Devil in the details: What Mukesh Ambani did not tell you about Reliance Jio

Reliance Jio is yet to garner enough interconnection points with other telecom operators for seamless voice call experience. At the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries on September 01, Ambani urged Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular to not misuse their market power by creating unfair hurdles. "The incumbent operators have a legal obligation to provide points of interconnect," he said. Legally binding it might be, the telcos are unlikely to fulfill their obligation smoothly. Therefore, RJio's voice calls might be free, but may often disconnect due to poor connectivity.
 
Rs 50 per GB data 'effective' rate not actual

RJio's cheapest plan of Rs 19, which gives 100 MB data for a day,  translates to around Rs 190 per GB. The second, Rs 149 pack, offers only 300MB data, which comes in at around Rs 450 per GB. Even RJio's apparently most popular plan of Rs 499 offers 4GB data at a little over Rs 100 per GB. It is only after you add 8GB extra that RJio will offer on Wi-Fi hotspots, that the value will come down to Rs 40 per GB. But here's the catch: This plan (also others) has been smartly bundled with Wi-Fi packages and would only work on RJio's Wi-Fi hotspots, which are still rolling out.

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Good as second sim

RJio's voice and data packages are definitely cheaper than peers, but we suggest you to test it as your second sim for now. RJio will face the real test of providing decent network connectivity and fast data speed after its commercial launch next year in January, because the more people come on board, the poorer the network quality may turn out to be. Paying a premium for good quality makes sense, but no point there is to avail low quality even at dirt cheap prices.

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