Airtel Xstream Fiber vs Jio Fiber: Who are you rooting for?
Soon after the recent launch of affordable Jio Fiber plans, Airtel Xstream Fiber came up with its revamped plans. Both the companies are offering unlimited broadband internet plans and limitless calling in the similar price range. Take a note that unlimited internet here means 3300 GB of maximum data usage per month as per the commercial usage policy. Airtel Xstream Fiber provides automatically adjustable upload & download speeds whereas Jio Fiber gives symmetrical speeds. Thus, both work on a different mechanism. They also provide you with a 4K set top box, wifi router, and a voice controlled remote. Now, let's compare their plan offerings to check out on who emerges as the winner.
Airtel Xstream Fiber |
Jio Fiber |
Rs 499 |
Rs 399 |
40 Mbps Speed |
30 Mbps Speed |
Unlimited Calling |
Unlimited Calling |
Unlimited Data |
Unlimited Data |
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OTT Subscriptions: Voot Basic, Eros Now, Hungama Play, Shemaroo Me, Hoichoi, and Ultra via Airtel Xstream app |
OTT Subscriptions: N/A |
The monthly plan 1 is the minimum or lowest recharge plan for both Airtel Xstream Fibre and Jio Fibre. In this plan, Airtel charges Rs 100 more than Jio but gives free access to many OTT apps. Moreover, it provides an additional 10 Mbps of speed. Therefore, Airtel Xstream Fiber undoubtedly emerges as the winner for this plan. If you want to save on these recharge plans then Airtel Recharge Coupons can come in handy.
Airtel Xstream Fiber |
Jio Fiber |
Rs 799 |
Rs 699 |
100 Mbps Speed |
100 Mbps Speed |
Unlimited Calling |
Unlimited Calling |
Unlimited Data |
Unlimited Data |
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OTT Subscriptions: Voot Basic, Eros Now, Hungama Play, Shemaroo Me, Hoichoi, and Ultra via Airtel Xstream app |
OTT Subscriptions: N/A |
The monthly plan 2 is a leveller because both the broadband players are providing similar cost services. In Airtel, you pay a hundred more per month for the premium Airtel Xstream OTT app services which can be avoided if you don’t prefer them.
Airtel Xstream Fiber |
Jio Fiber |
Rs 999 |
Rs 999 |
200 Mbps Speed |
150 Mbps Speed |
Unlimited Calling |
Unlimited Calling |
Unlimited Data |
Unlimited Data |
OTT Subscriptions: Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Zee5, Lionsgate, Voot Basic, Eros Now, Hungama Play, Shemaroo Me, Hoichoi, and Ultra via the Airtel Xstream app. |
OTT Subscriptions: Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Sony Liv, Zee5, Sun NXT, Voot, Alt Balaji, Hoichoi, Shemaroo Me, Lionsgate Play, JioCinema, and JioSaavn. |
Both Airtel and Jio costs the same in this monthly plan 3, but differs in speed and OTT subscriptions. If 50 Mbps more speed is essential for you due to a large family or more devices then Airtel Xstream Fiber is suitable. Otherwise, Jio Fiber is a front runner with free access to many top OTT platforms which costs you a bomb. Here, Jio Recharge Coupons can help you save more on your monthly plans.
Airtel Xstream Fiber |
Jio Fiber |
Rs 1499 |
Rs 1499 |
300 Mbps Speed |
300 Mbps Speed |
Unlimited Calling |
Unlimited Calling |
Unlimited Data |
Unlimited Data |
OTT Subscriptions: Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Zee5, Lionsgate, Voot Basic, Eros Now, Hungama Play, Shemaroo Me, Hoichoi, and Ultra via the Airtel Xstream app. |
OTT Subscriptions: Netflix(basic), Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Sony Liv, Zee5, Sun NXT, Voot, Alt Balaji, Hoichoi, Shemaroo Me, Lionsgate Play, JioCinema, and JioSaavn. |
Jio Fiber takes the cake in this monthly plan 4 with free access to Netflix, Prime Video, and more other best OTT apps currently. Although, it will be interesting to analyse who provides the best service in their promised speeds.
