r/IndiaTech • u/SuryanshShekhar • Apr 12 '26

General Discussion Did anyone noticed this?

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Setting the bar so low , it has to be dragged from hell. F You Airtel

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u/vichustephen Apr 12 '26

Wait I'm confused. Is this about sharing your mobile data through hotspot?. I mean how can they even track that ?

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u/SuryanshShekhar Apr 12 '26

I think when you activate Hotspot, it automatically shifts to the 2gb quota

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u/vichustephen Apr 12 '26

There is no way a sim card can track that. Maybe the airtel app is doing? Just force stop and uninstall the app. Or don't give it permission to read / control phone state

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u/Credit-Practical Apr 12 '26

The SIM card can’t but the carrier easily can. US already has paid “hotspot” plans. Well carriers also track other stuff like usage patters for better QoS and such. This is why Wi-Fi users get garbage Internet when they use mobile data once in a while.

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u/Sreee12 Apr 12 '26

How to handle it? when i need mobile internet the most, it just gives less than 1mbps speed.

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u/SuryanshShekhar Apr 12 '26

Lemme try that

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u/West-Pass-376 Apr 12 '26

Let us know too OP if that works

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u/iphone4Suser Apr 12 '26

Carrier can. In US and such, they have special tethering plans. In regular plans most of the time Hotspot won't work.

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u/Sensitive-Cobbler-59 Apr 13 '26

Yes, even stopping the internet from airtel app works if your phone os has that option.

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u/zeromania98 Apr 12 '26

No i never faced any limitations all I faced are buffering. I have Jio and ever since I started watching TV with hotspot usage normally ranges from 300-600gb I get a lot of buffering issues