Starhub Giga

[froztheart]

btw, does giga have vowifi?

Yes, work for me.

 

[Crimsom]

Interesting read that giga 5g only offers SA network while gomo only offers NSA network.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/zitseng.com/archives/24003/amp

I went to giga terms and conditions and yes, it stated to offer 5G SA network, with no mention on NSA network.

That explains why many area no 5G on giga. Need to wait for starhub to build more SA network infrastructure

 

[kazuki666]

Has anyone able to receive SMS for your giga plan number when you are overseas, but data roaming not activated? Because I need to receive otp SMS for work though overseas, but I intend to buy the local sim card instead of giga overseas roaming data plan.

 

[Crimsom]

Has anyone able to receive SMS for your giga plan number when you are overseas, but data roaming not activated? Because I need to receive otp SMS for work though overseas, but I intend to buy the local sim card instead of giga overseas roaming data plan.

Yes. Receiving of sms doesn't require data roaming

 

[zigzagreddit]

Has anyone able to receive SMS for your giga plan number when you are overseas, but data roaming not activated? Because I need to receive otp SMS for work though overseas, but I intend to buy the local sim card instead of giga overseas roaming data plan.

I don’t think you need data to receive sms did you connect to a network

 

[tott_2003]

Hello guys, is there minimum period to terminate the plan? I just sign up up with giga butnthere is no 5g on iphone. Thanks to advise.

 

[Tedicious]

Hello guys, is there minimum period to terminate the plan? I just sign up up with giga butnthere is no 5g on iphone. Thanks to advise.

There is alr advisory that giga 5G doesn't support iOS for now till apple approve the profile.

 

[ericcsn]

Hello guys, is there minimum period to terminate the plan? I just sign up up with giga butnthere is no 5g on iphone. Thanks to advise.

should be just the remaining days to the period of 1 month.
(on your apps, it states the renewal date and time.)

 

[rssd21]

Interesting read that giga 5g only offers SA network while gomo only offers NSA network.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/zitseng.com/archives/24003/amp

I went to giga terms and conditions and yes, it stated to offer 5G SA network, with no mention on NSA network.

That explains why many area no 5G on giga. Need to wait for starhub to build more SA network infrastructure

I think that will probably be after the shutdown of 3G network, then they will take the existing spectrum to slowly improve 4G and 5G SA. If history is an indicator, they can take their time to build improvements while waiting for 6G to arrive.

NSA is not a cheat but in simpler terms, 4.5G. And basically when 4G network gets congested, we can expect the same for NSA. I can't see those using giga will lose out too much, since their plans are overall slightly cheaper.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Yup better to hop onto 5G SA earliest possible. Cos once 3G switches off, all those diehard 3G users will suddenly be force pushed to seek refuge onto 4G network, spiking network demand. So get onto the higher grounds before tide gets higher.

 

[Mancunian2]

Yup better to hop onto 5G SA earliest possible. Cos once 3G switches off, all those diehard 3G users will suddenly be force pushed to seek refuge onto 4G network, spiking network demand. So get onto the higher grounds before tide gets higher.

as of May 2024, there is less than 100k 3G subscribers left in SG
most of them are inactive & low volume, anyway

bigger problem is in many hard too reach places (eg some shop houses, underground car parks, nature reserves walk trails), 3G connection is all that is available currently

wonder how they are going to replace that .....

 

[Tedicious]

Yup better to hop onto 5G SA earliest possible. Cos once 3G switches off, all those diehard 3G users will suddenly be force pushed to seek refuge onto 4G network, spiking network demand. So get onto the higher grounds before tide gets higher.

5G NSA can bo?

as of May 2024, there is less than 100k 3G subscribers left in SG
most of them are inactive & low volume, anyway

bigger problem is in many hard too reach places (eg some shop houses, underground car parks, nature reserves walk trails), 3G connection is all that is available currently

wonder how they are going to replace that .....

Either completely no network or they will auto upgrade to 4G

 

[Jurong640]

Yup better to hop onto 5G SA earliest possible. Cos once 3G switches off, all those diehard 3G users will suddenly be force pushed to seek refuge onto 4G network, spiking network demand. So get onto the higher grounds before tide gets higher.

Yes. Remember most retail shops POS machines are still mostly using 3G network. Those NETS and paywave machines mostly I saw so far still not migrated, still at 3G.

If all of these POS machines migrate to 4G, you will see how congested 4G is. Just like how 2G network closure force alot refuge to 3G

 

[froztheart]

Yes. Remember most retail shops POS machines are still mostly using 3G network. Those NETS and paywave machines mostly I saw so far still not migrated, still at 3G.

If all of these POS machines migrate to 4G, you will see how congested 4G is. Just like how 2G network closure force alot refuge to 3G

Most of them are transitioning to 4G or LAN. And yes, once more moved away from 3G, 4G definitely will slow down, but should perform better than 3G.

 

[rssd21]

as of May 2024, there is less than 100k 3G subscribers left in SG
most of them are inactive & low volume, anyway

bigger problem is in many hard too reach places (eg some shop houses, underground car parks, nature reserves walk trails), 3G connection is all that is available currently

wonder how they are going to replace that .....

I guess those 3G facilities will be going for upgrades to the existing 4G, instead of 5G.
This is on the basis that some people may have 4G but not 5G compatible devices, and telcos will continue to sell separate 4G and 5G plans.

 

[xonix]

Yup better to hop onto 5G SA earliest possible. Cos once 3G switches off, all those diehard 3G users will suddenly be force pushed to seek refuge onto 4G network, spiking network demand. So get onto the higher grounds before tide gets higher.

Totally agree with expected network congestion but no hurry lah... it's not as if 5G SA plans only limited to first 100,000 users Besides 5G SA coverage is still not as good as 4G yet.

 

[Tedicious]

Totally agree with expected network congestion but no hurry lah... it's not as if 5G SA plans only limited to first 100,000 users Besides 5G SA coverage is still not as good as 4G yet.

Would 5G NSA be a better option?

 

[xonix]

Would 5G NSA be a better option?

5G NSA leverages on existing 4G network, is like "4G turbo". Unless there's a need faster peak speed, I don't see myself upgrading to 5G NSA for that reason alone. Most are migrating to 5G SA to avoid network congestion.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

as of May 2024, there is less than 100k 3G subscribers left in SG
most of them are inactive & low volume, anyway

bigger problem is in many hard too reach places (eg some shop houses, underground car parks, nature reserves walk trails), 3G connection is all that is available currently

wonder how they are going to replace that .....

Just curious where do you get the consensus on the num of current active 3G only users?

They will replace 3G with absolutely no signal soon. Best for doing k**ky stuff. No disturbance.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Totally agree with expected network congestion but no hurry lah... it's not as if 5G SA plans only limited to first 100,000 users Besides 5G SA coverage is still not as good as 4G yet.

Problem is a lot more current 4G users will have higher propensity to stick through 4G than upgrading to 5G as compared to 3G to 4G last time cos 3G was still not fast enough to do some bandwidth demanding stuff while 4G is still largely unsaturated and most people don't need 5G at all (including myself).

But having first hand encounter with worst case scenario of 4G congestion even before 3G shuts down, while 5G SA has become reasonably priced and very affordable these days. I don't see why people shouldn't upgrade if they can afford to enjoy the exclusivity and spaciousness while they still can.

Current diehard 4G users won't learn until they encounter the same hard way as myself to be motivated and move to 5G.

So far 5G SA coverage has been satisfactory for me on both Singtel and Giga with no occurrence of total no bar no signal.