Eight Telecom discussion thread

[ToonBlue]

Anyone knows how does the recharge work?
If you buy the plan, does it start immediately like heya?

 

[EDMW-Hates-Me]

Has anyone port in from another telco to an existing eight mobile line?

My port-in was unsuccessful and I wondering what other options I can take after emailing the non-existent customer service support for help

How to port? Must go down to the service center or can do online?

folks, I'm currently holding to their free trial sim. if should I decided to port in my current line for $8 , do I need to sign up new line or can use the existing line?

Bruh, too many posts here, can spoon feed? Can port to existing line?

 

[loganrunning]

Anyone knows how does the recharge work?

currently on free/trial plan?

If you buy the plan, does it start immediately like heya?

i dunno about heya, so can't provide comparision

if on trial plan, and buy a plan, yes, takes effect immed
if not on trial plan, you need to provide more context

 

[~sabaisabai~]

How to port? Must go down to the service center or can do online?


Bruh, too many posts here, can spoon feed? Can port to existing line?

can lah.. just port

if you know how to port, then do it online and choose to self collect from venues
if this is your first time, go down to retailer to do porting

 

[EDMW-Hates-Me]

can lah.. just port

if you know how to port, then do it online and choose to self collect from venues
if this is your first time, go down to retailer to do porting

Port to existing eight line why still need to collect things?

 

[~sabaisabai~]

Port to existing eight line why still need to collect things?

sim card? no?
u going for esim?

you mean your existing line to eight? correct?
depends you want physical sim or esim

 

[matrix05]

How to port? Must go down to the service center or can do online?


Bruh, too many posts here, can spoon feed? Can port to existing line?

If yours is a straight forward port out; Not Circle.life, phone no. in parent or wife name, no outstanding bill; just goto your nearest 8 retailer, bring IC and money, pay $8 , physical sim issued on the spot, plug sim in , next day, ported over to 8.

 

[cracker]

no difference, they are both use starhud 4G

speed difference is depend on phone also, not just telco. when my phone overheat also become slow the network

Moi giga 4g $10+ leh where got $15. Iirc it was pop up promo but they always have one every few months kind.

if it pops , u will pay $10 lor.

 

[Hakuna Matata]

All telcos are about the same in terms of data speed dependent on the time and place; the only difference is how good the network coverage is and how much they charge for their plan. According to 8: 99.99%, the 0.01% means anything else is possible.

 

[cracker]

All telcos are about the same in terms of data speed dependent on the time and place; the only difference is how good the network coverage is and how much they charge for their plan. According to 8: 99.99%, the 0.01% means anything else is possible.

i have been using SH for a long long time..... their coverage was very bad during the early days... but has definitely improve... I ported over to Simba last month...... but the coverage in my work area is very bad...
guess all the saying abt Simba are true :
1) Can show 5G on the phone,... but the data speed is really very bad
2) very handy with the built in 7 GB oversea roam... thus far, tried Malaysia and thailand... will be trying out a few more countries till mid Jan

 

[EDMW-Hates-Me]

sim card? no?
u going for esim?

you mean your existing line to eight? correct?
depends you want physical sim or esim

If yours is a straight forward port out; Not Circle.life, phone no. in parent or wife name, no outstanding bill; just goto your nearest 8 retailer, bring IC and money, pay $8 , physical sim issued on the spot, plug sim in , next day, ported over to 8.

I already have a circles line and an eight line. I want to port the circles line number to the eight line. Already have the eight SIM card.

 

[tanchoo1]

How to port? Must go down to the service center or can do online?


Bruh, too many posts here, can spoon feed? Can port to existing line?

So much misinformation here.

If you already have an existing line with Eight, you cannot port in to this existing line. You can only port in to Eight at the time when you sign up for a new line.

 

[tanchoo1]

I already have a circles line and an eight line. I want to port the circles line number to the eight line. Already have the eight SIM card.

Cannot.

 

[Hakuna Matata]

i have been using SH for a long long time..... their coverage was very bad during the early days... but has definitely improve... I ported over to Simba last month...... but the coverage in my work area is very bad...
guess all the saying abt Simba are true :
1) Can show 5G on the phone,... but the data speed is really very bad
2) very handy with the built in 7 GB oversea roam... thus far, tried Malaysia and thailand... will be trying out a few more countries till mid Jan

Mine is acceptable. YT & movie streaming so far so good. Lately, there's a bit of downtime and lagging. Their CS is slightly better than 8. If 8 can improve on their CS support, they will be no horse run.

 

[Hakuna Matata]

Cannot.

Circle is a PITA. Port out always have issues.

 

[Habrosus]

Anyone knows how does the recharge work?
If you buy the plan, does it start immediately like heya?

Should be immediate, don't remember seeing an option to choose date. Anyway... https://www.eight.com.sg/faq-renew-recharge-and-billing

Port to existing eight line why still need to collect things?

I already have a circles line and an eight line. I want to port the circles line number to the eight line. Already have the eight SIM card.

Eight is not M1 Maxx. There's no port in to existing line and reuse SIM card. Fresh port-in, collect SIM card or wait for SingPost to deliver to you. Cancel your old line if you want.

https://www.eight.com.sg/faq-port-in

 

[Checkyrmed]

Mine is acceptable. YT & movie streaming so far so good. Lately, there's a bit of downtime and lagging. Their CS is slightly better than 8. If 8 can improve on their CS support, they will be no horse run.

• Our plans do include 288mins roaming calls back to Singapore and at the destination you roam at!

Our plans do include 288mins roaming calls back to Singapore - calling back to SG is 288 minutes

... and at the destination you roam at

Eight is not only unreliable for their CS, but also unprincipled for what they've put down in their black and white.

 

[cracker]

Mine is acceptable. YT & movie streaming so far so good. Lately, there's a bit of downtime and lagging. Their CS is slightly better than 8. If 8 can improve on their CS support, they will be no horse run.

then they will not be charging $8 liao.

 

[sango65]

Eight is not only unreliable for their CS, but also unprincipled for what they've put down in their black and white.

you mean call roaming? they only support volte call roaming for limited countries at $8. If they allow volte call roaming for all supported countries, dont think $8 will be enough to cover all the costs to tie up with those overseas telcos

 

[~sabaisabai~]

So much misinformation here.

If you already have an existing line with Eight, you cannot port in to this existing line. You can only port in to Eight at the time when you sign up for a new line.

tbh, i also dunno what he was asking
if he just wants to port in exist line from circle to eight, then of cos is can..
but if eight to eight, then i dunno liao

@EDMW-Hates-Me​

you need to ask all the gurus there... i am also new user