How Good is the Internet in India? A Digital Nomad's Experience...

[@bugged1212]

Am in Pune in India, not so sure about smaller towns, but mid level to larger cities all have pretty decent speeds. I use Airtel 1 Gbps for about $50 bucks a month. Loads of providers for 100/200/300 mbps.

[@bjenks]

👍👍

[@susmitakarnik3322]

jio, airtel, Vodafone local cable operater, pvt network all gives u best services economically lowest prices rather then out of India. all network company's gives many plans options.

[@bjenks]

Thanks

[@mallianumula]

In the last 10 years, the internet rapidly improved in India. especially after Jio :) I still remember in 2005 when I am looking for IT job, it is very difficult to just upload my Resume :) now COVID time my entier Bangalore team working from home without any issue. so internet 90% no issue, except if u have some bad luck or due to heavy rains .. else power nad internet not an issue.

[@bjenks]

Good info, Malli thanks 🙏

[@pradyumnapatil5190]

I live in rural part of India. Frankly speaking, internet speeds in rural part is really improving day by day now. In my area, only BSNL provides broadband service right now and soon Jio and Airtel may expand too. BSNL broadband gives a speed of 100mbps ie, 12.5 MBPS for price of 300₹

[@bjenks]

that's for that info

[@sridevis7047]

I live in Bangalore, Karnataka and I pay 10.85 dollars per month for 300 gb internet with 100 Mbps speed, but I get around 94 Mbps download speed and 89 Mbps upload speed

[@bjenks]

Wow, that's awesome! Good to know when I go back

[@PARTHASARATHISAMANTARAY]

There is a difference in scale. In US the scale is Mbps, but in India, it is MBps. 1 Byte is 8 bits. 1 MBps=8Mbps.

[@bjenks]

Good info, thanks Parthasarathi

[@GoodSongs4all]

In India too it's Mbps and not MBps. All telecom companies in India use Mbps.

[@akshaymundhe7868]

Well we need to see internet cost in india pr GB well it's 0.26 $ and goes to 26$ in usa . See the difference here

[@bjenks]

Can you explain more?

[@akshaymundhe7868]

@@bjenks I will try my best . Ask anything

[@alternateaccount4868]

@@bjenks I they were comparing mobile internet price per in us and india

[@Monzena]

Thank you very much for this video, you answered to many of my questions

[@bjenks]

Thank you!

[@Monzena]

@@bjenks I had to come to India at the end of February... I had to postpone my trip for... Who knows how long....

[@kamallb4650]

@@Monzena dang.

[@chaipatti-f3b]

What about jio fibre download=upload speed starting at 399 rupees per month

[@vissistvinod8351]

Now india is doing good with 4G in place, what's most impressive is the plan. No where else in the world you find such cheaper plans. Thanks to Jio, if you are living in a remote place away from the City no option go for BSNL. Jio/ACT is the better option otherwise. Vodafone is gone down in recent times, Indians not even considering having a new connection of vodafone.

[@bjenks]

My vodafone is still pretty good. 4gbs a day now, but I need to use a vpn for some reason

[@vikrantkrishna6135]

@@bjenks my complete college course is online and i am using airtel stream it cost me 850 rs , gives 100 mbps .

[@MadhavMopure]

But internet charges are very cheap here compared to the US...

[@bjenks]

Yes, very cheap and pretty good. What company do you use?

[@adityabhardwaj7022]

@@bjenks after 2016 - 17 90% Indians have jio

[@koolkoushik96]

@@bjenks I use airtel broadband. A 100 mbps plan where you get 120 mbps through the day and it is have close to 0 downtime.

[@wilsonmashi9358]

@@koolkoushik96 Airtel doesn't cover all of India, so most of us are stuck with what's available. I use BSNL right now, but would gladly switch to Airtel if I could.

[@koolkoushik96]

Wilson Mashi True and Jio Fiber was crap, tried it earlier and the service and speeds were pathetic!! Airtel and a few local ISPs do an amazing job!

