SIMBA Telecom discussion thread

[twosix]

I read the following from the website:
*For Seniors and SuperRoam10: Brunei, Cambodia, India, Japan, Laos, Macau, Myanmar, Philippines are included in the Global (60+ countries Roaming)
I am on a Seniors Plan, does it mean that I will have 3GB when I roam in Japan? Anybody tried? Is that enough for casual usage?

If it rolls over for a few months, you will have more than 3GB to use.

 

[Habrosus]

If it rolls over for a few months, you will have more than 3GB to use.

To think that we used to "survive" on 2GB

 

[Jurong640]

does it mean that I will have 3GB when I roam in Japan? Anybody tried? Is that enough for casual usage?

How many days in Japan? If 3GB for a week, light usage possible.

 

[mojipei]

If it rolls over for a few months, you will have more than 3GB to use.

To think that we used to "survive" on 2GB

How many days in Japan? If 3GB for a week, light usage possible.

Thank you for all the replies. I will be going there for 8 days, so I presume that should be enough.

 

[hwsstx]

Thank you for all the replies. I will be going there for 8 days, so I presume that should be enough.

Just enjoy Japan with the 3GB - as long as don't watch excessively YouTube data is sufficient.

If exceed your wallet will be used to top up & it is very affordable.

 

[BBCWatcher]

How many days in Japan? If 3GB for a week, light usage possible.

Thank you for all the replies. I will be going there for 8 days, so I presume that should be enough.

You'll be in Japan! Get your face out of your phone and enjoy your trip!

Also, download maps/videos/songs/e-books ahead of time over Wi-Fi, use Wi-Fi where you have the option (hotels, coffee shops, etc.), turn on "low data mode," stream less audio and video (and adjust video quality to 480p or less), use WhatsApp and FaceTime audio instead of video, disable automatic e-mail attachment downloads, turn off automatic video playback in social media apps, disable photo library and other "cloud" syncing over mobile data, don't install apps or operating system updates over mobile data (and turn off automatic updating over mobile data).... In short, learn how to be a data sipper instead of a data glutton.

 

[twosix]

You'll be in Japan! Get your face out of your phone and enjoy your trip!

Also, download maps/videos/songs/e-books ahead of time over Wi-Fi, use Wi-Fi where you have the option (hotels, coffee shops, etc.), turn on "low data mode," stream less audio and video (and adjust video quality to 480p or less), use WhatsApp and FaceTime audio instead of video, disable automatic e-mail attachment downloads, turn off automatic video playback in social media apps, don't install apps or operating system updates over mobile data (and turn off automatic updating over mobile data).... In short, learn how to be a data sipper instead of a data glutton.

no need to be so extreme lah... just dun stream video/audio. everything else can. haha...

 

[BBCWatcher]

no need to be so extreme lah... just dun stream video/audio. everything else can. haha...

No, not actually. For example, app and operating system updates can easily consume your entire data allotment all by themselves.

 

[hwsstx]

...avoid JAV videos

 

[SongManKranji]

...avoid JAV videos

Life is v short. Ai song song kao tuas & Changi.

 

[caesium5]

I read the following from the website:
*For Seniors and SuperRoam10: Brunei, Cambodia, India, Japan, Laos, Macau, Myanmar, Philippines are included in the Global (60+ countries Roaming)
I am on a Seniors Plan, does it mean that I will have 3GB when I roam in Japan? Anybody tried? Is that enough for casual usage?

3GB when you are on the road using GPS, Google Maps or just googling for information is definitely enough.

Most cafe and Shinkansen have wifi if that's where you are doing your casual web browsing.
Connected to wifi when back in hotel to upload photos.

Happy holidays.

Edit:
Yes, tried before
And if you are traveling next month or later, your Senior plan will have more then 3GB due to rollover data.

 

[Jurong640]

 

[JT2008]

3GB when you are on the road using GPS, Google Maps or just googling for information is definitely enough.

Most cafe and Shinkansen have wifi if that's where you are doing your casual web browsing.
Connected to wifi when back in hotel to upload photos.

Happy holidays.

Edit:
Yes, tried before
And if you are traveling next month or later, your Senior plan will have more then 3GB due to rollover data

Lot of these hotels wifi does not have secure connection. Connected to these unsecured wifi are taking very high risk. DYODD.

When I travel overseas, only use mobile roaming data even the wifi connection is secure. You really don't know what are the infra behind the scene.

 

[twosix]

Lot of these hotels wifi does not have secure connection. Connected to these unsecured wifi are taking very high risk. DYODD.

When I travel overseas, only use mobile roaming data even the wifi connection is secure. You really don't know what are the infra behind the scene.

if u have vpn can use vpn+wifi. for eg in sg, sometimes if i use wireless@sgx, i'll use vpn too.

 

[Jurong640]

Lot of these hotels wifi does not have secure connection. Connected to these unsecured wifi are taking very high risk. DYODD.

When I travel overseas, only use mobile roaming data even the wifi connection is secure. You really don't know what are the infra behind the scene.

i don't really use public wifi, even when roaming, the security risks is high. When i was in china and japan, i tried connecting to their hotel wifi, my surfshark app told me it's risky as they analyse the wifi ssid has security flaws.

I always use 4G / 5G. If really no much data left, use vpn on wifi.

 

[BBCWatcher]

Lot of these hotels wifi does not have secure connection. Connected to these unsecured wifi are taking very high risk....

if u have vpn can use vpn+wifi. for eg in sg, sometimes if i use wireless@sgx, i'll use vpn too.

I'm not sure why you'd trust a cellular network more than a Wi-Fi network, or vice versa. Assume all networks are insecure. Then you won't be disappointed.

Many people have home broadband service, and they have home routers that support inbound VPN connections. Just make sure you know what you're doing when you set that up, and review your setup periodically.

Oracle Cloud offers a free tier that allows you to run one or a few ARM64-based virtual servers in one of their data centers for as long as you wish with up to 10TB of outbound network traffic per month. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out what you can do with that.

 

[Jurong640]

Oracle Cloud offers a free tier that allows you to run one or a few ARM64-based virtual servers in one of their data centers for as long as you wish with up to 10TB of outbound network traffic per month. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out what you can do with that.

Oh Oracle offer free tier. So meaning i can setup tailscale net using their virtual server and set it as Exit Nodes? Like that i can use it as own VPN server.

 

[sibeiTrolled]

Oh Oracle offer free tier. So meaning i can setup tailscale net using their virtual server and set it as Exit Nodes? Like that i can use it as own VPN server.

You could also run a minecraft server if you wish to.



There's always a catch when something is free. Just take note of this and work under the assumption that it may not last.

 

[twosix]

Er,.. I can afford to pay for a credible vpn service. Haha. Why do it urself when u can use money to save the trouble?

 

[Jurong640]

Er,.. I can afford to pay for a credible vpn service. Haha. Why do it urself when u can use money to save the trouble?

Building your own got more satisfaction. You get more control.