Eight Telecom discussion thread

gapboy · Oct 25, 2025

xiaofan said:
1) I also do not know about the Zero Dollar Eight trial.

Anyway, it was only for a short durations (88 days).
https://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/mobile/telco/tech-news-eight-88gb-local-and-1gb-roaming-free-88-days

2) Circles.Life Flexi Zero dollar plan was the best last time. I got one on 28-Dec-2018 and it was used by my mother-in-law to replace Starhub Prepaid Card. Really useful for low data usage users. The service ended in 2023.
https://www.circles.life/sg/press/w...ircles-life-opens-up-smart-nation-to-everyone

One user mentions that he is still able to use it now.

3) Then TPG (now SIMBA) free trial was also very popular. I got one pretty late in the game on 19-Jan-2020 (one year later than others) and cancelled it on 13-Nov-2020.
https://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/mob...e-service-year-first-20000-customers-register
https://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/mob...expanding-its-free-service-trial-200000-users

xiaofan been busy with all the telco thread lately, and has to catch up

xiaofan · Oct 25, 2025

gapboy said:
xiaofan been busy with all the telco thread lately, and has to catch up

I am just catching up with the SIM Only plans, and also learn a bit about terminalogy like 4G LTE, 5G NSA, 5G SA, VoLTE, VoWiFi, VoNR, QCI, etc.

Not an expert here.

Jurong640 · Oct 25, 2025

xiaofan said:
I am just catching up with the SIM Only plans, and also learn a bit about terminalogy like 4G LTE, 5G NSA, 5G SA, VoLTE, VoWiFi, VoNR, QCI, etc.

Not an expert here.

happy learning. welcome

dgeralds · Oct 27, 2025

My $8 plan monthly cycle starts 23rd. I'm going on a trip on 21st Oct to 27th oct and temperiorly want upgrade to $11.80 plan. Then I want to downgrade to $8 plan after return on 27th oct. How to do this effectively? My current payment method is credit card.

dgeralds · Oct 27, 2025

ignore said:
once you start $11.80 plan you will have to use for 30 days before downgrading. since your renewal on 23rd you will also renew mid roaming so your $8 plan also another refreshed 10gb apac 2gb intl so see your usage enough maybe $8 also can

you just need to set in the account page which plan you want to renew next cycle. then you can also combine your $8 roamimg and $11.80 roaming.

Thank you.

If I set to upgrade at next renewal, then when can be downgraded?...at December renewal?

xonix · Oct 27, 2025

ignore said:
once you start $11.80 plan you will have to use for 30 days before downgrading. since your renewal on 23rd you will also renew mid roaming so your $8 plan also another refreshed 10gb apac 2gb intl so see your usage enough maybe $8 also can

you just need to set in the account page which plan you want to renew next cycle. then you can also combine your $8 roamimg and $11.80 roaming.

There's what I did for my recent trip to China. Towards the end of SEP, I upgraded plan to the $11.80, it auto kicked in after SEP plan expired. Now that I'm back in SG, I made payment for Nov to revert back to $8 plan, which will kick in once October plan expires. You submit anytime but the change will only occur next cycle.

darkmilk · Oct 27, 2025

xonix said:
There's what I did for my recent trip to China. Towards the end of SEP, I upgraded plan to the $11.80, it auto kicked in after SEP plan expired. Now that I'm back in SG, I made payment for Nov to revert back to $8 plan, which will kick in once October plan expires. You submit anytime but the change will only occur next cycle.

Hi, can I ask how was the roaming experience in China with China Mobile? In particular, did you experience any issue with latency when making e-wallet/digital payments?

xonix · Oct 27, 2025

darkmilk said:
Hi, can I ask how was the roaming experience in China with China Mobile? In particular, did you experience any issue with latency when making e-wallet/digital payments?

