Eight Telecom discussion thread

[hereiam7788]

i tested again today on celcomdigi (roaming). Speed seems to be back to normal.

I tested many times and this is the fresh use of roaming data for today to also test if there is any FUP daily before speed throttled. But I had done so many test so by right the data used should have been more than few GBs.









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[hereiam7788]

But after went out for breakfast and watch a few YouTube videos.

And did speed tests again, speed was again back to 5Mbps+- again

I even tested on the same roaming network which was Celcomdigi and at the spot.

from my personal tests, I can pretty much confirm my assumption that there is indeed speed cap but probably after certain FUP quota is used up maybe few GBs? Then the speed is throttled down to 5Mbps+-.

This is similar to the Lion telco users shared about their experiences as well.

think all the telcos and MVNOs have the similar agreement with bolehland telcos roaming partners on the FUP and how to throttle the speed.

 

[hostet]

But after went out for breakfast and watch a few YouTube videos.

And did speed tests again, speed was again back to 5Mbps+- again

I even tested on the same roaming network which was Celcomdigi and at the spot.

from my personal tests, I can pretty much confirm my assumption that there is indeed speed cap but probably after certain FUP quota is used up maybe few GBs? Then the speed is throttled down to 5Mbps+-.

This is similar to the Lion telco users shared about their experiences as well.

think all the telcos and MVNOs have the similar agreement with bolehland telcos roaming partners on the FUP and how to throttle the speed.

It is ok to throttle the speed for FUP to prevent the network from getting congested. But it isn't ok if the speed allocated is slow to the extent that webpage doesn't get loaded despite trying on all the 3 roaming partners.

 

[calkel20]

Now overseas in TW.
Suddenly all lines no service.
Restart phone, rub rub sim, also no use

 

[gapboy]

Now overseas in TW.
Suddenly all lines no service.
Restart phone, rub rub sim, also no use

no typhoon i hope

 

[JAYSCS]

It is ok to throttle the speed for FUP to prevent the network from getting congested. But it isn't ok if the speed allocated is slow to the extent that webpage doesn't get loaded despite trying on all the 3 roaming partners.

Theoretically, 5Mbps should not be resulting in webpage not loading, afterall, 5Mbps is good enough for 1080p video streaming. Could it be other factors contributing to it that is overlooked?

 

[calkel20]

no typhoon i hope

Warm weather
Similar to SG.

 

[hostet]

Theoretically, 5Mbps should not be resulting in webpage not loading, afterall, 5Mbps is good enough for 1080p video streaming. Could it be other factors contributing to it that is overlooked?

I don't think so. Both other friend and my eight line faced the same problem. I played with the settings and eventually I have to set to LTE for some low speed data. But the webpage stop loading again the next day. It is kinda hit and miss thingy.

When webpage failed to load, I perform speed test and it was always searching for server. When this happened, vivifi has no problem at all.

 

[hereiam7788]

Impressive ‘on paper’ data quota.

 

[jennypenny]

Eight has "fake" roaming, it is suitable for Whatsapp texting, or iMessage only.

If you try to stream, it is super slow. If you try to send / receive a Whatsapp video, it is taking a long time to load. Websites will take a long time to load

"Real" roaming is when you use Singtel's postpaid like 5G enhanced plan, those types of lines will give you normal speeds. Speeds of up 700Mbps can be had....

So, the question is 900GB of extremely slow speed or 50GB of high speed

I am a cheapskate, so I will stick to the cheap plan and rely on wifi for any "real" internet usage

 

[koreanlover]

Used 5G for a few days, it seems YouTube in underground MRT tunnels is smoother than 4G which will hang often.

 

[calkel20]

Finally back up ard 4:27
Dunno what happened.

 

[JAYSCS]

I don't think so. Both other friend and my eight line faced the same problem. I played with the settings and eventually I have to set to LTE for some low speed data. But the webpage stop loading again the next day. It is kinda hit and miss thingy.

