Eight Telecom discussion thread

[davidtkl76]

Simba my main lines and iPads, Eight spares in iPads and spare phones. Simba works well enough at central region home, 5G in east-bound train rides from Buona Vista in iPads, and presently posting from iPad in Hougang Minton Park area with 5G.

And yes, I put my trust in Simba for my crossborder trips, after past horrendous experiences with ST.

Lately found Eight spotty in Harbourfront-bound train from Kovan, even no connection between certain stations.

I thought ST is best for cross border ?

 

[Habrosus]

I thought ST is best for cross border ?

After taking up to a few hours to finally get a network?!?

The worst experience I got was getting a network only after I'd gone from BSI to Taman Molek, ran an errand, gone to a cafe, ordered my lunch before getting on WhatsApp (with my Hotlink line which I'd earlier on used to get my Grab ride), finished my lunch, paid, went outside before I could finally end the conversation and got a network connection. (And meanwhile my other lines have already got to the likes of Hotlink, Digi, M1 to Celcom. That's before Eight was launched.)

I even had to teach them that auto/network roaming is NOT data roaming, and that I couldn't even get a Malaysia network. It's a regular weekday so no excuse.

Best part, they even suggested letting the phone auto detect network, when Singtel can be detected all the way to JB Sentral! Nice try, Sinktel

How's that the best when I don't even have to do anything with a line that costs (at least!) half the price coz i can turn on Data Roaming 24/7 and especially not worry about network whenever I want to use my phone to pay for something at the shop in BSI or receive a call in KSAB?

We're talking about getting a network to receive a call, not even gone to needing or not needing data connection! And oh, just the other week someone here shared a similar experience of having to struggle to get a Malaysia network with his line, so they've hardly improved.

May be best for you, but not for me.

 

[LoliHunter69]

Anyone know if there will be any 1 year anniversary promo?

 

[gapboy]

Anyone know if there will be any 1 year anniversary promo?

Check their advertising promo on FB or website .. don't think anyone works for Eight here

 

[wongminmin]

Anyone know if there will be any 1 year anniversary promo?

dunnoe. But u can check on 22 May....

 

[badsector]

tested in Vietnam last week.

roaming on Vinaphone was pretty bad in HCM.
randomly unable to connect even with full bar on iphone.

 

[year2013]

Getting pretty bad signals these days, looks like network is choked now!

 

[Jurong640]

tested in Vietnam last week.

roaming on Vinaphone was pretty bad in HCM.
randomly unable to connect even with full bar on iphone.

it's a vietnam issue actually, when i was in HCM in January, both my zym and simba takes turn to receive no data even though it's full bar.

 

[coconut1]

If I have more than 1 eight line, I have to login 1 by 1 to recharge each month?

 

[froztheart]

tested in Vietnam last week.

roaming on Vinaphone was pretty bad in HCM.
randomly unable to connect even with full bar on iphone.

Vietnam notorious to not work well when roaming.
So not entirely on telco issue and limited to Eight/SIMBA etc.

 

[froztheart]

If I have more than 1 eight line, I have to login 1 by 1 to recharge each month?

Yes, no unified account management.
Need to manage every account manually...

 

[davidtkl76]

Thanks for the tips guy. Just switched to 8 Mobile. All smooth and good.

 

[Tiny Shrimp]

what is the cheapest way to topup now?

 

[Rxgn]

what is the cheapest way to topup now?

Shopee.

Else wait for eight to give promo. Dont know when but NDP 99% will have promo

 

[Tiny Shrimp]

Shopee.

Else wait for eight to give promo. Dont know when but NDP 99% will have promo

thanks!

https://shopee.sg/eight-Plan-Renewa...60?xptdk=0c1132e5-0fe7-468a-b971-3399fc324167
i can just buy this 7.70 renewal one, every month, until ndp right?

 

[Boringchap]

Currently in Penang, telco states 502 16 instead of the usual Maxis or Umobile.

did a google search and results shows it’s Digi

 

[Habrosus]

Currently in Penang, telco states 502 16 instead of the usual Maxis or Umobile.

did a google search and results shows it’s Digi

IIRC Eight's got CelcomDigi in their partner list as well?

Anyway, such numbers used to appear on my Android phone at BSI/Woodlands, before I switched to Apple devices.

 

[Boringchap]

IIRC Eight's got CelcomDigi in their partner list as well?

Anyway, such numbers used to appear on my Android phone at BSI/Woodlands, before I switched to Apple devices.

I’m using Apple, first time seeing this.
So thought I might wanna share with the Eight community here.

 

[BBCWatcher]

Currently in Penang, telco states 502 16 instead of the usual Maxis or Umobile.
did a google search and results shows it’s Digi

IIRC Eight's got CelcomDigi in their partner list as well?

Yes, Eight recently added CelcomDigi as a roaming partner in Malaysia.

Celcom and Digi merged in late 2022 in corporate terms. Their networks are in the process of merging. Exactly which network names (or numbers) display on your phone may depend on where you are, what phone you have, and what software level(s) you have installed. Ordinarily you’ll just let your phone automatically select a network unless you suspect there’s some problem a manual network selection would solve.

 

[badsector]

it's a vietnam issue actually, when i was in HCM in January, both my zym and simba takes turn to receive no data even though it's full bar.

yup. 4D3N only manage to use 200Mb