SIMBA Fibre Broadband

[uplinkhack]

hey guys quick question, about to sign up right now. payment quarterly and yearly what's the difference? no discount and no additional perks, why sign 1 year payment? so can lock in current price in case of price increase in future?

 

[weiess]

hey guys quick question, about to sign up right now. payment quarterly and yearly what's the difference? no discount and no additional perks, why sign 1 year payment? so can lock in current price in case of price increase in future?

Don't see any diff of paying quarterly vs yearly.
Basically SIMBA Fibre do come with a 12 months contract..

https://support.simba.sg/hc/en-us/a...at-is-the-contract-period-for-SIMBA-Broadband

 

[sglandscape]

Maybe you need clock credit spend can consider prepay 1 year in advance.

hey guys quick question, about to sign up right now. payment quarterly and yearly what's the difference? no discount and no additional perks, why sign 1 year payment? so can lock in current price in case of price increase in future

 

[soreloser]

Be wary of SIMBA. My dad used SIMBA for his SIM card and has non-stop problems ever since. Bad customer service, their method of payment is 100% sketchy, the list can go on.

 

[xonix]

Too bad your experience is bad but the senior's plan I subscribed for my mother, no issues whatsoever. Trying to spam everywhere in this forum, just becos you had a poor experience with SIMBA, I can only say the nick is very appropriate.

 

[sglandscape]

Be wary of SIMBA. My dad used SIMBA for his SIM card and has non-stop problems ever since. Bad customer service, their method of payment is 100% sketchy, the list can go on.

to balance out the negativity, what's the issue with the payment mode? For early adopters they had reception issues, but that's more of SG being too pampered and have high expectations (not wrong, but for a new telco back then don't be too optimistic)

 

[twosix]

Be wary of SIMBA. My dad used SIMBA for his SIM card and has non-stop problems ever since. Bad customer service, their method of payment is 100% sketchy, the list can go on.

Just port out. There is no contract.

 

[zzxxzzxx]

Simba mobile is good.

But if you are more interested in the $25 10GB Roaming, just get eSIM when u needed to go overseas.

Can drop back to any MVNO that's $10, 100GB. Still got 1 to 2 GB for roaming.

Else drop to $10 Simba, and upgrade when you need to go overseas.
Or just pay $4/GB, on top of the free 1GB.

 

[sgcarousell]

Be wary of SIMBA. My dad used SIMBA for his SIM card and has non-stop problems ever since. Bad customer service, their method of payment is 100% sketchy, the list can go on.

U sure is not user problem? I have been on simba mobile for past 1.5year no issue at all, but again i stick to 4G network only, anyway this topic is for fibre broadband only, u can go to the mobile forum to share ur experience with your target audience

 

[NoAppleNoTalk]

Anybody knows the hotline to call for simba broadband ? their email support cmi.. no response.

 

[Goodintentions]

Anybody knows the hotline to call for simba broadband ? their email support cmi.. no response.

There is no hotline for simba broadband. Only email or FB messenger.

 

[guile]

Simba mobile is good.

But if you are more interested in the $25 10GB Roaming, just get eSIM when u needed to go overseas.

Can drop back to any MVNO that's $10, 100GB. Still got 1 to 2 GB for roaming.

Else drop to $10 Simba, and upgrade when you need to go overseas.
Or just pay $4/GB, on top of the free 1GB.

Can just use 2 months and terminate right? And sign up again when going overseas again

 

[zzxxzzxx]

Can just use 2 months and terminate right? And sign up again when going overseas again

Not sure eSIM minimum usage.
2 months is safe for most Telco.

 

[Pauleon]

U sure is not user problem? I have been on simba mobile for past 1.5year no issue at all, but again i stick to 4G network only, anyway this topic is for fibre broadband only, u can go to the mobile forum to share ur experience with your target audience

I'm on TPG Simba mobile since they launch and no issues with payment and also the mobile service is decent- infact some places Singtel don't have but Simba can connect. Actually got 5G also ler.

 

[apostrophe]

Router question. I read the 50+ pages but didn't see this asked.

Can the TPlink AX5400 (A72, not pro) fully use the 2.5gbps bandwidth? I have no need for wired connection just wireless.

Seeing a lot of it sold online for cheap.

https://www.tp-link.com/sg/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-ax72/

 

[frizee]

Feel like trying sia lol, how is it for you guys?

A qns though, I have an AC88U, do they help to set up my existing router/or is it compatible with SIMBA when they come over ah?

 

[xiaofan]

Router question. I read the 50+ pages but didn't see this asked.

Can the TPlink AX5400 (A72, not pro) fully use the 2.5gbps bandwidth? I have no need for wired connection just wireless.

Seeing a lot of it sold online for cheap.

https://www.tp-link.com/sg/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-ax72/

Hmm, the question has been answered multiple times.

In order to fully utilize SIMBA 2.5Gbps plan, your router needs to have 2.5G WAN port. TP-Link Archer AX72 does not have 2.5G port.

Recommended router to go with SIMBA 2.5Gbps plan.
1) Recommended: Dual 2.5G ports
This is required if you have 2.5G wired devices now or in the near future, one for WAN and one for LAN.

Local version with warantty
Asus TUF-AX6000 (around S$329) and GT-AX6000 (around S$450 BNIB from Carousell), etc, depending on your budget.

