Jio might be making you think their 198 10mbps is a prepaid plan but no its a postpaid plan with advance rental of 5months each time.
Rental is ₹198+gst=233.64 per month however you need to pay 198*5=₹1169 each time to avail this plan.
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This plan is available to new postpaid customers only. Existing postpaid or prepaid customers can’t shift to this plan. Also once you move from this plan to any other non-backup plan like 399 or above then later you can’t move back to this plan.
To opt for this plan as a new customer one need to pay 500+gst additional one time charge too.
Also to avail the set top box you need to pay entertainment 99 or ent+199 ott pack advance rental for 5 months too.
So if you starting cost comes to
- ₹1757 if you fiber internet connection only with 198 @10mbps speed.
- ₹2341 if you want both internet+stb with ENT 99 plan (FTA channels mostly).
- ₹2931 if you want both inertnet+stb with ENT 199plan (fta+paid channels).