SIMBA Fibre Broadband

[twosix]

Weird when you say 500m m1 can only do 720p YouTube

Yah, i can do multiple 4k60 hdr youtube with m1 500mbps in the last year or so.

 

[SantyBalls]

Idk y ppl keep thinking bandwidth is speed.

There's no point in high bandwidth is they throttle services

 

[Pengsp]

Weird when you say 500m m1 can only do 720p YouTube

DEFAULT at 1080 vs default at 720p, anyway, enjoy your 500mbps M1 at $30+, now I am happy with 950+mbps at $20+

 

[Pengsp]

For guys who have used Simba 2.5Gbps for a few months, how do you find the service? Any issues so far? I'm considering joining the wagon. Just a normal user here, only using it to surf the net and watch Netflix and YouTube.

I am only a few weeks, apart from the 2nd day down time for about 1hr. I don't have any issues now. Can play all Youtube quality without hiccup. Do note that they do not have hotline. When it works, then very good, if not working then don't expect immediate response. You are on your own on trying to reboot the modem/router. A normal telco can callback and they can reset at their backend. Simba can only reboot our own equipment or run "ipconfig /flushdns" command.

 

[pearl_ml]

I am only a few weeks, apart from the 2nd day down time for about 1hr. I don't have any issues now. Can play all Youtube quality without hiccup. Do note that they do not have hotline. When it works, then very good, if not working then don't expect immediate response. You are on your own on trying to reboot the modem/router. A normal telco can callback and they can reset at their backend. Simba can only reboot our own equipment or run "ipconfig /flushdns" command.

thanks for your honest feedback. seems like their support is not strong. but for the price, cannot demand too much.

 

[alex22]

DEFAULT at 1080 vs default at 720p, anyway, enjoy your 500mbps M1 at $30+, now I am happy with 950+mbps at $20+

Yes yes enjoy ur 950+mbps! Mine rarely hit that much sia

 

[titiju]

Only if you are able to make use of the extra 7.5gbps which most people probably don't.

Let me cite what gurus used to say " Your connection is as good as the weakest in your chain of connected devices." Invest more on your router, mesh or go physical connection than being mesmerized by those numbers. IMO, anything beyond 200Mbps is just an illusion. I cannot recall a website that allows me to download at 200 Mbps.

 

[xiaofan]

Let me cite what gurus used to say " Your connection is as good as the weakest in your chain of connected devices." Invest more on your router, mesh or go physical connection than being mesmerized by those numbers. IMO, anything beyond 200Mbps is just an illusion. I cannot recall a website that allows me to download at 200 Mbps.

I understand what you are trying to say, but 200Mbps is not an illusion.
Try https://mirror.sg.gs/ to see how fast you can go.

The following is just a quick example using a low end Intel N100 mini PC with low end Intel AX101 Wireless adapter.
28.0 MB/s = 28.0x8 Mbps = 224 Mbps

Edit to add: more references: @Mach3.2 can reach 300Mbps+ on Linux ISO download.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/speedtest-more-than-1200mbps.6750104/page-2

Then for those who use Torrent, they can even hit above > 1Gbps from the above thread using dual 1Gbps plans, as mentioned in the above thread.

 

[Mach3.2]

Default browser download from sg.gs mirror is about ~33MB/s to 36MB/s.

Pretty much maxed out my connection using a download manager.

Edit: M1 peering with sg.gs via SGIX

tracert mirror.sg.gs

Tracing route to mirror.sg.gs [203.175.175.208]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  10.80.30.1
  2     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  1.192.199.112.unknown.m1.com.sg [112.199.192.1]
  3     2 ms     2 ms     1 ms  204.246.65.202.unknown.m1.com.sg [202.65.246.204]
  4     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  205.246.65.202.unknown.m1.com.sg [202.65.246.205]
  5     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  162.246.65.202.unknown.m1.com.sg [202.65.246.162]
  6     2 ms     2 ms     1 ms  sggs.sgix.sg [103.16.102.30]
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8     3 ms     3 ms     3 ms  mirror.sg.gs [203.175.175.208]

Trace complete.

Edit 2: Simba peers at SGIX too, those on Simba can try downloading from sg.gs' mirror using a download manager, see what speed y'all can get.

 

[wkl1987]

just installed my simba 2.5gbps

Router : rog gt ax11000

30 Apr : myrepublic 1g gaming , last speed test on router UI , 2 test . 1st - 944mbps , 2nd - 942mbps

2 May : after install simba , using 2.5g port , multiple speed test on router UI , range from 606mbps to 646mbps

not sure if something i set wrong

simba speed 2.5g < myrepublic 1g ? fainted

 

[xiaofan]

just installed my simba 2.5gbps
Router : rog gt ax11000
30 Apr : myrepublic 1g gaming , last speed test on router UI , 2 test . 1st - 944mbps , 2nd - 942mbps
2 May : after install simba , using 2.5g port , multiple speed test on router UI , range from 606mbps to 646mbps
not sure if something i set wrong
simba speed 2.5g < myrepublic 1g ? fainted

That is inline with the reports here. SIMBA does not have good connection to local SpeedTest servers. You may search this thread and it is said that some Malaysia test servers may give faster speed.

