Eight Telecom discussion thread

[yhw22]

Same, my $56 bonus credit has came in, topped up $56 straight and not $28*2

when did you top up

 

[amazingone]

when did you top up

on the 22nd may Friday

 

[habibali]

How about eight 5g for local use? Stable?

no issues for me... its good and fast. but i hit issues in train.. east west line in tunnel for.. eight, zym, simba haha... i think all of them same in tunnel. super dead slow.

 

[SpawnXp]

went to service center to change esim to psim
got it done within one min, forget to ask them about my free port in 2 months.

 

[koreanlover]

Free credits in for top up done on Friday 2pm.

1 shot $56 also credited no issues.

Same received for top up on Friday night.
1 shot $84.

 

[JAYSCS]

Top up 3 x $28 on 24/06/26 Sunday, received it today on 02/06/26, 5 business days to receive. My billing history only show the bonus credited and not the original top up amount. So weird.

 

[TrueB1ue]

Is it because when pple topup for us, the topup amount will not show in our account but we still received topup email, message?

23/05 $84 topup never appear
02/06 promotion $84 appear

 

[lalachong]

I topped up 24 May, Sunday, $54. Until now, nothing…

update; just received the free bonus top up. They’ll sms to inform you.

 

[JAYSCS]

Is it because when pple topup for us, the topup amount will not show in our account but we still received topup email, message?

23/05 $84 topup never appear
02/06 promotion $84 appear

Really dunno how it works, nevertheless, as long as the main wallet shows the correct amount, that is more important. But I think you are quite right because the person who served me top up my account via a phone, so it could be actually billed to his phone and not to my account on 24/05/26.

 

[habibali]

i received my 28 dollars into my account today. i just have a question. will it auto deduct mthly? (my line is under do not auto recharge)

 

[JAYSCS]

i received my 28 dollars into my account today. i just have a question. will it auto deduct mthly? (my line is under do not auto recharge)

Your Eight Mobile plan will lapse at the end of its current billing cycle if you do not opt for auto-recharge or manually purchase a new plan.
When your plan lapses:

• Grace Period: Your mobile number enters a 60-day grace period. During this time, you can still receive incoming SMS and recharge notifications, but you won't have access to data or outgoing calls.
• Reactivation: You can reactivate your line by manually purchasing a new plan via the Eight Mobile Portal or the Eight app before the grace period ends.
• Termination: If you do not manually renew or recharge within 60 days, your account will be fully deactivated and you will lose your mobile number permanently.

 

[chaiscool]

no issues for me... its good and fast. but i hit issues in train.. east west line in tunnel for.. eight, zym, simba haha... i think all of them same in tunnel. super dead slow.

Maybe 5G will help. That redhill to raffles area moi always got signal issue but see others using phone like nothing so I guess there are plans that are not affected there.

 

[gapboy]

Maybe 5G will help. That redhill to raffles area moi always got signal issue but see others using phone like nothing so I guess there are plans that are not affected there.

I had tried ST as well same issue also on Maxx , it is the infra on the EW line causing problems

 

[neptunesea]

Maybe 5G will help. That redhill to raffles area moi always got signal issue but see others using phone like nothing so I guess there are plans that are not affected there.

most apps commonly used will have cache or buffer long enough to last for a minute or so.

slow data doesn't mean no data. took a few calls on vonr on that part of EWL and didn't hear any interruptions.

 

[gapboy]

most apps commonly used will have cache or buffer long enough to last for a minute or so.

slow data doesn't mean no data. took a few calls on vonr on that part of EWL and didn't hear any interruptions.

my insta reels literally stop or any reels .. so there is no data even signal is there for 4/5g

 

[xiaofan]

Looks like the S$10.8 5G plan becomes permanent and the S$11.8 4G plan is gone. Good move from eight.
https://www.eight.com.sg/

Not counting SIMBA, M1 Maxx S$10 plans and StarHub Prepaid S 5G S$10 plan used to the cheapest regular 5G plan without special promotion codes or things like that (not counting 4G plans with 180 days or half year 5G trial). Now M1 Maxx regular 5G plan is at S$12 per month. StarHub Prepaid 5G Core plan is at S$15 per month.

eight 5G plan at S$10.8 seems to be the cheapest regular non-SIMBA 5G plan now.

Maybe I will sign up a new line to try out and compare it with my StarHub Prepaid S 5G (S$3 per month special migration offer for Happy Prepaid Card users in Nov 2025, no more such offers).

My eight 4G line is used by my wife for her roaming needs this year.

 

[xiaofan]

StarHub Prepaid 4G connection vs eight 4G connection

I have tested a few times starhub prepaid vs Eight on 4G connection. It's seems mostly starhub prepaid give higher speed and less lag compare eight.
Does it relate to priorities network ?? But it seems both under Starhub ownership

Also nowadays Starhub prepaid also given overseas roaming calls minutes too

Based on your test results, it is probably true that StarHub Prepaid has higher priority than eight.

Faster in the range of about 20%. Not really great. But if congested area or peak timing. It may make a difference

 

[xiaofan]

Take note StarHub has changed the Prepaid Plans again recently.

No more S$10 StarHub Prepaid S 5G plan.

S$12 plan is 4G only. S$15 plan is 5G.

4G Prepaid at S$12 per month.
5G Prepaid Core at S$15 per month.
5G Prepaid Plus at S$30 per month.

Local and Roaming data bundles are much better than last time.

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

 

[BBCWatcher]

Looks like the S$10.8 5G plan becomes permanent and the S$11.8 4G plan is gone. Good move from eight.
https://www.eight.com.sg/

I don't think we know yet. Their S$10.80 plan is still listed on their Web site as available only through May 31, 2026. Obviously it's now June, and it's still available at this instant. But it's unclear what's going to happen.

 

[hostet]

I'm porting to eight from Singtel soon. Is eight plan able to receive SMS OTP when roaming. Is makinh roaming call ot sending roaming sms chargeable?