Airtel Xstream Fiber |
Jio Fiber |
Rs 3999 |
Rs 3999 |
1 Gbps Speed |
1 Gbps Speed |
Unlimited Calling |
Unlimited Calling |
Unlimited Data |
Unlimited Data |
OTT Subscriptions: Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Zee5, Lionsgate, Voot Basic, Eros Now, Hungama Play, Shemaroo Me, Hoichoi, and Ultra via the Airtel Xstream app. |
OTT Subscriptions: Netflix(standard), Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Sony Liv, Zee5, Sun NXT, Voot, Alt Balaji, Hoichoi, Shemaroo Me, Lionsgate Play, JioCinema, and JioSaavn. |
Airtel Xstream Fiber and Jio Fiber both promise massive 1 Gbps speed. As Jio provides more of the best video streaming apps in India which are worth around Rs 1500, it gains over Airtel’s broadband platform in the monthly plan 5.
You can also check out the below posts by our fellow Dimers for additional info.
Airtel's response to Jio Fiber
Airtel vs Jio fiber OTT Benefits
Also, you can read our Jio Fiber 2.0 article for deep insights.
Do let us know on which broadband service you use and who out of Airtel Xstream Fiber and Jio Fiber is your choice for fast & reliable connectivity.
Note: All prices mentioned above are exclusive of taxes.
I am living in Mumbai I had been using Hathway Broadband from last 7years but past 1 year there has been frequently disconnect of internet connection I checked with my area jio is still not came in area but I have checked with my friends they referred ION internet sharing the snapshot 
Airtel gives 10% more speed than promised so expect speed around 50mbps for 40mbps plan. Also jio have privacy issues like they use their own DNS, locked bridge mode, CGNAT, bad routing especially for places outside India, Deep Packet Inspection(10% of jio is owned by facebook so makes sense), less speed than plan.
I am using Jio Fiber in delhi ncr, had 6 month silver plan 899 recharged for 100 mbps speed, which they recently upgraded to 150 mbps unlimited plan. But bad part speed is reduced, now i get hardly 20-25 mbps when sitting just next to router.
Hey Thanks to OP, didn’t knew airtel introduced another plan with 499. Was using 699 plan with same benefot as 499.
Called CC and changed my plan. Thanks DD Team and @FighterMan
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Does Jio Fiber provides 4k set top box for plans of Rs. 399 and Rs. 799?
I currently have ACT Fibernet connection and the uplink and downlink speeds remain symmetric and constant most of the time and data consumption count is logged genuinely.
I had taken the Jio Fiber connection last year when it was a free trial connection. Their uplink and downlink speed remained a tad inconsistent and the data consumption is throttled and logged as more bytes consumed for similar activity compared to ACT.
The Airtel plans look good and the prices mentioned are inclusive of GST. Airtel’s speeds are mentioned ‘up to xxxMbps’ which means do their uplink and downlink speeds remain symmetric constant or be varying? Also would like to know if their data consumption logging remains close to genuine?
Gst always extra
All Airtel Fiber plans says FastTag is active on it… How to use it ??? Anybody can explain this ?
I’ve two older vehicles & since now Govt has made it mandatory for every vehicle, what use can I have with this Airtel FastTag bundle with my 499 plan ?
Got my Airtel DSL migrated to Xtreme Fiber today. Getting pretty good speeds… I am on 40mbps plan 499…
Getting….
~48Mbps download
~45Mbps upload
pings @ 7ms
I got Nokia router G-140W-F which is much better than JIO router in terms of range. Will test out more in coming days… So far firmware also seems to have more features than JIO router….
The best part of Airtel fiber is that they provide much more throughput that anyone else. Even on 40 Mbps you get around 48 Mbps. That’s good to know.
Don’t ever go with Airtel DTH Plan. Please stick with Jio only. They screwed up the issue and Xstream Box is waste product. They don’t allow to stream Zee TV show from mobile to devices. It doesn’t support Google Mini.