[@iagreewithyou4328]

I get 300mbps here in Bengaluru. But it depends on what package you take.

[@googleuser6972]

Late to comment here (late subscriber). Homes in Metros in India are normally operating at 100+ mbps at $15 a month. In Illinois, comcast (xfinity) was charging me $20 for 10mbps after the "promotion" period. In 2020 Jio & Airtel are leading the mobile internet speed wagon.

[@bjenks]

Wow, okay. I was paying $70 a month after promotion for fiber broadband internet in Texas. 100 - 150 mpbs speeds. Thanks for sharing those details

[@koolkoushik96]

@@bjenks My airtel broadband cost me $13 a month for a 100 mbps for 3.33 TB data a month!

[@sudiptomalik947]

Sorry but a little correction its bits not bytes😇

[@bjenks]

Thanks!

[@anmollamba8099]

There are plans from 50 mbps to 1gbps. Cost also varies as per the plan. But if you compare it with most of the western countries. You will find internet cheaper in India. Currently i am using 100 mbps plan and paying 650 per month and if i pay for 6 months in 1 go then i will get free internet for another 3 months.

[@radeonblue1816]

I remember 7 years back when I used to bunk my school spent my entire weeks pocket monet to buy 200mb Airtel pack and waiting for facebook page to look on which I was only able to see my profile pic. and it was very slow too back then. But now I have unlimited data with 550 month weekly. The network rarely goes.

[@rahulkrishna1657]

Jio fiber - you would get 1 Gbps but you have to pay more for that - speed is according to your plan.

[@bjenks]

Good info, thanks Rahul

[@simonsunith]

@Benjamin Jenks - American in India Check out Bangalore. You'll find many differences as its a city that's popular among westerners due to IT.

[@crocodoesdollars]

Thank you for the info about the internet speeds!

[@mohammadarif8057]

Bro checkout jio fiber Then Talk..In himachal pradesh which is at a great elevation jio fiber has an avg speed of 100 MBPS at a cost USD 26

[@xortex19]

internet in India is like Honda with BMW logo on it LMAO.

[@bjenks]

Bahaha

[@pythonner3644]

fiber internet are pretty cheap here, i have netplus fiber of 50 mbps for 600 inr and 100mbps for 800 inr per month. Its pretty stable and good. Location Ludhiana, punjab

[@bjenks]

👍👍

[@gautamkundu1603]

Right now...are u in india or usa??

[@bjenks]

India

[@KishoreKumar-uf4md]

How good is your cherrinet experience now? Can you explain a bit more detailed?

[@bjenks]

I worked more than 40 hours a week and had skype calls and meetings for over a year. I dont have to bribe anyone for service outage. I like the technicians when they come and the boss. I would recommend

[@KishoreKumar-uf4md]

@@bjenks Thanks Ben! It looks promising, provided the speed which you've mentioned in the video is met continously.

[@srinivassrinu9325]

Use Airtel dongle for emergency or in times of power cut.

[@kamalkumar_k]

You may purchase home inverter for 16-17k if you need power backup. With this you can run your computer, fans and lights uninterrupted during outages.

[@abedits4014]

USE AIRTEL INTERNET IN MOBILE.. speed 10mbps & more . USE JIO FIBER AS BROADBAND ( but yes its not available every where) but they have speed over 1 gbps.

[@bjenks]

Everyone is talking about Jio and I might get it when I travel. Vodafone is working great for me though

[@abedits4014]

@@bjenks Jio Broadband is good but not 4g celluar.. Broadband have 1 gbps speed according to your need & budget.

[@nolanpereira8525]

I am from Goa and m using 200 Mbps speed plan fiber of which I get 150 Mbps to 195 Mbps speed on average....so net is not slow here ...u can even get 1 Gbps speed but have to pay higher .....yes mobile net speed not stable but u get around 1 mbps to 3speed most of the time and sometimes even 5-12 Mbps specialy in early morning or late night....yes hotel WiFi speed might be pathetic.....