Anyway, speed may not be the most important concerns, stability is probably more important. You may monitor the stability to see if you want to have a backup or not.

 

[mlepnos]

For anyone considering, my advice is to avoid this company for now.

I have been exchanging emails with one lady for over the past 5 days now. There is no solution to my internet issue. I am constantly getting over 200ms (ping) on speed test servers and gaming.

The Filipino CSO has a poor command of English and I have to repeat myself several times over the emails. Plus they just copy paste a standard answer and ignore your queries. Like 1 email can only give 1 question they will ignore the rest.

They asked me to show my setup and do speed test in first email. After some ding-dong back an forth they ask me what is my setup in the fifth email. And mind you I have been talking to the same person all along.

It is like I am going in circles doing the same thing over again with no solution.

But again I knew the risks when I signed up for this so tbh can't do much at this point with useless CSO.

Probably will wait out the 1 year contract and switch over to another ISP.

 

[titiju]

I understand what you are trying to say, but 200Mbps is not an illusion.
Try https://mirror.sg.gs/ to see how fast you can go.

The following is just a quick example using a low end Intel N100 mini PC with low end Intel AX101 Wireless adapter.
28.0 MB/s = 28.0x8 Mbps = 224 Mbps

Edit to add: more references: @Mach3.2 can reach 300Mbps+ on Linux ISO download.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/speedtest-more-than-1200mbps.6750104/page-2

Then for those who use Torrent, they can even hit above > 1Gbps from the above thread using dual 1Gbps plans, as mentioned in the above thread.

Yep, agree with you that there will be some use cases and scenarios where some expert users who can juice the most out of it will benefit from extra bandwidth. Even for them, you can see they have invested in hardware, optimized their connection, utilize advanced methods to realize the full potential. For majority of the users, it will be white elephant.

 

[SongManKranji]

For anyone considering, my advice is to avoid this company for now.
I have been exchanging emails with one lady for over the past 5 days now. There is no solution to my internet issue. I am constantly getting over 200ms (ping) on speed test servers and gaming.
The Filipino CSO has a poor command of English and I have to repeat myself several times over the emails. Plus they just copy paste a standard answer and ignore your queries. Like 1 email can only give 1 question they will ignore the rest.
They asked me to show my setup and do speed test in first email. After some ding-dong back an forth they ask me what is my setup in the fifth email. And mind you I have been talking to the same person all along.
It is like I am going in circles doing the same thing over again with no solution.
But again I knew the risks when I signed up for this so tbh can't do much at this point with useless CSO.
Probably will wait out the 1 year contract and switch over to another ISP.

u saying SIMBA




Life is v short. Ai song song kao tuas & Changi.

 

[HiHelloBye]

For anyone considering, my advice is to avoid this company for now.

I have been exchanging emails with one lady for over the past 5 days now. There is no solution to my internet issue. I am constantly getting over 200ms (ping) on speed test servers and gaming.

The Filipino CSO has a poor command of English and I have to repeat myself several times over the emails. Plus they just copy paste a standard answer and ignore your queries. Like 1 email can only give 1 question they will ignore the rest.

They asked me to show my setup and do speed test in first email. After some ding-dong back an forth they ask me what is my setup in the fifth email. And mind you I have been talking to the same person all along.

It is like I am going in circles doing the same thing over again with no solution.

But again I knew the risks when I signed up for this so tbh can't do much at this point with useless CSO.

Probably will wait out the 1 year contract and switch over to another ISP.

probably it's their bad routing on their end

this high ping issue reminds me when i was with ST...

 

[Mach3.2]

Actually I'm curious what speedtest server is he testing against. is it Singtel's speedtest server?

At least on M1, 23/30 speedtest servers that claim to be located in Singapore can be reached over a local internet exchange. 7/30 was reached over IP transit or private network interconnects.

14/30 via SGIX (Which Simba also have presence)
7/30 via Equinix IX
2/30 via BBIX


Would be nice if someone can host a RIPE Atlas probe on Simba fibre so some traceroutes can be ran.

 

[soulpower11]

Actually I'm curious what speedtest server is he testing against. is it Singtel's speedtest server?

At least on M1, 23/30 speedtest servers that claim to be located in Singapore can be reached over a local internet exchange. 7/30 was reached over IP transit or private network interconnects.

14/30 via SGIX (Which Simba also have presence)
7/30 via Equinix IX
2/30 via BBIX


Would be nice if someone can host a RIPE Atlas probe on Simba fibre so some traceroutes can be ran.

Probably is Singtel, just tried using wifi and got 200+ ms
https://www.speedtest.net/result/16202205597

 

[Mach3.2]

Yep that's against Singtel's server. Not surprising tbh

So who's the a**hole here?

Simba: because they are not coughing up money for paid peering with Singtel
OR
Singtel: for not peering without $$$

You decide

 

[SongManKranji]

Probably is Singtel, just tried using wifi and got 200+ ms
https://www.speedtest.net/result/16202205597

Bro u on simba now. Tks.

 

[twosix]

Business is business. Who wants to share with their rivals?