Bharti Airtel has been named India’s best home internet provider in a new report by Opensignal, winning all five awards for overall fixed broadband experience.
The report, released on November, 2026, compared the fixed broadband services of Airtel, Reliance Jio and BSNL across five categories: Reliability, Consistent Quality, Download Speed, Upload Speed and Video Experience.
According to the report, Airtel won all five categories outright. It recorded a reliability score of 486, compared with Jio’s 423, giving it a 15% lead on Opensignal’s 100–1,000 point reliability scale.
Airtel also recorded download and upload speeds that were 26–27% higher than Jio’s, according to the report. BSNL emerged as a close competitor in speed, trailing Airtel by just 0.5 Mbps in downloads and 0.8 Mbps in uploads.
Airtel also secured all five awards in the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) home internet category.
In this segment, Airtel recorded average download speeds of 32.4 Mbps and upload speeds of 20.7 Mbps. Jio recorded 25.7 Mbps download and 17.1 Mbps upload speeds.
The report also highlighted Airtel’s performance in FWA reliability and consistent quality. Around 66.2% of Airtel’s tests met the Consistent Quality thresholds, compared with 55% for Jio.
Airtel scored 450 in FWA Reliability, 68 points or 18% ahead of Jio, which scored 382.
The findings are based on Opensignal’s assessment of fixed broadband experience across India.
