SIMBA Fibre Broadband

[Mach3.2]

Come, come! 2.5Gbps in CGNAT goodness!

Give me a /48 block size then I will consider sign liao.​

A /48 will make it tempting for me as well.

 

[ah_cheng1882]

Hope it comes with free home line…

 

[jess_sy]

from Simba's investor briefing this morning.



In text:
• Low CAPEX model leveraging Singapore’s NBN and existing SIMBA service infrastructure.
• >95% residential penetration. Targeting ~1.5M homes.
• Target availability end FY23

That's all the information for now. Target end FY23. Their FY is from 1 Aug to 31 July. So we're looking at a mid-year launch hopefully.

Hopefully by June!

 

[windwaver]

Crap, my bb expire in April

 

[Hi1307]

Crap, my bb expire in April

Just continue, you don't have to recon when it expires.

 

[smith2006]

By September?

Additionally, the group has plans to launch the SIMBA 2.5 Gbps Fibre Broadband plan by the end of the financial year 2023, which is expected to be in September 2023.

Source

https://en.ocworkbench.com/tuas-gro...-gbps-fibre-broadband-plan-by-september-2023/

 

[xsoldix]

Hope it comes with free home line…

This is my main concern to jump from 500orange to this.

 

[Hi1307]

This is my main concern to jump from 500orange to this.

Legit question, why do you use home line? A lot of phone plans now come with unlimited minutes, and even if not, 300-1000mins is enough for almost everyone.

 

[xsoldix]

Legit question, why do you use home line? A lot of phone plans now come with unlimited minutes, and even if not, 300-1000mins is enough for almost everyone.

Not for me, for my parents. Some contacts still call them via home line. I believe this is not uncommon.

 

[ah_cheng1882]

I use my home line to call up hotlines etc. either for long calls or when I don’t want the other party to have my personal mobile number

 

[firesong]

Legit question, why do you use home line? A lot of phone plans now come with unlimited minutes, and even if not, 300-1000mins is enough for almost everyone.

I keep my home line for legacy reasons too.

Over the past few years, my elderly parents have had random "cold calls" from old friends they had lost contact with, some as far back as 40 years, who "happened to be clearing up and found an old phonebook and decided to try to connect with old friends". Two or three had migrated, so the value of reconnecting was greater. This especially because my parents don't believe in Facebook or social media.

There is value in keeping old numbers rather than changing it at every opportunity. But this kind of thing requires a few variables to align: i) people who communicated primarily via telephone calls and through writing letters, ii) people who kept phonebooks/address books.

Make one wonder what would happen with our current generation, although the means of connecting were via social media and texting. But many people change their numbers often too, so there's no guarantee that people can reconnect after a fairly reasonable time window has lapsed.

 

[GuiGuZi]

Over the past few years, my elderly parents have had random "cold calls" from old friends they had lost contact with, some as far back as 40 years, who "happened to be clearing up and found an old phonebook and decided to try to connect with old friends". Two or three had migrated, so the value of reconnecting was greater. This especially because my parents don't believe in Facebook or social media.

need to ask them to be careful also, there are cases of scammers pretending to be elderlies long lost friends to "borrow" money from them.

 

[kage]

I keep my home line for legacy reasons too.

Over the past few years, my elderly parents have had random "cold calls" from old friends they had lost contact with, some as far back as 40 years, who "happened to be clearing up and found an old phonebook and decided to try to connect with old friends". Two or three had migrated, so the value of reconnecting was greater. This especially because my parents don't believe in Facebook or social media.

There is value in keeping old numbers rather than changing it at every opportunity. But this kind of thing requires a few variables to align: i) people who communicated primarily via telephone calls and through writing letters, ii) people who kept phonebooks/address books.

Make one wonder what would happen with our current generation, although the means of connecting were via social media and texting. But many people change their numbers often too, so there's no guarantee that people can reconnect after a fairly reasonable time window has lapsed.

This reminds me last time we can memorize almost all the phone number of our friends and family members ...

 

[Asus80]

just nice my singtel contract expire in sep

 

[jess_sy]

Still waiting for them to announce details

 

[kohler]

anyone got any responded from SIMBA so far regarding this broadband registration ?

My Starhub broadband contract ending this month and thinking if i should continue starhub broadband as non contract plan package or switch to data mobile for internet for this next 2-3 mths. My concern is that SIMBA delay their roll out plan.

 

[loganrunning]

anyone got any responded from SIMBA so far regarding this broadband registration ?

My Starhub broadband contract ending this month and thinking if i should continue starhub broadband as non contract plan package or switch to data mobile for internet for this next 2-3 mths. My concern is that SIMBA delay their roll out plan.

just an email acknowledgement. no further updates yet.

non-contract package means can give notice anytime and cut without penalty? if so, that seems the best option

 

[given]

no contract plans are damn exp.. $55 and up ... my singtel contract is up too .. either wait 3 months for simba hopefully without delay, or recontract at $37 1gbps for 24 months or stick to current 1gbps at $55 for 3 months .. damn neither here nor there ...

 

[Jurong640]

no contract plans are damn exp.. $55 and up ... my singtel contract is up too .. either wait 3 months for simba hopefully without delay, or recontract at $37 1gbps for 24 months or stick to current 1gbps at $55 for 3 months .. damn neither here nor there ...

at least you have a choice, i just re-contracted like in November 2022. Have to wait until next year end.
Just hang in there till at least sept 2023

 

[kohler]

no contract plans are damn exp.. $55 and up ... my singtel contract is up too .. either wait 3 months for simba hopefully without delay, or recontract at $37 1gbps for 24 months or stick to current 1gbps at $55 for 3 months .. damn neither here nor there ...

I just whatsapp Starhub CS and she mentioned that i only need to pay $40.27 per mth after my contract ended in June .