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Circles M1 5G SA on a single cell outdoor. Can get 654 maps download.
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Circles M1 5G SA on a single cell outdoor. Can get 654 maps download.
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Why do you want to port back to CL if the other TELCO offers a better deal, or at least the same deal?
Undying customer loyalty just like the way some members here condemned TPG till it became SIMBA? And my goodness, they still condemn this SIMBA TELCO because they are loyal, undyingly, to traffic lights.
When news came out that one of the "lights" was being swallowed up by SIMBA, they were unsettled and lost for words.
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Before CL, I had been using Singtel, then M1 and then SH. For a number of years, each TELCO.
From Day 1, I realised that the whole process of registering was very brisk, no love gained or lost...show IC, registration done, SIM card issued, and next!
You were just a "number", forgotten as soon as you stepped out of the shop, and only remembered by a huge computer database at their main office. At 11 pm, you might be standing at the same bus stop as the guy who registered your line at 2.30 pm earlier, and he wouldn't even remember you. For all you know, he had tendered his resignation, and you wouldn't see him at the TELCO counter anymore next Monday. He might be working in an hotel, or department store...who knows.
Loyalty. To whom? To the TELCO when each time you call, they need to verify your particulars because the CSO from the Philippines or India don't even know who the hell you are. Or to the CEO, or to the "management of the TELCO" whoever those people are, who don't even know your name and where you live.
Then CL came, and was the game changer. It offered a one year free trial. Then, it rolled out a $10 plan but replaced that with a $5 Plan for Seniors very shortly after. 1 GB of data was included.
I signed up for all of them one after the other, and when TPG came along, I said goodbye to SH (my other line besides CL), without a KISS. No love lost, because...how to lose a love you never had from the TELCO? TPG also gave free trial for a year. What's there to refuse?
Recently, SIMBA upped the game with more data, free minutes etc with roaming data as well.
In July this year, I bade CL goodbye and left for Heya. Same price as CL, $5 every 30 days for Seniors but with far more data and even roaming. CL gave me 21 GB, no roaming. Heya gives me 200 GB local data, and 200 GB in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. And for the 1st six months, it's free.
Do I feel guilty for leaving CL?
No. I don't. I cannot even think of one single person I know personally in CL, for whom I might have some feelings like "Oh, they need customers or else the staff will be retrenched"
I have more than enough data (also for roaming), more than enough call time and SMS from these two TELCOs. And even IDD call time - not that I would need these with WhatsApp and WeChat being the better choices.
And I have two numbers...all for $10. In fact, it only costs me $2.50 per 30 days to use SIMBA for the next few years because I topped up $100 and received another $100 free.
CL was the game changer. It started the price war. TPG now SIMBA upped the game. The traffic lights were hurt badly. Singtel fought back with Heya, and wrested me from CL. M1 decided to call it a day and asked SIMBA to buy it over. Starhub is doing some calculations, perhaps a little too late.
From Day 1, I realised that the whole process of registering was very brisk, no love gained or lost...show IC, registration done, SIM card issued, and next!
You were just a "number", forgotten as soon as you stepped out of the shop, and only remembered by a huge computer database at their main office. At 11 pm, you might be standing at the same bus stop as the guy who registered your line at 2.30 pm earlier, and he wouldn't even remember you. For all you know, he had tendered his resignation, and you wouldn't see him at the TELCO counter anymore next Monday. He might be working in an hotel, or department store...who knows.
Loyalty. To whom? To the TELCO when each time you call, they need to verify your particulars because the CSO from the Philippines or India don't even know who the hell you are. Or to the CEO, or to the "management of the TELCO" whoever those people are, who don't even know your name and where you live.
Then CL came, and was the game changer. It offered a one year free trial. Then, it rolled out a $10 plan but replaced that with a $5 Plan for Seniors very shortly after. 1 GB of data was included.
I signed up for all of them one after the other, and when TPG came along, I said goodbye to SH (my other line besides CL), without a KISS. No love lost, because...how to lose a love you never had from the TELCO? TPG also gave free trial for a year. What's there to refuse?
Recently, SIMBA upped the game with more data, free minutes etc with roaming data as well.
In July this year, I bade CL goodbye and left for Heya. Same price as CL, $5 every 30 days for Seniors but with far more data and even roaming. CL gave me 21 GB, no roaming. Heya gives me 200 GB local data, and 200 GB in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. And for the 1st six months, it's free.
Do I feel guilty for leaving CL?
No. I don't. I cannot even think of one single person I know personally in CL, for whom I might have some feelings like "Oh, they need customers or else the staff will be retrenched"
I have more than enough data (also for roaming), more than enough call time and SMS from these two TELCOs. And even IDD call time - not that I would need these with WhatsApp and WeChat being the better choices.
And I have two numbers...all for $10. In fact, it only costs me $2.50 per 30 days to use SIMBA for the next few years because I topped up $100 and received another $100 free.
CL was the game changer. It started the price war. TPG now SIMBA upped the game. The traffic lights were hurt badly. Singtel fought back with Heya, and wrested me from CL. M1 decided to call it a day and asked SIMBA to buy it over. Starhub is doing some calculations, perhaps a little too late.
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Circles M1 5G SA speed test. Very good
PT1TB8R - Still available
I concur, CL 5G SA speed is good, top speed still lose to ST 5G SA but the coverage is definitely improved.
Circles M1 5G SA speed test. Very good
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How's the top speed for Singtel 5G SA? So far never see people posting.
The top i got for Singtel 5G NSA is 1.2gbps too. But haven't got ST 5G SA. Even their gomo or prepaid 5G+ all is NSA only.
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Just now tried circle line underground, during peak hour, buona vista to harbour front stretch, surprisingly got 5G SA underground. Data was smooth in super crowded train.
Outside mrt station, can get 786 mbps download, very good. Even my zym cannot achieve that
Outside mrt station, can get 786 mbps download, very good. Even my zym cannot achieve that
More than 1.2gbps On ST. Can’t remember exact. CL hit 1.0xgbps before it stabilised around 900+mbps. Coverage wise is quite funny, some areas if ST strong. CL will be weak. vice versa. With the exception of most malls where both are adequately strong in coverage.
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Ok now, I broke my previous 1.2gbps record. Now is 1.34gbps
Simply Lovely to break my zym record of 1.2gbps
Simply Lovely to break my zym record of 1.2gbps
Ok now, I broke my previous 1.2gbps record. Now is 1.34gbps
Simply Lovely to break my zym record of 1.2gbps
ignore. scrolled n saw m1 haha. Quite surprised right. M1 like overnight “grown up” with 5G.
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Actually its not grown overnight, 3 or 4 years back, I got use M1 5G SA, I tried speedtest inside Jurong Point, can get 1.3gbps.
Now m1 5G is more stable.
Never had that speed before and coverage was spotty, ported out quickly back then. Good to see huge improvements.
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can break @gapboy's zym record? haha.Ok now, I broke my previous 1.2gbps record. Now is 1.34gbps
Simply Lovely to break my zym record of 1.2gbps
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What is his record. But this record is on 5G SA Single band.
Unlike singtel 5G NSA which combines so many bands to make that speed.
Would be interesting to see real world peak bandwidth of 5G NSA vs SA between the various telco.
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if only, we have a real-world, real-user test, neutral party test.
Get someone to test out 5G SA from the 4 telcos, using same handset, same location and see who fares the best. Maybe HWZ can do some reviews report and show us?
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