Fiber) service is considered to be the best fiber broadband connection with assured speed and stable performance even during peak hours. This is the reason why netizens in India prefer BSNL FTTH than any other ISP. BSNL FTTH is the best for online education, Work From Home, Online Gaming and for all those who need a stable internet connectivity 24×7.
Read More : How to activate Hotstar Premium Free account with BSNL Bharat Fiber (FTTH) Plans?
Migration of existing Fiber Broadband to BSNL FTTH
After the launch of special fibernet plans in selected cities, BSNL received a lot of customer complaints and queries regarding extension of these special FTTH plans to all other places. Now based on the increasing customer demand, BSNL extended 30Mbps & 60Mbps unlimited fiber broadband plans to customers in all telecom circles (except Andaman & Nicobar). This customer friendly initiative will certainly increase FTTH customer base and market share of BSNL in the coming days. BSNL FTTH 599 plan is going to become the game changer in mid-range segment as this plan offer pretty decent download speed of 60Mbps which is best suited for most of the Indian households. As per latest feedbacks received from many of our readers, existing Fiber Broadband customers of small ISPs started migrating to the newly launched 449 & 599 plans of BSNL.
Dear readers, please do share your feedback about your current fiber broadband service provider and their quality of service. Are you satisfied with the performance of your existing FTTH plan and ISP ?
10 Comments
Ofcourse jio is better in terms of service and recharge option. Jio is prepaid. One can change plan by rearching on expiry of current plan. Bsnl lags behind jio in terms of service and customer satisfaction. Went to local exchange they dont even know about ftth .
In my view ffth is the segment where bsnl regain trust in term of latency and peak hour bsnl ffth is best compare to others
Jio is definitely cheap and better than BSNL. I have both. For BSNL every month I've to shell out 90+gst for ONT modem whereas Jio doesn't charge anything for the Gateway Modem. If BSNL waives off this ONT rent, it will definitely be the best in all aspects.
bsnal is best
Airtel Fiber is not providing any landline service. I fixed my landline to the Airtel Fiber but the Airtel Service centre told there is no such landline service with Fiber it has been stopped.
But the maggic is they are still advertising on airtel website that fixed landline service is available with unlimited calls
Airtel Providing Land phone service – only we need to buy the Phone – speak the managers and get it done – I am using the same
BSNL has frequent downtimes. In 365 days, you have at least 25 days of downtime with no internet connectivity at all (and I am from a metropolitan city). They take no action on your complaints for several days. Better to choose a private operator like JioFiber, Airtel or ACT who fix any downtime within 1 or 2 hours maximum.
For fcks sake don't take bsnl if you have any other option. I had to choose it and i m dearly paying for it.. Every week i have to call them on why it's not working. Plus shittiest service.. They say they have created a ticket.. And after an hour or so you get a msg that ticket is resolved. I highly recommend against it and personally hope that this should shut down the operations. But at the end of the make your choice
please dont even compare BSNL. I took the plan of 1200 rupees. I cant even do a whatsapp call. Billing is completely irrelavant. I am planning to move legally. There is so many people who is facing the same issue. BSNL is FRAUD. For any queries regarding this review can contact (7736383089)
All private companies are farud ,BSNL is the best ,here Private companied are not responding complaints .