[@anything3068]

It's megabits It's megabytes that your are talking about

[@pradiptahalder3834]

It's very good specially in metro cities....if you get jio or Airtel fibre or wifi though it depends on your location as towers are overloaded bcz of more registration....you can also opt LAN from local cable operator which I found amazing ...they have rates according to speed....but I am not sure about other cities and suburbs of India.

[@evilrobot6023]

Chennai 200mbps is 1.2k and 1TB FUP

[@shubhodeeppaul9640]

I guess he is little clueless, if you all are thinking the same! Btw it is megabits instead of megabytes! What that mean is 28 megabits per sec is actually 3.5 megabytes per sec!

[@pradyumnapatil5190]

Same thought came into my mind!

[@Vedrajrm]

Bsnl is the best Considering ACT and other small companies are not available everywhere. Bsnl provides connections pretty much everywhere in India

[@bjenks]

I heard BSNL was the most popular too. Do you have to bribe the workers to install? That's what I heard :)

[@kamallb4650]

@@bjenks not really. I haven't heard that.

[@Vedrajrm]

Benjamin Jenks no I did not, I have a fibre connection which gives 500GB at 50MBPS for 777₹ 1500₹ for the router modem was provided. There is no need to bribe them, but after installation, people usually Tip them as a thank you. It’s usually anywhere from 50-100₹ Bsnl employees don’t even expect the tip, one of them actually refused to accept it.

[@Vedrajrm]

Benjamin Jenks even though I live just outside the city, popularly services like airtel broadband and others did not provide the connection, they said that they did not operate in my area. That’s why I chose bsnl Pretty happy about it

[@craigslist1323]

Do you mean mega bits or mega bytes?

[@Shashikant-bi4ex]

I get 100Mbps speed no data cap 600 Rupees ( 8.13USD ) per months in New Delhi.

[@abhishekdas3656]

Mobile speeds are still not good yet. Airtel is good, but jio still has many problems. Don't talk of Vodafone , internet doesn't work while you are on a call Broadband is ok. I recommend you ACT broadband.

[@bjenks]

They can be good, as I get 10 mbps at home which I've done Skype calls for a year on, depends on where you are

[@kamallb4650]

@@bjenks actually.

[@kamallb4650]

Speed on phones actually depends upon the many factors.

[@bjenks]

@@kamallb4650 thanks for recommending ACT and Airtel

[@vincetangerine5254]

what about zoom meetings....

[@amritena287]

I have BSNL 4g SIM which is government company it provides me 20 mbps at 3g network as in my area they don't operate on 4g, speed with minimal issues.

[@bjenks]

Thanks

[@grosgogogogt]

megabits not megabyte how many time i have to say this.. internet speed is measured in megabits

[@nkj3985]

Now highspeed GSM 4g is available 20gb @ USD 1 its the cheapest in the world Average Broadband in India is faster and 80% than what in USA

[@rohitswaminathan8707]

Guys if u r visiting India the internet shouldn't be a problem, I'm living in a small town in south india and I get 300mbps easily and if u go to city's like chennai or bangalore u will get 1gbps

[@alternateaccount4868]

You’re on Jio?

[@arunmuthupalaniappan7277]

ACT internet offers gigabit speeds nowadays.

[@putintin]

old video , now jio fiber and airtel fiber is there all over india speeds starts from 30mbps to 1gbps.

[@putintin]

also download and upload limit are unlimited now , thanks to JIO

[@satyakimajumdar2550]

There are some misleading terms in the video. In text you are writing mbps but you are saying mega-bytes per second. In mbps when the b is small, it refers to mega bits per second. Conversely, when it is MBps and the B is in caps, it means mega bytes per second. 1Byte=8bits. In the video you are saying mega-bytes whereas in text you are writing as mega bits. This can lead to some confusion among the viewers.

