this is such an idiotic and honestly a self-absorbed take, I have many complaints against Reliance/Govt including the way they handled the 4g spectrum auction and all the bullshit with AGR but Jio has been a blessing for poorer and even middle class people, if telcos had a way they would still increase prices and give us those bullshit 1gb/2gb a month packs where you still had to pay for calling.
Dunno about you, but atleast here, my help finally got a phone when they got unlimited calling, we have another guy who had a 20k following on tiktok (back when it wasnt banned), folks who I have personally helped upskill by giving them youtube playlists/textbooks, folks who can finally stay connected to internet and have a way to learn where in the olden days they would have had none except for whatever crap textbooks shoved at us.
Maybe for folks in tier1/2 cities, its not as big of an impact specially if they had broadband, but you dont know the impact it has had for those in tier 3 cities where decent network reception was a dream with no broadband facility, my father used to spend close 3k/month to get a plan on one of those mobile dongles so that I could learn or do whatever on the internet and I was probably the only one in my school who had free net access.
Jio and smartphones in general has been a boon for the lower class, they finally have a medium by which they can learn by themselves or do whatever. Yes, govt should regulate telco price increases and yes Jio did pull shady af shit but dont discount the entire thing just because "they made us addicted".
Coming back to the topic, has there been any price increases announced? I havent seen any, I'm thinking of porting to BSNL as there'a 4g tower recently setup in my area according to Tarang Sanchar, I have a fiber connection so main thing will be to keep it active and a little bit of calling
