SIMBA Fibre Broadband

[djdestiny]

Tampines

Ah that's why
As for the 10G, 2.5G IC took a while to finally start also

Guess by the time they roll out 10G in my area moi can stay with M1 for same price especially as IMDA is footing the bill for the mass upgrade to XGSPON

 

[andyqkw]

Simba put out 10G interest check but my area in the east still TBC

I put in interest check for 2.5G back then and my area still kosong
Can anyone paint a rough map of where Simba has extended to? Last i checked its roughly tampines/pasir ris and punggol, simei included of course.
Tanah merah & Bedok gosong. Dont even need to talk about Aljunied. Or at least the postal codes I can find and try

No new area added for many months already...

 

[starlust]

they will only keep asking you to refer to this:
How to sign-up to SIMBA Broadband 2.5Gbps?

SIMBA Broadband is available to residential addresses in:

East: Changi, Loyang, Pasir Ris, Simei, and Tampines
West: Beauty World, Boon Lay, Clementi, Jurong, and Tengah
Central: Bishan, Beach Road, Holland Village, Novena, Tiong Bahru, Toa Payoh
North East: Serangoon

However, it is advisable to enter your postal code to check the availability of service addresses.

other than this, standard template reply only

In reference to our previous response, we are updating our FAQs to show the service areas. We do not have a roadmap, but rest assured that we take all customer feedback seriously.

 

[BossQ]

Would like to check whether NetLinkTrust installation and ONT installation is same day installation or separate date?

 

[HiHelloBye]

Would like to check whether NetLinkTrust installation and ONT installation is same day installation or separate date?

seperate.

NLT installation first, followed by Telco (ONT) installation day

 

[i1magic]

I am considering to switched to SIMBA 2.5Gbps plan. Currently, my home backbone is 2.5Gbps ready.

Would like to gather the feedback on the uptime, latency, etc about SIMBA 2.5Gbps.

 

[devil1158]

Simba put out 10G interest check but my area in the east still TBC

I put in interest check for 2.5G back then and my area still kosong
Can anyone paint a rough map of where Simba has extended to? Last i checked its roughly tampines/pasir ris and punggol, simei included of course.
Tanah merah & Bedok gosong. Dont even need to talk about Aljunied. Or at least the postal codes I can find and try

New Tengah estate has 2.5G
Postal code start with 69

 

[nel66778]

seperate.

NLT installation first, followed by Telco (ONT) installation day

Is NLT installation that day need somebody at home to wait for them?

 

[HiHelloBye]

Is NLT installation that day need somebody at home to wait for them?

based on my experience, i was told to be present in my house since they need to come inside…

but based on what people shared over here, they said no need, as it can be done outside of your house… probably a change of SOP?

 

[djdestiny]

based on my experience, i was told to be present in my house since they need to come inside…

but based on what people shared over here, they said no need, as it can be done outside of your house… probably a change of SOP?

NLT is depends if you need extra or not
Otherwise the fiber is the same no? they just change the OLT that's definitely not in your house

New Tengah estate has 2.5G
Postal code start with 69

New estate laying out, older estates mai la mai la wa mai
they see old people estate they pekcek

 

[Hi1307]

Even 500Mbps is plenty for most people. What really matters is how well peered your ISP is, and the upstream IP transit quality.

That's the unknown part about Simba since they are still new and there isn't much feedback in those areas.

The good thing is that the more people join Simba, the more traffic they will get and the more they can negotiate for peering arrangements.

 

[Goodintentions]

hi fellow neighbour

in terms of Pricing, no doubt it's the cheapest in the market

in terms of Support, there's no Support hotline. so if Internet goes down, you're on your own.
you can see their Facebook Page and see the list of good/bad comments...

in terms of Speed/Performance, you might want to see the previous comments based on this thread. have fun!

No longer, Whizcomms offers the same price. 2.5G now as part of their 6.6 deal and of course since its a Singtel FBB MVNO, its available islandwide now.

 

[Goodintentions]

Does anyone have opinions of Whizcomms vs Simba, I had Singtel many many years ago, and my experience isn't positive.

