Jio - Silently increased price of Value Packs

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To abide TRAI order to provide Voice Only plan to user who do not wish Data, Jio move smartly and increased price for those who are looking for some data at least for UPI Transactions.

I was on Jio Value Plan that cost Rs.479 + 6GB Data (for 84 days)
Now Jio reduce this Value plan price to Rs.448/- (for 84 days) and offer NO DATA.

Now to add lowest possible data pack for 84 days I need to pay Rs.175 x 3= 525/- for 84 days.
So my final cost for 84 days plan with data will be Rs.479 + 525 = Rs.1,004/- i.e. Rs.334.66/- for 28 days.
And If I don't want to spend Rs.334.66/- for 28 days than Jio have plan that cost Rs.189/- (+2GB Data) for 28 days.

Now, prior to NEW VOICE ONLY plan, I required to pay Rs.159.66/- (with 2GB Data + Talk Time) for 28 days, but..
after New Voice ONLY PLAN, I have to pay Rs.189/- (with 2GB Data + Talk Time) for 28 days

So in actual, after abiding TRAI's directive Jio, reduce the price (on paper) but indirectly increase price from Rs.159.66/- to Rs.189/- for 28 days, finally a increase of Rs.29/- per 28 days for common mobile user.

Time to move to BSNL if they offer good connectivity/Network.
 
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rushikesh_jadhav said:
You are right. TRAI is also involved in this. Last time when Jio had increased plan price, I had moved to BSNL for 1 month and regretted and switch back to jio. BSNL network is not good at all. You can't trust it while doing UPI payment.
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Govt. keep spending millions on to upgrade BSNL service & Hardware (communication Gears for 4G etc. service) but still no improvement in service quality?
 
Yeah this happened about couple of weeks ago. I guess you missed it at the time. People complained initially. Then everything settles down as always and these companies know that well. I also use the affordable packs only. No other option but to submit to them as we are basically slaves. Trai? What's that?

BSNL too, what's that? I was with them for a year. Even if they pay me to use their services, I won't.
 
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To abide TRAI order to provide Voice Only plan to user who do not wish Data, Jio move smartly and increased price for those who are looking for some data at least for UPI Transitions.

I was on Jio Value Plan that cost Rs.479 + 6GB Data (for 84 days)
Now Jio reduce this Value plan price to Rs.448/- (for 84 days) and offer NO DATA.

Now to add lowest possible data pack for 84 days I need to pay Rs.175 x 3= 525/- for 84 days.
So my final cost for 84 days plan with data will be Rs.479 + 525 = Rs.1,004/- i.e. Rs.334.66/- for 28 days.
And If I don't want to spend Rs.334.66/- for 28 days than Jio have plan that cost Rs.189/- (+2GB Data) for 28 days.

Now, prior to NEW VOICE ONLY plan, I required to pay Rs.159.66/- (with 2GB Data + Talk Time) for 28 days, but..
after New Voice ONLY PLAN, I have to pay Rs.189/- (with 2GB Data + Talk Time) for 28 days

So in actual, after abiding TRAI's directive Jio, reduce the price (on paper) but indirectly increase price from Rs.159.66/- to Rs.189/- for 28 days, finally a increase of Rs.29/- per 28 days for common mobile user.

Time to move to BSNL if they offer good connectivity/Network.
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It is a case of malicious compliance simply because TRAI is too stupid to actually think any changes through. They only required the operators to offer a voice-only plan cheaper than the existing cheapest data plan.

Airtel has done it differently where they changed the 509 plan to 489 and reduced the validity from 84 to 77 days while adding the 469 plan after removing the data benefits.

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TRAI had pulled up telcos , why there are no voice only plans which could cater to poor people who dont use smartphones .So telco cartels reduced 200 rs & data from 1 year cheapest value pack consisting some data and created this nonsense .if somoene is on twitter please tag supreme court and highlight this nonsense.
 
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I don't even see it that discussed on YT either, I could only find one video about it:


(Yeah, the thumbnail is pretty weird, but the topic is about the recent change. I clicked on it initially hoping there was a new telco operator but ahh...)
 
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TRAI had pulled up telcos , why there are no voice only plans which could cater to poor people who dont use smartphones .So telco cartels reduced 200 rs & data from 1 year cheapest value pack consisting some data and created this nonsense .if somoene is on twitter please tag supreme court and highlight this nonsense.
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few people already done that on twitter but no action on it yet.
 
Emperor said:
To abide TRAI order to provide Voice Only plan to user who do not wish Data, Jio move smartly and increased price for those who are looking for some data at least for UPI Transitions.

I was on Jio Value Plan that cost Rs.479 + 6GB Data (for 84 days)
Now Jio reduce this Value plan price to Rs.448/- (for 84 days) and offer NO DATA.

Now to add lowest possible data pack for 84 days I need to pay Rs.175 x 3= 525/- for 84 days.
So my final cost for 84 days plan with data will be Rs.479 + 525 = Rs.1,004/- i.e. Rs.334.66/- for 28 days.
And If I don't want to spend Rs.334.66/- for 28 days than Jio have plan that cost Rs.189/- (+2GB Data) for 28 days.