Asus China version if you do not mind no local warantty
Asus TX-AX6000 (China version of TX-AX6000), very cost effective version

If you do not mind no local warantty, China version WiFi 7 routers (no 6GHz band, no 320MHz channel width), then you can look at the following.

Xiaomi BE7000
Xiaomi BE6500 Pro
ZTE BE7000 Pro+
TP-Link TL-7DR6560 BE6500

2) Single 2.5G WAN port
This is only applicable if you do not plan to have 2.5G wired device.

Local version with warantty
Asus TUF-AX4200 (around S$229) and Asus RT-AX86U Pro, etc, depending on your budget.

I would not recomend TP-Link Archer AX55 Pro (around S$229, AX3000) or Archer AX72 Pro (around S$300, AX5400) as Asus TUF-AX4200 is cost effective (around S$229, AX4200) and better.

3) List of China version WiFi 7 routers here.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/wifi-7-routers.6905228/page-12#post-151478961

I'd better update my post about China WiFI 7 router.

Chinese WiFi 7 router options (no 6GHz band, no 320MHz channel bandwidth, got MLO, 4096QAM, MRU, etc)

Huawei
Huawei BE3 Pro (1G port version, 512MB RAM): RMB399, not recommended as no 2.5G port
Huawei BE3 Pro (2.5G port version, 512MB RAM): RMB499

Xiaomi
Xiaomi BE3600 (2.5G port): RMB 299 (just announced) -- not recommended as main router since it has only 256MBRAM, okay as an AP
Xiaomi 6500 Pro (quad 2.5G ports, good for 2.5G plans): RMB699
Xiaomi 7000 (quad 2.5G ports, good match for 2.5G plans): RMB799
Xiaomi 10000 triband (dual 10G ports, maybe good for 10G plans): RMB1499

TP-Link:
https://www.tp-link.com.cn/product_cat_wifi7.html
TP-Link TL-7DR3610 BE3600, RMB 229, not recommended as no 2.5G port
TP-Link TL-7DR3630 BE3600, RMB 249 (single 2.5G port). not recommended as main router, okay as AP
TP-Link TL-7DR5130 BE5100, RMB 279 (single 2.5G port), not recommended as main router, okay as AP
TP-Link TL-7DR6560 BE6500 (quad 2.5G ports, good match for 2.5G plans), RMB 559
TP-Link TL-7DR7280 BE7200 (quad 2.5G ports, good match for 2.5G plans), RMB 1699
TP-Link TL-7TR13090 BE13000 triband (dual 10G ports, maybe good for 10G plans), RMB 2199

ZTE
https://www.ztedevices.com/cn/product/中兴问天be7200pro路由器/
ZTE BE7200 Pro+ (中兴问天BE7200Pro+, dual 2.5G ports, good match for 2.5Gbps plans) RMB 599

H3C
https://www.h3c.com/cn/Products_And...lProducts/Star_Products/Home_Network/BE18000/
H3C BE18000 triband (one 10G port and three 1Gbps port) -- RMB 1799

 

[xiaofan]

Feel like trying sia lol, how is it for you guys?

A qns though, I have an AC88U, do they help to set up my existing router/or is it compatible with SIMBA when they come over ah?

None of the ISPs help to install the 3rd party routers.

RT-AC88U is compatible with SIMBA but it has only 1G WAN port.

Please refer to above post if you want to get a router which has 2.5G WAN port.

 

[frizee]

None of the ISPs help to install the 3rd party routers.

RT-AC88U is compatible with SIMBA but it has only 1G WAN port.

Please refer to above post if you want to get a router which has 2.5G WAN port.

Oh thanks again

How about those already on SIMBA 2.5? Speed wise any issues

I came across some bad comments in Facebook though

 

[apostrophe]

Hmm, the question has been answered multiple times.

In order to fully utilize SIMBA 2.5Gbps plan, your router needs to have 2.5G WAN port. TP-Link Archer AX72 does not have 2.5G port.

Recommended router to go with SIMBA 2.5Gbps plan.
1) Recommended: Dual 2.5G ports
This is required if you have 2.5G wired devices now or in the near future, one for WAN and one for LAN.

Local version with warantty
Asus TUF-AX6000 (around S$329) and GT-AX6000 (around S$450 BNIB from Carousell), etc, depending on your budget.

Asus China version if you do not mind no local warantty
Asus TX-AX6000 (China version of TX-AX6000), very cost effective version

If you do not mind no local warantty, China version WiFi 7 routers (no 6GHz band, no 320MHz channel width), then you can look at the following.

Xiaomi BE7000
Xiaomi BE6500 Pro
ZTE BE7000 Pro+
TP-Link TL-7DR6560 BE6500

2) Single 2.5G WAN port
This is only applicable if you do not plan to have 2.5G wired device.

Local version with warantty
Asus TUF-AX4200 (around S$229) and Asus RT-AX86U Pro, etc, depending on your budget.

I would not recomend TP-Link Archer AX55 Pro (around S$229, AX3000) or Archer AX72 Pro (around S$300, AX5400) as Asus TUF-AX4200 is cost effective (around S$229, AX4200) and better.

3) List of China version WiFi 7 routers here.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/wifi-7-routers.6905228/page-12#post-151478961

This is a gem. Thanks for taking the time to write it down. Many will benefit from your summary.