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I have lines from all 4 telcos...Giga (starhub), CM/Vivifi (singtel), TPG, M1 corp line (not bespoke).

It is hits and misses at different places. Generally Giga is the worst, can suddenly lose signal and need on/off airplane mode to reacquire signal, but when working it is usually fastest. TPG has worst coverage, and quite poor at many basements but cheapest. Both singtel have hotspots where there's no network. M1 being non-digital (i think) is most consistent.

Ok, my actual question is...can the gigaBuddy line be used as esim on Apple Watch? No mention in faq...
 
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darr said:
I have lines from all 4 telcos...Giga (starhub), CM/Vivifi (singtel), TPG, M1 corp line (not bespoke).

It is hits and misses at different places. Generally Giga is the worst, can suddenly lose signal and need on/off airplane mode to reacquire signal, but when working it is usually fastest. TPG has worst coverage, and quite poor at many basements but cheapest. Both singtel have hotspots where there's no network. M1 being non-digital (i think) is most consistent.

Ok, my actual question is...can the gigaBuddy line be used as esim on Apple Watch? No mention in faq...
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the buddy line sign up page say sim card be delivered to you so not esim.
 
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darr said:
I have lines from all 4 telcos...Giga (starhub), CM/Vivifi (singtel), TPG, M1 corp line (not bespoke).

It is hits and misses at different places. Generally Giga is the worst, can suddenly lose signal and need on/off airplane mode to reacquire signal, but when working it is usually fastest. TPG has worst coverage, and quite poor at many basements but cheapest. Both singtel have hotspots where there's no network. M1 being non-digital (i think) is most consistent.

Ok, my actual question is...can the gigaBuddy line be used as esim on Apple Watch? No mention in faq...
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Not supported.

NumberShare is only available on Big Three. SIMBA Telecom and all MVNOs are not welcomed.
 
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Does Giga's current 100GB $20 sim only plan net? or have gst & additional charges etc?

Thinking to port over from orange telco, but some people tell me Giga is better, some tell me alot of blind spots.

Any senpai pls advise :D
 
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我要买GTR said:
Does Giga's current 100GB $20 sim only plan net? or have gst & additional charges etc?

Thinking to port over from orange telco, but some people tell me Giga is better, some tell me alot of blind spots.

Any senpai pls advise :D
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is net. I changed over from orange abt 2-3 yrs back ba, for my case I think better than orange but still have blind spots. Sometimes need to switch to airplane mode & back. Then again must see your route, some route some network better. You can always switch over then if don't meet you needs, switch again. Since no contract, switch to new one & try anytime.
 
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radon said:
is net. I changed over from orange abt 2-3 yrs back ba, for my case I think better than orange but still have blind spots. Sometimes need to switch to airplane mode & back. Then again must see your route, some route some network better. You can always switch over then if don't meet you needs, switch again. Since no contract, switch to new one & try anytime.
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Thx for the advise man. Will consider first because orange give me more outgoing mins which I need. But orange coverage quite cmi esp underground.
 
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anyone have experience with giga roaming? Is it easy to activate or need wifi in destination country to change some APN settings?
 
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我要买GTR said:
Thx for the advise man. Will consider first because orange give me more outgoing mins which I need. But orange coverage quite cmi esp underground.
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i think for giga, you can "port-in later" to replace your current number. Means, you can subscribe giga with a new number, you can so-called try for a month, then apply for port-in to replace your new number with your current Orange telco number. Then you retain your old number.

I would suggest you try it out giga first with the $10 plan. I've tried giga before, not really impressed with it, and switched back to orange camp. But I switched to SIMBA afterward. Orange is pretty good in most places, but even with reception, data is slow. Giga is no reception or got reception, cannot receive calls.
 
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Jurong640 said:
i think for giga, you can "port-in later" to replace your current number. Means, you can subscribe giga with a new number, you can so-called try for a month, then apply for port-in to replace your new number with your current Orange telco number. Then you retain your old number.

I would suggest you try it out giga first with the $10 plan. I've tried giga before, not really impressed with it, and switched back to orange camp. But I switched to SIMBA afterward. Orange is pretty good in most places, but even with reception, data is slow. Giga is no reception or got reception, cannot receive calls.
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Ok thanks man. I'll try it out :D
 
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Any one has trouble with giga roaming?

Am in Korea now. Bought the 1gb AP roaming from the app.

After 1 whole day, still cannot connect to data.
-Followed instructions to set AP(which is already correct by default)
-Turn on/off Airplane mode
-Reboot phone a few times

Though it shows the 4g+ icon, but still not having data moving.

On xiaomi X3 NFC :(
 
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Shutterbox said:
Any one has trouble with giga roaming?

Am in Korea now. Bought the 1gb AP roaming from the app.

After 1 whole day, still cannot connect to data.
-Followed instructions to set AP(which is already correct by default)
-Turn on/off Airplane mode
-Reboot phone a few times

Though it shows the 4g+ icon, but still not having data moving.

On xiaomi X3 NFC :(
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got turn on data roaming? sometimes its locked by default to prevent accidental triggering
 
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