For most part no problems, I only run into signal issues momentarily in some of the more remote attractions. I would recommend to have both alipay and wechat setup just in case as there were situations where alipay was not available.

identity_1991 · Oct 27, 2025

Recently my eight network very slow. Especially at some particular spot at AMK Hub or specific train stations. Thinking if I should upgrade to the 5G. Anyone know using eight 5G now can opine?

Asus80 · Oct 27, 2025

identity_1991 said:
Recently my eight network very slow. Especially at some particular spot at AMK Hub or specific train stations. Thinking if I should upgrade to the 5G. Anyone know using eight 5G now can opine?

i upgrade to 5G today. i tested in AMK hub & AMK MRT stations now can get DL 137Mbps, UP 48.9Mbps

identity_1991 · Oct 27, 2025

Asus80 said:
i upgrade to 5G today. i tested in AMK hub & AMK MRT stations now can get DL 137Mbps, UP 48.9Mbps

Wah this is good. AMK the bridge always 4G no signal one.

Asus80 · Oct 28, 2025

identity_1991 said:
Wah this is good. AMK the bridge always 4G no signal one.

5G have 2 to 3 bar signal. but 4G speed very slow

s-ghost · Oct 28, 2025

the IDD call that is included in the $8 package, is for us to call overseas from SG, or can also call back SG when overseas?

amazingone · Oct 28, 2025

s-ghost said:
the IDD call that is included in the $8 package, is for us to call overseas from SG, or can also call back SG when overseas?

can call back too, tried calling SG number when i was in Malaysia and it worked well.

s-ghost · Oct 28, 2025

that's great, thanks! :s12:

A7997A · Oct 28, 2025

s-ghost said:
the IDD call that is included in the $8 package, is for us to call overseas from SG, or can also call back SG when overseas?

Call back SG is a separate bucket.
See https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...ussion-thread.7023112/page-473#post-154385293

s-ghost · Oct 28, 2025

A7997A said:
Call back SG is a separate bucket.
See https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...ussion-thread.7023112/page-473#post-154385293

what does that means?

388GB Data
10GB APAC Roaming
2GB Intl Roaming
588 Mins Local Talktime
288 IDD Mins (Excl. Myanmar)
88 IDD Mins (Myanmar)
88 Local SMS

call back SG is part of the 288 IDD Mins?

wjleong15 · Oct 28, 2025

s-ghost said:
what does that means?

388GB Data

10GB APAC Roaming

2GB Intl Roaming

588 Mins Local Talktime

288 IDD Mins (Excl. Myanmar)

88 IDD Mins (Myanmar)

88 Local SMS

call back SG is part of the 288 IDD Mins?

388GB Local data,
88 SMS,
588 Local mins,
288 IDD mins for all IDD countries (excluding Myanmar),
88 IDD mins for Myanmar,
10GB Roaming data APAC,
2GB International Roaming data International,
Free Caller ID,
Free local incoming mins and SMS,
288 VoLTE incoming minutes,
288 VoLTE outgoing mins to home country (Singapore),
288 VoLTE outgoing mins to local country (the country that you roam)

s-ghost · Oct 28, 2025

wjleong15 said:
388GB Local data,
88 SMS,
588 Local mins,
288 IDD mins for all IDD countries (excluding Myanmar),
88 IDD mins for Myanmar,
10GB Roaming data APAC,
2GB International Roaming data International,
Free Caller ID,
Free local incoming mins and SMS,
288 VoLTE incoming minutes,
288 VoLTE outgoing mins to home country (Singapore),
288 VoLTE outgoing mins to local country (the country that you roam)

so it's under 288 VoLTE outgoing mins to home country (Singapore)?

means i must see VoLTE on the signal in order to call or?

wjleong15 · Oct 28, 2025

s-ghost said:
so it's under 288 VoLTE outgoing mins to home country (Singapore)?

means i must see VoLTE on the signal in order to call or?

Yes
And that country must be under eight volte supported list and network
Else not able to make any call or receive call

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