Eight Telecom discussion thread

[Habrosus]

But now the strange thing is I cant receive sms when in 5G (e.g. Healthy 365 OTP). Can only receive sms when I switch to 4G. Hopefully will resolve in the next few days, if not doesnt matter since it's a spare number for my Healthy 365.

How's your line now? Resolved?

 

[sango65]

How's your line now? Resolved?

Email to eight, but no response, anyway, not really bothered since it’s my spare line

 

[Habrosus]

Email to eight, but no response, anyway, not really bothered since it’s my spare line

Still can't receive SMS then?

 

[Habrosus]

Email to eight, but no response, anyway, not really bothered since it’s my spare line

Just to be sure, the porting process is already completed and the app is showing your own number already?

 

[sango65]

Still can't receive SMS then?

Just to be sure, the porting process is already completed and the app is showing your own number already?

Hmm, need to switch to 4G then can receive SMS, anyway the app show the correct number, not the temporary number.

 

[Habrosus]

Hmm, need to switch to 4G then can receive SMS, anyway the app show the correct number, not the temporary number.

Like that jialat, 5G line with 5G phone makes no sense have to switch to 4G just to receive text.

 

[xiaofan]

I got the Eight physical SIM card in the mailbox today and just activated.

4G LTE-A connection, signal level is decent at -89 dBm, B7 band. Bandwidth shows 20 MHz + 5 MHz, Poco X7 Pro, Eight S$8 per month 4G plan.

First SpeedTest Result

Singtel S$15.28 per month 5G SIM Only plan with 4G LTE-A connection as a comparison (force the phone to use LTE instead not 5G), signal is great at -73 dBm, B3 band. Bandwidth shows 20 MHz + 20 MHz. Same phone, same location (HDB flat near to Jurong Point).

 

[shawniiex]

I got the Eight physical SIM card in the mailbox today and just activated.

4G LTE-A connection, signal level is decent at -89 dBm, B7 band.

First SpeedTest Result

Never sign 5g?

 

[xiaofan]

Never sign 5g?

No, 4G first, at least for two to three months.

And I will have StarHub Star Prepaid S plan (5G enabled) soon for testing (to be migrated from StarHub Prepaid, S$10 per month for 80 GB data, good enough for testing purposes).
https://www.starhub.com/personal/mobile/starhub-prepaid.html

So I may skip Eight 5G for testing. I am not saying Eight 5G is not good here but my use case is just testing out non-Singtel networks, not to replace my main SingTel SIM Only S$15.28 plan.

Current plan of testing:
1) Eight 4G (StarHub network), 4G only
2) StarHub (Star) Prepaid Plan S, 5G/4G
3) M1 Maxx, 5G/4G
4) SIMBA, 5G

 

[GrandJedi]

Is Eight a postpaid or prepaid plan? Anyone faced any issues porting out of Eight? I read that some operators do not allow porting from prepaid to postpaid plans. Thanks.

 

[gapboy]

Is Eight a postpaid or prepaid plan? Anyone faced any issues porting out of Eight? I read that some operators do not allow porting from prepaid to postpaid plans. Thanks.

post paid plan

 

[xiaofan]

Good 4G speed this morning at Jurong Point (Boon Lay Bus Interchange, JP2 section).

4G LTE-A connection, signal level is great at -76 dBm, B7 band. Bandwidth shows 20 MHz + 20 MHz, Poco X7 Pro, Eight S$8 per month 4G plan.

 

[xiaofan]

Of course cannot compare with Eight 5G.

Guess need to wait awhile for 5G to be activated.

 

[gapboy]

Good 4G speed this morning at Jurong Point (Boon Lay Bus Interchange, JP2 section).

4G LTE-A connection, signal level is great at -76 dBm, B7 band. Bandwidth shows 20 MHz + 20 MHz, Poco X7 Pro, Eight S$8 per month 4G plan.

is this good 4g speed compared to ST 4g?

 

[shawniiex]

is this good 4g speed compared to ST 4g?

ST 4G is as good as non existent especially for the MVNOs. No 5g NSA = no internet connection for me

 

[xiaofan]

is this good 4g speed compared to ST 4g?

This is a decent speed but ST 4G LTE-A may still be faster.

My good test results of SingTel 4G LTE-A are above 150 Mbps.

Record from recent Singtel 4G LTE testing.

 

[xiaofan]

I am using the Eight S$8 4G plan to post here on the bus.

Encountered a brief lag on the trip when I tried to post the above post, near to ST Engineering Boon Lay.

This never happened on my daily trip to work with Singtel SIM Only 5G.

But it did happen last time with Singtel SIM Only 4G (previously only free three months 5G Access, so I was using 4G before August 2024) -- sometimes even no signal on the same bus trip.

 

[Cedric7]

Good 4G speed this morning at Jurong Point (Boon Lay Bus Interchange, JP2 section).

4G LTE-A connection, signal level is great at -76 dBm, B7 band. Bandwidth shows 20 MHz + 20 MHz, Poco X7 Pro, Eight S$8 per month 4G plan.

Thanks for the sharing. I like how detailed it is haha

 

[GrandJedi]

I got the Eight physical SIM card in the mailbox today and just activated.

4G LTE-A connection, signal level is decent at -89 dBm, B7 band. Bandwidth shows 20 MHz + 5 MHz, Poco X7 Pro, Eight S$8 per month 4G plan.

First SpeedTest Result

Singtel S$15.28 per month 5G SIM Only plan with 4G LTE-A connection as a comparison (force the phone to use LTE instead not 5G), signal is great at -73 dBm, B3 band. Bandwidth shows 20 MHz + 20 MHz. Same phone, same location (HDB flat near to Jurong Point).

What 4G speed do we expect or can consider as acceptable from the Telco based on your experience?

 

[uncle_josh]

is this good 4g speed compared to ST 4g?

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