Should you go for Reliance Jio GigaFiber or BSNL BBG 1199: Tariff, Data Usage & More Compared

| Updated: Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 14:04 [IST]

Soon after the Reliance Jio service was officially announced earlier this month, BSNL revealed that it will come up with plans that will match the tariff of Jio.

Should you go for Reliance Jio GigaFiber or BSNL BBG 1199

Lately, BSNL has announced many interesting broadband plans and one such plan is the BSNL BBG Combo Plan priced at Rs 1,199 per month. Also, Reliance Jio is rumored to launch the GigaFiber broadband plan soon.

Also Read: 5 Benefits of BSNL BBG 1199 Plan When Compared to BB249 Plan

Here, we have come up with a comparison between the tariff, benefits, and offers of both Reliance Jio GigaFiber fibernet service and BSNL BBG 1199 plan.

Also Read: How to Fix Reliance Jio 4G SIM Overheating and Battery Drain Problems

Unlimited calls with BBG 1199 plan

The BSNL plan comes bundled with unlimited calls offer. Users can enjoy both unlimited local and STD calls for 24 hours with the BSNL broadband plan.

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Reliance Jio will include the Welcome Offer

The highlight of the GigaFiber internet service from Reliance Jio is that it will also be bundled with the Welcome Offer as the Jio 4G service meant for smartphones. This way, users can enjoy unlimited and free data for 90 days after the launch of the service.

Speed wise, Jio looks to be better

While the BSNL BBG 1199 plan will offer a data speed of flat 2 Mbps, the soon to be launched Reliance Jio Gigafiber plan will give speeds ranging from 50 Mbps to 1 Gbps. However, we need to know how it will be able to render such high speeds when there are many users on board.

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Tariff plans

BSNL is providing two new broadband plans. The BBG 1199 plan is one and the other one is the BB 249 plan that will include 2 GB of data at 2 Mbps and unlimited data at 1 Mbps after crossing the limit. On the other hand, Reliance Jio offers a variety of plans starting from Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 5,500 and each plan has a validity of 30 days.

Data usage limit

As per the recent reports, the Jio GigaFiber plans have will have data usage limits starting from 2000 GB for the 50 mbps speed plan and range up to 300 GB for the 600 mbps plan.

Pay in bulk to save money

As per the BSNL plan, users can also avail discounts by opting to pay for the BBG 1199 plan for two or three years.

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