Circles.Life Discussion Thread

[xiaofan]

IMHO.
Good reference for me. Thanks!
I understand Circle.Life is M1. So i think I should be able to get similar to M1.

Yes, very much the same for my test results with M1 Maxx 5G and CL 5G.

Earlier test results of SingTel SIM Only 5G vs CL 5G

SingTel SIM Only 5G versus Circles.Life 5G speed, both are very fast at home.

Using Poco X7 Pro phone.

SingTel SIM Only S$15.28 plan
https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/11323872528

Circles.Life free 5G trial
https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/11323871867

 

[Multiversal]

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iIRC, it was CL which shook the traffic lights up who were charging exorbitant prices.

I stayed with them for many years from the time they gave free trial to when they changed $5 a month.

3rd quarter of last year, Singtel fought back with a Heya Plan. Free for 6 months, $5 per month after that. 200GB local data, 200GB roaming data. Plus talk time and SMS which I am very unlikely to use.

Meanwhile CL was still giving 20GB.

I ported my number to Heya.

 

[keenklee]

Best ever with CL 5G was 980mbps. Can’t remember where it was. Most places 500-700mbps doable that i tested.

Yes, very much the same for my test results with M1 Maxx 5G and CL 5G.

Earlier test results of SingTel SIM Only 5G vs CL 5G

IMHO.
I am in the midst of looking at my plans and moving to 5G.
I have already eliminated 3x Heya.
I just change Eight to 5G, performance not fantastic !
I have M1 Maxx and Zym 4G (5G) for my 5G routers, so likely to consolidate to CL.

 

[xiaofan]

IMHO.
I am in the midst of looking at my plans and moving to 5G.
I have already eliminated 3x Heya.
I just change Eight to 5G, performance not fantastic !
I have M1 Maxx and Zym 4G (5G) for my 5G routers, so likely to consolidate to CL.

I see.

Even though M1 Maxx 5G and Zym 4G (with free 5G trial) are suitable for your use case as Fibre Broadband replacement, that does not mean they will be 100% okay for your mobile phone use case.

Routers are usually at fix locations at home. For mobile phone, you need to check the places you frequent.

Technically M1 and StarHub share the same 5G infrastructure (at least the Radio Access Network), so if eight 5G is not that good for you, then CL 5G may not be so good for you either.

 

[FlyGuardX]

My ranking for the plans I have tested, for local usage.

1. SingTel SIM Only 5G, my main line
2. M1 Maxx 5G and CL 5G
3. StarHub Prepaid S plan 5G
4. SingTel hi! 4G
5. eight 4G and CUniq 4G
6. SIMBA

In the end I will keep the following lines.

1. SingTel SIM Only 5G at S$15.28 per month (recontract offer, 12 months contract), my main line. This line is good for local usage.

My wife is also using this plan as her main line.

2. StarHub Prepaid S plan 5G at S$3 per month (Happy Prepaid Card migration offer), mainly for number parking (my old number).

My wife has this S$3 plan as well (her old number).

3. eight 4G at S$8 per month, effective price at S$4 per month for the next 22 months due to the S$88 one to one top-up offer, for roaming and backup.

Can share more on this $3 plan

 

[keenklee]

I see.

Even though M1 Maxx 5G and Zym 4G (with free 5G trial) are suitable for your use case as Fibre Broadband replacement, that does not mean they will be 100% okay for your mobile phone use case.

Routers are usually at fix locations at home. For mobile phone, you need to check the places you frequent.

Technically M1 and StarHub share the same 5G infrastructure (at least the Radio Access Network), so if eight 5G is not that good for you, then CL 5G may not be so good for you either.

IMHO.
I can't expect a lot from 5G $10.30 1 TB.

 

[Jurong640]

IMHO.
Good reference for me. Thanks!
I understand Circle.Life is M1. So i think I should be able to get similar to M1.

Mr IMHO,

IMHO the highest speed i tested on Circles 5G SA was 1.3gbps

 

[xiaofan]

Can share more on this $3 plan

Only for selected StarHub Happy Prepaid Card users who migrated to the new StarHub Prepaid S plan. The usual price is at S$10, but then StarHub gives S$7 OFF discount for some users.

Most of StarHub Happy Prepaid Card users do not get this offer.

I got three StarHub Prepaid Cards, two got the offer but not the other one.

https://www.starhub.com/personal/mobile/starhub-prepaid.html

 

[keenklee]

Mr IMHO,

IMHO the highest speed i tested on Circles 5G SA was 1.3gbps

IMHO.
10q for the information. I know my place challenging to reach 1.3 Gbps.
The few telcos the base stations seems scattered all over.

 

[Mancunian2]

iIRC, it was CL which shook the traffic lights up who were charging exorbitant prices.

