"A 100 Mbps connection with 40% packet loss is functionally worthless for software development. Airtel measures only burst speed, ignoring that packets are dropping like flies."
Subscribed to Airtel AirFiber 100 Mbps plan for remote software engineering work. While speed tests occasionally burst to acceptable levels, sustained connections suffer from severe 320ms to 450ms ping times and over 40% packet drops during business hours. SSH sessions terminate every few minutes and video conference calls disconnect constantly. When a technician visit was scheduled, the engineer simply loaded a static speed test website on his phone, declared the line healthy, and marked the ticket resolved without running any MTR traceroutes or RF diagnostics.
Evidence on Record
MTR traceroute logs showing 42% packet loss at the gateway hop; timestamped ping logs over 72 continuous hours; service request SR-9921021 auto-closed without physical inspection.