Last week I took a new connection from R-Jio through an invite that I had got. I live in Gurgaon and have an existing mobile connection from Airtel. I work a lot from my basement and even though the basement is open on one side, the Airtel 4G connection is horrible. On 4G I would need to step out of the basement to take the call.
A year ago Reliance had put a tower about 100 meters from where I live. This gave me hope that the connection from Reliance Jio would be good. I used the phone as a hotspot the whole of last week and from yesterday I started making some calls as well. All from my basement. On data I easily get 10-15 mbps in the basement. In my house I get speed even touching 30 mbps. Voice calls are also extremely clear, distortion free and I did not experience any drops as well. Am attaching a pic which show the signal strength inside the basement and the associated speed.
This morning I decided to take it for a spin. I went from Gurgaon to Jor Bagh. Along the way I experienced several dark spots(spots where I would lose connectivity). Airtel worked fine in those spots though. Hence I say still in Beta.
There is very little support though. When I first got the connection, It took over 10 days to activate. it was a daily walk to
Overall I am happy. Will watch closely how the network fares over the next six months.