Monthly Archives: February 2018

Cancellation of Airtel Prepaid SIM involves blocking SIM and waiting for 90 days of no usage for automatic disconnect of Airtel number

As mentioned in a previous post, Unhappy experience with Airtel Rs. 1500 cashback offer on Karbonn A40 smartphone; Internet Speed Tests with A40 + Airtel AND JioFi3 Router + Jio, https://ravisiyer.wordpress.com/2018/01/23/internet-speed-tests/, last updated on 4th Feb. 2018, I had returned … Continue reading

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Was able to use my first of eight Rs. 50 free cashback vouchers from Jio

On 22nd Jan 2018, I had bought a Rs. 399 Jio plan giving 1 GB per day for 84 days for one of my two Jio SIMs/numbers – the 8xxx one. I was promised 8 Rs. 50 cashback vouchers (50 … Continue reading

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Hotspot feature of (Jio) LYF C459 4G smartphone using Jio 4G SIM, works well as WiFi Internet connection on PC desktop

My first usage of the Hotspot feature of my new LYF (Jio owned company) C459 low-price 4G smartphone as my WiFi Internet connection on PC desktop was disappointing! [I bought it from Jio.com website for Rs. 3899.] In speed tests … Continue reading

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LYF C459 low-priced 4G Android smartphone and its setup

I ordered a (Jio owned) LYF C459 4G smartphone for Rs. 3899 from Jio Website on 28th Jan. 2018. Key specs of the LYF C459 device are: 4.5 inch touchscreen display, Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 processor, Dual SIM (4G + … Continue reading

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Jio Data Add On packs are low-priced and interesting options when one exhausts per day data quota under base plan like 399 1.5 GB per day plan

What should one do when one exhausts the per day data quota on a Jio plan like Rs. 399 plan giving 1.5 GB per day for 84 days? [Before 26th Jan. 2018, the 399 plan gave 1 GB per day … Continue reading

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Setting WiFi connections to Metered on Windows 10 prevents Windows Automatic Update downloads on those connections

A large Windows Update download ate up my data quota for the day on my Jio connection. This was done automatically without my having noticed it. Using a small increment of 153 MB for the day (a sachet plan) had … Continue reading

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