[@bjenks]

Thanks for clarifying

[@jaanu2222]

paying 12$ for month for 100mbps (126mbps in reality) in bhopal on airtel fiber getting unlimited data + free 1year amazon prime sub , zee5 subscription and unlimited calling with wynk music , that is cheap ! only 4g is little costly here if your data consumption is high otherwise broadband prices are really low .

[@amitm99]

Waiting for Starlink Spacex Internet......

[@antaresbnv3350]

Today in india internet is so cheap that even beggers are using. And speed is also good, but I would like to make some corrections on what you said. BSNL belongs to government and which is working still on 3g and all others are on 4g. Moreover JIO is the best in india, which works even while traveling between Bangalore and Chennai and between some other cities aslo. Moreover today JIO has got the 50 percentage of the internet share in india, which even lot of Indians don't know. Thanks to Jio, just 4 years ago before coming JIO internet was of stonage here in India.

[@bjenks]

Thanks for the info, Antares

[@muktiprateekdas9769]

Buy an inverter dude.

[@kallyansingha3772]

Mega Bits Per Second(Mbps) not Megabytes (MBPS)

[@bjenks]

🖖

[@hariprasadreddy108]

Mine is 100 mbps for rs 650 per month with out data cap

[@searchapostateprophetabdul2398]

I get unlimited internet of 35mb per second just at the price of 630 rupees.Which is just enough for a single person like me

[@karankhandelwal6406]

I am in Jaipur and I get 150mbps

[@amitm99]

I'm seeing your video with 144 kpbs with buffering of jio hi fi with 2gb plan. Now you'll understand how fast speed it is in 2021😞😞😞

[@gamersplatform1574]

I pay 10$ per month for unlimited internet through wifi

[@deepakchoudhary7712]

You are technically wrong, Mbps and MBps both are different. If you divide mbps (Mega Bit per sec ) by 8 then you will get MBps (Mega Byte per second ).

[@bjenks]

My mistake

[@buntipapu3816]

If you pay for higher speeds, you get higher speeds in India.

[@bedantagogoi281]

I have a jio fiber connection with 150 mbps its good for almost all i honestly don't need 50 mbps is all my realistic need

[@jaypawar3015]

one que why america 's need 100mbps speed ??? even 15 -20 mbps is good

[@bjenks]

Mostly uploading and downloading big files. Skype calls. For work. 15-20 is good enough for most people though yes.

[@Indoraptor0001]

My Internet speed - 30Mb (without wifi)

[@hanselxyb5825]

Good on you mate. You are so much better and real than stupid Karl Rock.

[@bjenks]

Thank you! I like Karl Rock too though :)

[@Steeple-Chase]

Why did the Indian government expel him?

[@blasterahmes3775]

@@Steeple-Chase he had come with a tourist visa but actively took part in protests and supporting political parties. That's what I hear at least.

[@User_01578]

After introduction of 5g network in India ,all problems will be solved.👍👍

[@Ankit0494]

Buy an inverter and connect router power 😁

[@bjenks]

One day I will, I am cheap tho 🤓

[@ashuraikvar7320]

@@bjenks or relocate to city with no power outtage issue such as delhi or mumbai

[@Varunc95]

@@bjenks being cheap isnt a bad thing lol.

[@lokeshwaranvr]

Americans: India has bad internet!😞 Also Americans: Let's make India videos on KZbin to get the views boosted!✌🏼 All you need is a thumbnail with the Indian flag!😎

[@shivan4627]

What??? guys you cant compare internet.. i am living in chennai and i have faster inter net than most of US cities.

[@346_naveendashhare3]

We see about the birds

[@aadii_zenn]

I use internet for free whole night

[@sankey220485]

4g is cheap af

[@zoompagamer5419]

BSNL 3G😂

[@toushikbanik6921]

No BSNL that's f#ck