Eight Telecom discussion thread

[xiaofan]

I noticed that there’s a ‘Postpaid’ tag under my number at the account management website, wonder if it means Prepaid service is coming soon for eight?

Indeed I see this as well.

StarHub's own StarHub Prepaid plans belong to "Postpaid" as per IMDA classifications (up to 10 lines from all providers )

Only StarHub Tourist SIMs belong to true Prepaid as per IMDA classification (up to 3 lines only from all providers).

Singtel Prepaid, M1 Prepaid, SIMBA Prepaid and CUniq Prepaid belong to the true prepaid as per IMDA classification. But I believe only Singtel has a sizable use bases for the prepaid market (not counting tourist SIMs).

It would be interesting to see if eight goes to the prepaid market. If true, I think it will be similar to SIMBA prepaid with short validity, unlike Singtel and M1 prepaid SIM which can have up to 180 days SIM Validity.

Example use case: buy and throw short term SIM for traveling for local residents, tourist SIM for visitors, etc.

It could be similar to CUniq Prepaid which offers a way for long term pass holders to come in first and then convert to PostPaid plan within one month.

 

[CanberraRamenFloor]

eight extended the free 2 months promo to 22 Nov 2026

https://www.eight.com.sg/help/promotions/

If u alrdy on eight/starhub, singtel hi senior $7 for 2 mths is cheapest

 

[hereiam7788]

found my old sinktel bill back on 23 dec 2013. cannot imagine how much paid per month back then vs now. after factoring in inflation. haha.

 

[Jurong640]

found my old sinktel bill back on 23 dec 2013. cannot imagine how much paid per month back then vs now. after factoring in inflation. haha.

and the amount of data 3GB.
Back then some red telco say you only need 3 to 5GB on average