Eight Telecom discussion thread

[sibeiTrolled]

MVNO Circles.Life

Ya. They stirred the traffic light dominance in 2016/2017 (or was it earlier?). I remember jumping over to them very fast from singtel once my contract was up.

Jetpac is properly doing so well that maybe it is covering most of their business expenses

might sunset giga soon and transfer it's customers to eight

The big question would be when

omo may transfer to Singtel hi! under one sub-brand.

Damn, this feels like a bad transfer

 

[Jurong640]

Ya. They stirred the traffic light dominance in 2016/2017 (or was it earlier?). I remember jumping over to them very fast from singtel once my contract was up.

Jetpac is properly doing so well that maybe it is covering most of their business expenses


The big question would be when

Damn, this feels like a bad transfer

Changi Mobile and Geenet closed down recently, Changi by end of the month.

I feel they are slowly phasing out both brands, and to announce phase out once Simba-M1 merger confirms.

Then comes RedOne, another victim next in the chopping board.

 

[Fellowes]

I feel that giga and gomo have been quite quiet and not really responsive to competition. Their time might be up soon.

I have a feeling they might sunset giga soon and transfer its customers to eight. While gomo may transfer to Singtel hi! under one sub-brand.

There might be a chance because now they are competing among themselves. Why should they maintain two different set of products and application development yet serving almost the same menu.

It’s time to consolidate and give it a boost to catch up with the rest of the MVNO, these are their own babies, cannot be lousy then the rest.

SingTel - GOMO and the new Hi!
StarHub - giga and the new eight

 

[xiaofan]

There might be a chance because now they are competing among themselves. Why should they maintain two different set of products and application development yet serving almost the same menu.

It’s time to consolidate and give it a boost to catch up with the rest of the MVNO, these are their own babies, cannot be lousy then the rest.

SingTel - GOMO and the new Hi!
StarHub - giga and the new eight

I tend to think Singtel Gomo may still survive as the Singtel hi! postpaid plans are now only 4G. There are clear differentiation between Gomo and Singtel hi! postpaid as of now.

giga and eight -- no real good differentiation now, and eight is actually better in terms of roaming benefits.

 

[amazingone]

giga used to have a trump card which is the rollover data feature, but now with plans having hundred over GB as the base allocated data, it is no longer relevant but they are now pivoting to sell short-term travel eSIM card on Shopee too
https://shopee.sg/gigaofficialstore?shopCollection=262780065#product_list

 

[xiaofan]

giga used to have a trump card which is the rollover data feature, but now with plans having hundred over GB as the base allocated data, it is no longer relevant but they are now pivoting to sell short-term travel eSIM card on Shopee too
https://shopee.sg/gigaofficialstore?shopCollection=262780065#product_list

Good point.

I actually bought giga eSIM for testing in Dec 2025 for my short trip to China. It performed pretty well since it could connect to China Mobile 5G NSA network. My eight 4G, SIMBA and CUniq 4G plan could only connect to the 4G network of China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.

But the price of giga Travel eSIM is not cheap.

 

[supergoodx128]

Anyone having connection issues tonight? All of a sudden like very limited bandwidth…

 

[guyz92]

I tend to think Singtel Gomo may still survive as the Singtel hi! postpaid plans are now only 4G. There are clear differentiation between Gomo and Singtel hi! postpaid as of now.

giga and eight -- no real good differentiation now, and eight is actually better in terms of roaming benefits.

giga now offers sales of Golden Number that start with 888x with their 6 months plan.

Other than that, the rollover data which may not be that beneficial in today's context.

The unknowns now is whether giga has higher network priority over eight mobile.

Last time I have the StarHub MaxMobile 6GB HSPA+ plan. It even support "shinternet" APN that issues dedicated dynamic Public IPv4 Address (Non-CGNAT) that can be used to host website.

Not sure now the if main StarHub service still support shinternet apn.

 

[JAYSCS]

Anyone having connection issues tonight? All of a sudden like very limited bandwidth…

Happened to be have congestion in that area I guess.

 

[gapboy]

Happened to be have congestion in that area I guess.

10.20 pm people still out jollying on a weekday

 

[OnePunch!!]

Happened to be have congestion in that area I guess.

cause laghub don't have priority 5g plus haha

I swap to Singtel prior plus if mine eight or hub lag


Read HWZ Forum Rules!

 

[DigDub]

Now at JB connected to UM ultra 5g. Speed quite good

 

[cherynsq]

Hi for $8 plan , how many gb can I use for travelling in china ?

 

[A7997A]

Hi for $8 plan , how many gb can I use for travelling in china ?

2GB for $8, 8GB for $11.80, 28GB for $14.80, 36GB for $18.

 

[Honda_typeR]

giga now offers sales of Golden Number that start with 888x with their 6 months plan.

Other than that, the rollover data which may not be that beneficial in today's context.

The unknowns now is whether giga has higher network priority over eight mobile.

Last time I have the StarHub MaxMobile 6GB HSPA+ plan. It even support "shinternet" APN that issues dedicated dynamic Public IPv4 Address (Non-CGNAT) that can be used to host website.

Not sure now the if main StarHub service still support shinternet apn.

any idea 888*number can port out after 6 months? Do you owned the Golden number?

 

[hereiam7788]

 

[cherynsq]

I’m flying for china trip end month . Seems like better to buy $5 eSIM from shoppee than buy from eight or zero1 overseas plan . More expensive and less data

 

[sibeiTrolled]

I’m flying for china trip end month . Seems like better to buy $5 eSIM from shoppee than buy from eight or zero1 overseas plan . More expensive and less data

How much data do you need?
Are you existing eight user? If so, just do the upgrade before you fly

The 14.80 SGD plan gives you theoretically, 28 + 8, total of 36 GB of data for use in CHINA.
This is inclusive of the 8GB INTL as CHINA is in Group A

If you are not existing eight user, then of course that comes with the hassle of cancelling it once you land back in SG and esim from any of those online shops is much more easier

 

[matrix05]

How much data do you need?
Are you existing eight user? If so, just do the upgrade before you fly

The 14.80 SGD plan gives you theoretically, 28 + 8, total of 36 GB of data for use in CHINA.
This is inclusive of the 8GB INTL as CHINA is in Group A

If you are not existing eight user, then of course that comes with the hassle of cancelling it once you land back in SG and esim from any of those online shops is much more easier

Just stay with $8, once out of data, buy upgrade to $11 or $14, upgrade plan start immed.

 

[cherynsq]

How much data do you need?
Are you existing eight user? If so, just do the upgrade before you fly

The 14.80 SGD plan gives you theoretically, 28 + 8, total of 36 GB of data for use in CHINA.
This is inclusive of the 8GB INTL as CHINA is in Group A

If you are not existing eight user, then of course that comes with the hassle of cancelling it once you land back in SG and esim from any of those online shops is much more easier

I am existing
But if I upgrade , come back can downgrade?