How about you?

 

[starlust]

Does anyone have opinions of Whizcomms vs Simba, I had Singtel many many years ago, and my experience isn't positive.

How about you?

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...n-simba-and-whizcomm-boradband.6984714/page-4

 

[djdestiny]

Does anyone have opinions of Whizcomms vs Simba, I had Singtel many many years ago, and my experience isn't positive.

How about you?

Not only has it been mentioned that it's mostly shockingly poor, I have a friend who says that basically its essentially unplayable in multi player games often

 

[cloudangel]

Why do people go for Simba fibre when their phone line service by itself is completely crappy

 

[Jurong640]

Hi guys, have been reading an article shared above about CGNAT and I have some concerns. Currently, I am using M1 ISP for past decade and contract will be ending end of the year and I am considering Simba fibre.

Read about CGNAT of Simba fibre, it don't seem to work well with home automation due to the use sharing single IP.

I use quite a few home automation, Smart IOT devices at home, connected to my home WiFi in which I can access when outside. Question, does that mean I will have difficulty accessing my IOT devices when out of home? And if I'm at home connected to WiFi, can I still use IOT devices (i.e use of Google home speakers to automate my IOT devices) ?

 

[xiaofan]

Hi guys, have been reading an article shared above about CGNAT and I have some concerns. Currently, I am using M1 ISP for past decade and contract will be ending end of the year and I am considering Simba fibre.
Read about CGNAT of Simba fibre, it don't seem to work well with home automation due to the use sharing single IP.
I use quite a few home automation, Smart IOT devices at home, connected to my home WiFi in which I can access when outside. Question, does that mean I will have difficulty accessing my IOT devices when out of home? And if I'm at home connected to WiFi, can I still use IOT devices (i.e use of Google home speakers to automate my IOT devices) ?

Just wondering why you want to consider SIMBA here? Is it purely because of low cost?

CGNAT without static IPv4 add-on and without IPv6 (no public IPv4/IPv6 address) can create a lot of problems with remote access back to home and things like VPN server.

Some IoT devices may work, some may not work. It all depends on their working mechanism.

I was thinking that SIMBA would provide Static IPv4 add-on (just like MR/VQ which also use CGNAT) much earlier, but looks like they are quite slow in this area.

CGNAT is not a problem with use cases like web browsing or media streaming, or even gaming. But it indeed is a problem for things like remote access to home.

 

[morimorimori]

I'm on Simba, use Zerotier to connect back to surveillance cam but it depends on your host being able to run the app.

 

[Jurong640]

Just wondering why you want to consider SIMBA here? Is it purely because of low cost?

CGNAT without static IPv4 add-on and without IPv6 (no public IPv4/IPv6 address) can create a lot of problems with remote access back to home and things like VPN server.

Some IoT devices may work, some may not work. It all depends on their working mechanism.

I was thinking that SIMBA would provide Static IPv4 add-on (just like MR/VQ which also use CGNAT) much earlier, but looks like they are quite slow in this area.

CGNAT is not a problem with use cases like web browsing or media streaming, or even gaming. But it indeed is a problem for things like remote access to home.

Thank you. I'm still considering options, partly is because to reduce cost. But ever since Simba launched it's fibre. i've seen other ISP reducing their prices. My current M1 have been serving me well so far, hence if IOT doesn't work well with Simba CGNAT, i might continue with M1 then.

But question, if Simba has Static IPv4 or provide IPv6, means IOT devices might work better? Like you mentioned, media streaming use cases is fine with me, 1gbps is good enough and if Simba can give 2.5gbps, that's a plus. But recently i added lots of IOT devices at home hence need it to work.

Thank you

I'm on Simba, use Zerotier to connect back to surveillance cam but it depends on your host being able to run the app.

I'm currently using a few different IOT host, likes of Smartlife, Xiaomi, Google Home, Tmall Genie. If on Simba, how does it work? My surveillance cam is on Xiaomi, IOT devices on Smartlife and Google Home.