When webpage failed to load, I perform speed test and it was always searching for server. When this happened, vivifi has no problem at all.

If the speed test could not even be loaded again, then it is not the capped 5Mbps problem, it has to do with priority network given to that telco. Guess when there are too many users, it was given last to be allocated with data connection hence the loading problem.

 

[xiaofan]

Impressive ‘on paper’ data quota.

Maybe you want to compare with the following.

In the end, such high local data (1.4TB in this case) are not that useful (except for those use it as the replacement for Fibre Internet).

The local talk time and SMS rollover are super high and I do not know who can really finish using the quota.

But the roaming data rollover can be really useful for those travel more often.

No issue with recurring auto payment via credit card. Nothing to worry about data!

 

[miragez]

Maybe you want to compare with the following.

In the end, such high local data (1.4TB in this case) are not that useful (except for those use it as the replacement for Fibre Internet).

The local talk time and SMS rollover are super high and I do not know who can really finish using the quota.

But the roaming data rollover can be really useful for those travel more often.

First time see Singtel allow rollover data, in the past it does not exist. Did anyone tried the APAC destination or Worldwide data really usable in overseas? Not looking at speed test result but normal user experience to use service smoothly.

 

[xiaofan]

First time see Singtel allow rollover data, in the past it does not exist. Did anyone tried the APAC destination or Worldwide data really usable in overseas? Not looking at speed test result but normal user experience to use service smoothly.

Singtel -- Singtel Gomo -- Singtel hi! postpaid (previously heya), so Singtel hi! postpaid the lowest tier offering from Singtel.

My wife is using Singtel hi! S$13 plan (port-in offer) in Guangzhou China now, she has not yet finished the APAC roaming data yet (18GB in total without roaming) and not touched the 6GB global roaming yet. Pretty okay as per her.

I also asked her to use the eight S$8 plan as the backup and in the end she does not need to use eight yet (only 3GB China data).

Take note Singtel hi! does not support roaming voice. That is the good point of eight, SIMBA and the new Starhub Prepaid plans. Starhub Prepaid plan even supports outgoing roaming SMS, like the more expensive Starhub 5G Unlimited+ and 5G Platinum plans.

 

[miragez]

Singtel -- Singtel Gomo -- Singtel hi! postpaid (previously heya), so Singtel hi! postpaid the lowest tier offering from Singtel.

My wife is using Singtel hi! S$13 plan (port-in offer) in Guangzhou China now, she has not yet finished the APAC roaming data yet (18GB in total without roaming) and not touched the 6GB global roaming yet. Pretty okay as per her.

I also asked her to use the eight S$8 plan as the backup and in the end she does not need to use eight yet (only 3GB China data).

Take note Singtel hi! does not support roaming voice. That is the good point of eight, SIMBA and the new Starhub Prepaid plans. Starhub Prepaid plan even supports outgoing roaming SMS, like the more expensive Starhub 5G Unlimited+ and 5G Platinum plans.

Do you experience any speed throttling with Singtel Hi! while overseas? I was expecting there maybe some result with eight for China trip.

 

[A7997A]

Take note Singtel hi! does not support roaming voice. That is the good point of eight, SIMBA and the new Starhub Prepaid plans. Starhub Prepaid plan even supports outgoing roaming SMS, like the more expensive Starhub 5G Unlimited+ and 5G Platinum plans.

+ Maxx for plans after Jun 16.

Outgoing roaming SMS without extra charges ? That is a first IIRC.

 

[xiaofan]

Do you experience any speed throttling with Singtel Hi! while overseas? I was expecting there maybe some result with eight for China trip.

My wife is using it now in Guangzhou China. As per her, it is quite okay. No 5G connection though, only 4G connection to either China Mobile or China Unicom in Guangzhou.

She told me that had no issues using WeChat Video calls with my mum-in-law in another province, including a recent one for one hour.