I stayed with them for many years from the time they gave free trial to when they changed $5 a month.

3rd quarter of last year, Singtel fought back with a Heya Plan. Free for 6 months, $5 per month after that. 200GB local data, 200GB roaming data. Plus talk time and SMS which I am very unlikely to use.

Meanwhile CL was still giving 20GB.

I ported my number to Heya.

now no more Heya, where you port to ?

 

[Multiversal]

now no more Heya, where you port to ?

Still on Heya.

 

[keenklee]

Still on Heya.

IMHO.
I still got 1x Heya - reliable so far.

 

[Multiversal]

IMHO.
I still got 1x Heya - reliable so far.

Heya is Singtel. Can't go wrong with Heya.

 

[Sambuca78]

IMHO.
I am in the midst of looking at my plans and moving to 5G.
I have already eliminated 3x Heya.
I just change Eight to 5G, performance not fantastic !
I have M1 Maxx and Zym 4G (5G) for my 5G routers, so likely to consolidate to CL.

Why consolidate all to CL? Should use different telco for redundancy ma.

 

[keenklee]

Why consolidate all to CL? Should use different telco for redundancy ma.

IMHO.
Long story short, in the end, I use CL to replace M1.
I have SIngtel, Starhub (Eight) and Simba 5G.
Simba 5G still cannot make it at my location....

 

[xiaofan]

IMHO.
Long story short, in the end, I use CL to replace M1.
I have SIngtel, Starhub (Eight) and Simba 5G.
Simba 5G still cannot make it at my location....

CL 5G should be an okay replacement for M1 Maxx 5G. M1 Maxx has much less pattern than CL though.

Within Singtel network you have legacy Singtel 4G plan, Singtel hi! 4G (migration from heya) and Zym 4G (with free 180 days 5G trial), right?

Or you have more.

M1 Maxx 5G and Zym 5G trial -- 5G routers (Fibre Broadband replacement) ?
Singtel legacy 4G plan and Singtel hi! 4G (migration from heya) -- for mobile phone usage ?

That is an interesting arrangement.

 

[keenklee]

CL 5G should be an okay replacement for M1 Maxx 5G. M1 Maxx has much less pattern than CL though.

Within Singtel network you have legacy Singtel 4G plan, Singtel hi! 4G (migration from heya) and Zym 4G (with free 180 days 5G trial), right?

Or you have more.

M1 Maxx 5G and Zym 5G trial -- 5G routers (Fibre Broadband replacement) ?
Singtel legacy 4G plan and Singtel hi! 4G (migration from heya) -- for mobile phone usage ?

That is an interesting arrangement.

IMHO.
My Zym plan is the 4G plan which still give me 5G.
Right now I am on legacy Singtel 4G with Eight 5G for normal use.
EIght 5G coverage is not fantastic, my usual locations sees a lot of switching to 4G.

 

[Tedicious]

CL 5G should be an okay replacement for M1 Maxx 5G. M1 Maxx has much less pattern than CL though.

Within Singtel network you have legacy Singtel 4G plan, Singtel hi! 4G (migration from heya) and Zym 4G (with free 180 days 5G trial), right?

Or you have more.

M1 Maxx 5G and Zym 5G trial -- 5G routers (Fibre Broadband replacement) ?
Singtel legacy 4G plan and Singtel hi! 4G (migration from heya) -- for mobile phone usage ?

That is an interesting arrangement.

I oso using CL 5G as fibre BB replacement. But due to new house location, the signal often drop to 4G. Am thinking shld b switch bk to fibre BB a not

 

[xiaofan]

IMHO.
My Zym plan is the 4G plan which still give me 5G.
Right now I am on legacy Singtel 4G with Eight 5G for normal use.
EIght 5G coverage is not fantastic, my usual locations sees a lot of switching to 4G.

If eight 5G is not okay for you, I tend to think CL 5G (or M1 Maxx 5G) will not be good for you either, as they share the same 5G infrastructure (at least the Radio Access Network).

But you can always try CL 5G to see if it performs differently or not. M1 4G network may be less congested than StarHub. So CL may have an advantage here when 5G signal is not good and fall back to 4G.

 

[xiaofan]

I oso using CL 5G as fibre BB replacement. But due to new house location, the signal often drop to 4G. Am thinking shld b switch bk to fibre BB a not

I will say just use Fibre Internet in this case.

The worst Fibre Internet service will still be much better than the best 5G Internet services here in Singapore.
1) much better latency
2) much faster upload speed
3) usually faster download speed (not always), especially for wired connection.
4) Not using CGNAT if you go with SingTel, M1, StarHub, WC and eight.

Main benefits to use 4G or 5G is to save cost here in Singapore. But if the signal is not good at your new place, then no point already.