StarHub MaxInfinity Fiber Optic - Experience

[daniel555]

Checking for someone, for re-contracting to HomeHub 1000, do they get the free router?Or use existing one? Thanks in advance.

Free router when the old contract have fufilled 18 months only.

 

[daniel555]

Pulling cable is really not an option... I trying to minimise such work... Coz to reach a room in the middle of the flat, I most probably need to drill a through hole through the wall - the door cannot close with the cable... I was researching on flat cables, but it seems interference is a concern... So now I can only think of these options;
1) get a Super strong router and place at ONT which is at corner of the flat. Even then I dunno if the signal is strong enough to reach a point which is diagonally opposite the flat
2) powerline to place the router in middle of the flat
3) use a repeater (but I think the StarHub router will have problem reaching the middle of the flat, from where the ONT is)

Why not consider starhub dual broadband?

 

[furryballs]

Why not consider starhub dual broadband?

Sign fibre only plan liao, too late

 

[Buzztiger]

Direct ONT is to allow any router to be used right ? Does this still have to be requested on signup ? If I plan to use the starhub bundled Dir868l router for a few months before I upgrade to better router, do I still need to ask for direct ONT first ? Or do I ask for direct ONT when I buy the new router a few months down the road ?

 

[Hidit69]

Direct ONT is to allow any router to be used right ? Does this still have to be requested on signup ? If I plan to use the starhub bundled Dir868l router for a few months before I upgrade to better router, do I still need to ask for direct ONT first ? Or do I ask for direct ONT when I buy the new router a few months down the road ?

Starhub should be direct ONT.

 

[tungsten2]

Surprise, surprise, surprise.
My Maxfinity plan contract is about to expires. Receive a call from Starhub today and recontracted to the new 1gbps plan. (Free 6 months subscriptions)

Guess what?
I can keep the mobile broadband plan and Starhub TV and continue to use at no extra cost.

Wow, it's really out of my expectations.
Thank You Starhub.
You made my day.

 

[sg_panda]

Wa why star hub no call me about any promotion

 

[tungsten2]

There is no special promotion la.
Just call to enquire about the 1gbps.

 

[hawthorne]

They will sort of force u to recontract. I did not recontract my cable broadband and the price become like 2 times the contract price.

 

[jackycar]

Managed to hit 350mbps with this setup:
ONT -> Router (Dlink DIR868L) -> iphone (wireless AC 5Ghz)

So the bottleneck was the powerline segment.
But here comes the problem... My TP is at one corner of the flat, bedroom is on the other corner. I have no idea how to get the signal over without using powerline.

I was using a TP-link Archer C20. Not sure if it can be used as a repeater, and not sure if the repeater will half my 350Mbps bandwidth...

There are actually many good repeaters nowadays that don't half your bandwidth. What they do is they use the 2.4ghz and 5ghz networks concurrently for the router-repeater and repeater-client legs.

I use both linksys re6500 and netgear ac1200. The latter is a lot more expensive but the range is tremendous. If the requirement is not so far, the re6500 will suffice.

Both do not slow down my wifi network noticeably and I'm able to get around 60-80mbps on the re6500, while 100+mbps on the netgear. Previously before using repeater the speeds were around 10-20mbps only

 

[tungsten2]

They will sort of force u to recontract. I did not recontract my cable broadband and the price become like 2 times the contract price.

Just take note, when you are on contract, the price you pay is offer price. When you are out of contract, they will just charge you more.

It's the same for all service provider.

 

[Smurfy]

Surprise, surprise, surprise.
My Maxfinity plan contract is about to expires. Receive a call from Starhub today and recontracted to the new 1gbps plan. (Free 6 months subscriptions)

Guess what?
I can keep the mobile broadband plan and Starhub TV and continue to use at no extra cost.

Wow, it's really out of my expectations.
Thank You Starhub.
You made my day.

U sure u sub to 1G plan and get both free or u sub to HomeHub 1G and get those 2 free?

Pure 1G is 49.90 after free 6mth and HomeHub 1G is 89.90 after free 6mth.

I seriously doubt SH will be as good as u think without u paying a price

 

[furryballs]

Surprise, surprise, surprise.
My Maxfinity plan contract is about to expires. Receive a call from Starhub today and recontracted to the new 1gbps plan. (Free 6 months subscriptions)

Guess what?
I can keep the mobile broadband plan and Starhub TV and continue to use at no extra cost.

Wow, it's really out of my expectations.
Thank You Starhub.
You made my day.

You sure you did not subscribe to homehub instead?

 

[tungsten2]

Yes, confirmed with them is the standalone 1 gbps plan
After free 6 months, is $49.90/mth till the 24th month.

 

[frozenjw]

Hi guys, I just switched to starhub 1gbps fibre and would like to check if the speed alright? Fibre just got installed today.

 

[tungsten2]

Doesn't look like your 1gbps is activated.
Did any Starhub Trooper came over to check for you ?

 

[kelvinti]

It may take up to 24 hours before the optimized speed is pushed to you from StarHub backend depending on the "queue" in their systems.

 

[kelvinti]

Last time, my 500mpbs was only optimized after 7 hours upon completion of installation.

 

[frozenjw]

Doesn't look like your 1gbps is activated.
Did any Starhub Trooper came over to check for you ?

What's a starhub trooper lol. One of the starhub technicians came over to install the fibre broadband.

Last time, my 500mpbs was only optimized after 7 hours upon completion of installation.

Ah I see. Thanks, I will continue to monitor the speed. What speed range should I be expecting in the speed test?

 

[Hidit69]

What's a starhub trooper lol. One of the starhub technicians came over to install the fibre broadband.


Ah I see. Thanks, I will continue to monitor the speed. What speed range should I be expecting in the speed test?

Did the technician check on the speed before he left? Optimal speedtest range for 1gbps is around 800mbps+++

Did you test using a LAN cable? Or you used wireless?