Now, prior to NEW VOICE ONLY plan, I required to pay Rs.159.66/- (with 2GB Data + Talk Time) for 28 days, but..
after New Voice ONLY PLAN, I have to pay Rs.189/- (with 2GB Data + Talk Time) for 28 days

So in actual, after abiding TRAI's directive Jio, reduce the price (on paper) but indirectly increase price from Rs.159.66/- to Rs.189/- for 28 days, finally a increase of Rs.29/- per 28 days for common mobile user.

Time to move to BSNL if they offer good connectivity/Network.
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BSNL does give some good value for money packs nowadays like the Rs. 2399 which gives me a 2GB/day internet for a validity of 395 days. But the catch for me is, their network coverage and internet speed is a hit or miss.
 
PotBelliedGarfield said:
BSNL does give some good value for money packs nowadays like the Rs. 2399 which gives me a 2GB/day internet for a validity of 395 days. But the catch for me is, their network coverage and internet speed is a hit or miss.
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The best way to determine whether you can live with BSNL is to buy a new SIM and use it during your everyday locations. See if it works. If it's really horrible, then just drop the idea.
If it works, it can make for a really good data or secondary SIM. The voice only plan is cheap, the yearly data plans are also fairly priced.
For the times when you do a UPI payment, switch back to your primary SIM (Airtel/Jio probably). That's the only combination I'd pick for having 2 SIMs tbh. Having both Airtel and Jio is getting expensive.
 
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These rich companies are bureaucratic beggars.
I have a Vi SIM only kept for upi and banking otp. This sim is always disabled for approval security, enabled only when required.

This vodafone plan costs me 509 for 84 days, unlimited calls, 1000 sms, 6 gb data for 84 days.
 

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Yes voda and airtel now offering more economical plans than jio apparently after this value plans fiasco. But the biggest advantage of jio is that they do not stop the incoming facility be it for calls or texts for several months, actually I believe till number disconnection. Which voda and airtel stops immediately. If one needs a number just for incoming then jio still has a big plus there.
 
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Now to add lowest possible data pack for 84 days I need to pay Rs.175 x 3= 525/- for 84 days.
So my final cost for 84 days plan with data will be Rs.479 + 525 = Rs.1,004/- i.e. Rs.334.66/- for 28 days.
And If I don't want to spend Rs.334.66/- for 28 days than Jio have plan that cost Rs.189/- (+2GB Data) for 28 days.
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Then why not search for corresponding voice+data plans?
Lowest I saw was 859 for 84 days with 2Gb per day or a better value plan of 899 for 90 days with 2Gb/day + extra 20GB data
Then you get 286.33 for the 859 plan and 279.68 for the 899 plan if you calculate for 28 days.
I don't understand why you're adding data plan with 28 days validity to a data free plan and then calculating cost if you want to save money.
 
Emperor said:
To abide TRAI order to provide Voice Only plan to user who do not wish Data, Jio move smartly and increased price for those who are looking for some data at least for UPI Transitions.

I was on Jio Value Plan that cost Rs.479 + 6GB Data (for 84 days)
Now Jio reduce this Value plan price to Rs.448/- (for 84 days) and offer NO DATA.

Now to add lowest possible data pack for 84 days I need to pay Rs.175 x 3= 525/- for 84 days.
So my final cost for 84 days plan with data will be Rs.479 + 525 = Rs.1,004/- i.e. Rs.334.66/- for 28 days.
And If I don't want to spend Rs.334.66/- for 28 days than Jio have plan that cost Rs.189/- (+2GB Data) for 28 days.

Now, prior to NEW VOICE ONLY plan, I required to pay Rs.159.66/- (with 2GB Data + Talk Time) for 28 days, but..
after New Voice ONLY PLAN, I have to pay Rs.189/- (with 2GB Data + Talk Time) for 28 days

So in actual, after abiding TRAI's directive Jio, reduce the price (on paper) but indirectly increase price from Rs.159.66/- to Rs.189/- for 28 days, finally a increase of Rs.29/- per 28 days for common mobile user.

Time to move to BSNL if they offer good connectivity/Network.
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other isp did it too
KAKAN said:
I don't even see it that discussed on YT either, I could only find one video about it:


(Yeah, the thumbnail is pretty weird, but the topic is about the recent change. I clicked on it initially hoping there was a new telco operator but ahh...)
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i was about to share it!
 
My parents who are with BSNL use Rs.439 Plan having Validity of 90 Days with Unlimited voice calls[Local/STD] & National roaming including MTNL network in Mumbai & Delhi + 300 SMS
Me, my wife & kid are with Jio use Rs.799 Plan having Validity of 84 days with Unlimited voice calls & 1.5GB/Day + 100 SMS/day

Before the same BSNL used to charge Rs.399 for 70 Days with Unlimited voice calls[Local/STD] & National roaming including MTNL network in Mumbai & Delhi & 2GB/Day + 100 SMS/Day
Before for us with Jio used to charge Rs.666 Plan having Validity of 84 Days with Unlimited voice calls & 1.5GB/Day + 100 SMS/Day

This change for both BSNL/Jio was announced a day after Ambani's Son's Wedding. See the coincidence.

PS: BSNL call clarity has gone to shit & get call cuts after every 10 mins when in conversations & are still in 3G (Even though 4G sims are announced while many senior citizens never heard of them they say)
This is why many pension drawing ( means obviously they are educated right) senior citizens shifted to Jio from rural areas of AP & Telangana though they still use their old BSNL sims as backup sims.
 
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