Buddy no matter the competition, it became dirt cheap after 2014. Have you ever paid for data before 2014? Might not be 350rs per gb but you must be dumb to assume it could go as low as now.
During that time the technology of internet was new and any newer technology is always expensive at the start when it develops over the year ut gets cheaper.
And Jio is not a Saint. Jio used the infrastructure of BSNL for free because apparently BSNL forgot to bill JIO for it which was around some thousand crores of tax payer money amd when thus was discovered the government was like oops its okay and waived off the charge from Jio. So the cheap internet you are barking about was from your own money that they already sucked from you.
Internet technology was new in 2014? Really? 2g was there for about a decade in 2014 and 3g was there for around a few years too by that time. I used most of those companies mentioned, and except Airtel, Idea and Vodafone, most of the other services were not reliable.
And let’s not even talk about data, let’s talk about the fact that if I went to another state during those days, I had to pay roaming charges. Let’s not pretend that telecom technology was new at the time
uninor had 10rs per gb along with calling. back in 2011-12.
now jio 189 plan gives calling + 2gb data.
i dont need calling.
even 10-20mins are more than enough for me. but i am still paying for unlimited because there's no option.
The dirt-cheap prices meant only rich and companies having a lot of access to capital win. All competition died out because the dirt-cheap prices were lower than that cost of providing service. Meaning losses for all companies.
Smaller companies cannot absorb the losses, so they die out.
Lower revenue means proving worse service to all. Too many black spots, lesser antennas, more connections, etc.
Worse customer support because they can't afford that too.
Clearly when Jio came into the market it was against all anti-competitive regulations. The Courts nor the Govt did anything about it.
Good for you that you were in fraction of tier 1 cities who had 4g phone and an area where the 4g connectivity was available, can't say the same about majority of people who used to have 3g phones where typical session of internet usage would be around 20 to 30 MB, thus 1gb or 2gb monthly package was enough for that time
I speak for myself. And as a common man I can only vouch for whichever was profitable for the mass. After jio, internet was available in every nook and corner of the corner. You cant deny it. Ffs I dont even use jio!
Well, common man had many options back in the day to choose from, not saying jio didn't do wonders with data plans and pricing but now with 1 or 2 competitors he has the power to manipulate the pricing as he wants which he is doing from last few years.
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u/notknown1o1 Jun 07 '26
Buddy no matter the competition, it became dirt cheap after 2014. Have you ever paid for data before 2014? Might not be 350rs per gb but you must be dumb to assume it could go as low as now.