None. Both of then unavailable in my area
Bhiwani me kon si working h bhiwani haryana
Can some body tell me that I only want to watch live TV channels not ott content so should I get that with jio fibre 399 plan.? And if I go fr airtel 499 plan do they offer live channels with any charge?
If you have firestick, install ThopTV or Oreo.
Live TV channels is no brainer 
In my city jio not reached yet, and airtel is asking for 2700 router amd installation charges if you opt for 499 plan, else only installation charges of 1000 of opting for higher value plan .
Anyone else facing this ??
When I took connection I paid 6100 for six months 100
Mbps unlimited ( plans have changed now) that included Nokia Dual band router free. I still paid 1 k extra for install as mine a LCO city. Some terms and conditions has changed now opting for one month plan will cost you more.
In jio base plan, can we get dual band router?
Y no change in plans for act fibernet still.wil they change?
I have used both the carriers . And now I am using jio fibre. Jio is best in speed. Plan charges may vary
And they never cross the marked speed, ie the throughput is less. I get 20 Mbps more on 100 Mbps plan. So like and dislike depends on ones prospective. My cousin have Jio fiber his fiber broke and they took 10 days to repair the wire.
The problem with airtel is in the name of optical fibre in many area they are still giving low speed as they are using copper wire instead of fibre.
In my city its Airtel fiber only no copper. New cities being launched are with fiber only.
F*ck Jio. Never give your money to monopolistic shitters.
Same with Paytm. Pathetic customer service.
Airtel fiber is having instalation charges 1084 non refundable amount 🤣🤣
Not a good time to do the comparison between these two providers. Their services are not available at majoriy on the places in India even in top tier cities e.g Pune
Yes Both services not available in my area too.
neither jio nor airtel available at my place in Nashik Jailroad area
Airtel so far soo good
Can we watch live tv on jio box with 399 plan?
Anyone using airtel 999 plan ? Do we get Amazon prime and hotstar membership ?
Only prime not hotstar
In case of Airtel, prime and zee5 subscriptions are valid only if you have XStream DTH box and the OTT apps on XStream box can be accessed only when you have a working plan on the XStream DTH box. So is Airtel broadband really better for people who don’t have Airtel DTH connection?
If you want quality support then Airtel is totally worth the price.
Thank you jio for making my airtel plan cheaper… Always airtel for quality.
Railwire is best. I’m using it in West Bengal.
Plans – FTTH
349
700GB
25Mbps
1 month extra recharge if you do for 6 months
Above rates exclusive of tax.
So if you are in West Bengal don’t go for Airtel or Jio. Go for Railwire. Speeds are truly symmetrical and does not drop
I am in Kothrud area of Pune. Jio plan is not in my area. I have airtel Xstream 999 plan. And it’s bad for working from home. Upload speed Is also important for Working from home. And airtel offers 512kbps. Hathway on the other hand gives me 5mbps upload speed too.
You need to get your router checked then.
Can anybody tell which charges airtel take initially for connection
I have been using airtel vfiber for more than a year. Downtime is hardly 15min. I made a mistake of switching to jio from airtel for mobile. I regretted it later and switched back to airtel. As of now I hold 999+299 extra plan. Good thing is I don’t need to pay 299 extra going forward. Let them keep 1999 for same 999 plan. I’m OK to pay. Reliability matters than cheap prices to me
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You won’t get any channels. Channels are going to disappear. You will have to search your content and watch. Everything will change. It will be frustrating in beginning that you can’t change channels that easily. But slowly it will teach you how to be patient. Slow apps, bad boxes, slow speed etc will give you less time to watch tv. Eventually it will be good for you.
i live on Hyderabad in nampally mehdipatnam region, this is like one of the cores of the city and yet jio fiber is not available here. what a joke
I live in navi Mumbai and near to JIO HQ but no service available here
I remember the times I paid airtel around rs 2500 pretty month for 1gb data plan for blackberry and local calls within India