Is M1 mobile network down ? 04 Feb 2014

[Lala81]

Mine north side. Fibre down one hour plus. Back since 8pm.

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East Side resumed around 9.45pm

[Dafansu]

I always see alot people KPKB in the respective telco FB page during downtime. Just curious, they can't use their normal phone data plan to temporarily use for the next few hours? Does it really affect them so badly when they still can assess internet to KPKB in the telco FB page. Good to have different telco lines in the household like TPG, Giga. Also good to have downtime occasionally, maybe next will waive off half the charges next month 🤣

[Ysc3]

  On 12/4/2020 at 11:10 PM, Dafansu said:

I always see alot people KPKB in the respective telco FB page during downtime. Just curious, they can't use their normal phone data plan to temporarily use for the next few hours? Does it really affect them so badly when they still can assess internet to KPKB in the telco FB page. Good to have different telco lines in the household like TPG, Giga. Also good to have downtime occasionally, maybe next will waive off half the charges next month 🤣

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got an sms from M1 saying they will waive off the excess mobile BB charges ... but me not using M1 mbb leh .... 😅

[Ghgan]

  On 12/4/2020 at 11:23 PM, Ysc3 said:

got an sms from M1 saying they will waive off the excess mobile BB charges ... but me not using M1 mbb leh .... 😅

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$29.9/30/24=$0.041/hr of compensation, my m1 internet downtime around 2.5hrs, probably compensate from m1 $1 only, anything more is a bonus.

[AndrewLee72]

Dun forget. What if im using desktop pc with lan port.. connect direct to router. Got 10 x tpg sim card oso no use leh..

PC no wiresslan card ..

[1fast1]

  On 12/5/2020 at 4:13 PM, AndrewLee72 said:

Dun forget. What if im using desktop pc with lan port.. connect direct to router. Got 10 x tpg sim card oso no use leh..

PC no wiresslan card ..

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USB wifi dongle tethered to phone hotspot (using 4G mobile data).

Dongle cheap and really small now - I've got a few, at least four, lying around the house. 

[Zxcvb]

Some phone data plans doesn’t allow tethering/hotspot. Example is GOMO. 

[1fast1]

  On 12/6/2020 at 12:20 AM, Zxcvb said:

Some phone data plans doesn’t allow tethering/hotspot. Example is GOMO. 

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Oh wow, I didn't know this. And I just signed up two SIMs with GOMO. I guess I can cancel after first billing and port out line to someone else. 

May I ask how they block you? I thought it's a phone function.

[13177]

  On 12/4/2020 at 11:23 PM, Ysc3 said:

got an sms from M1 saying they will waive off the excess mobile BB charges ... but me not using M1 mbb leh .... 😅

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That message sent out from M1 is just a general message to all their customers in their data base, whether or not the customer got affected. 😂

[1fast1]

  On 12/6/2020 at 12:20 AM, Zxcvb said:

Some phone data plans doesn’t allow tethering/hotspot. Example is GOMO. 

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Tested and this may not be true (at least in general). Tried with a Huawei device, able to hotspot from GOMO mobile data just fine. Will try with another brand later. 

EDIT: Interesting, it initially didn't work on another Oppo device. The hotspot appeared but no Internet service. But it started working given a bit of time. 

Edited December 6, 2020 by Turboflat4

[Zxcvb]

  On 12/6/2020 at 3:20 AM, Turboflat4 said:

Tested and this may not be true (at least in general). Tried with a Huawei device, able to hotspot from GOMO mobile data just fine. Will try with another brand later. 

EDIT: Interesting, it initially didn't work on another Oppo device. The hotspot appeared but no Internet service. But it started working given a bit of time. 

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Using iPhone here. The default settings won't allow for hotspot. Need to go to mobile data > mobile data network > personal hotspot > apn change to hicard, username and password put blank. 

[1fast1]

  On 12/6/2020 at 4:32 AM, Zxcvb said:

Using iPhone here. The default settings won't allow for hotspot. Need to go to mobile data > mobile data network > personal hotspot > apn change to hicard, username and password put blank. 

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The APN needs to be changed to hicard for the mobile data to work reliably in the first place. Some devices can do without this but others don't work at all. 

The GOMO package comes with instructions to do the APN change. 

hicard is used for the prepaid SIMs so I guess GOMO is just like a non-expiring prepaid service with regular billing lol. 

And I consciously avoid using Apple devices because I think they give too little for too much, and restrict rather than empower. Android gives more freedom and my Huawei devices have some of the best implementations of Android I've ever experienced. 

Edited December 6, 2020 by Turboflat4

[Jamesc]

See this thread title Is M1 mobile network down ? 04 Feb 2014

04 Feb 2014 M1 network down.

2020 also breakdown.

They never improve or what?

Hasn't technology improved?

What happened to

Better, faster, cheaper?

[AndrewLee72]

OK use USB Dongle - still has to get out of the House go Challenger or SLS to buy right.. waste time waste $$$.. zzzzz

[Ender]

Just connect your handphone to your PC via usb and enable usb tethering on your phone, can liao.

[1fast1]

  On 12/6/2020 at 9:06 AM, AndrewLee72 said:

OK use USB Dongle - still has to get out of the House go Challenger or SLS to buy right.. waste time waste $$$.. zzzzz

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Yes, if only there was a way to buy these things online, often even more cheaply. 🙄

[1fast1]

  On 12/6/2020 at 12:54 PM, Ender said:

Just connect your handphone to your PC via usb and enable usb tethering on your phone, can liao.

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Wait then someone will say not enough USB slots, must go out of the house Challenger or SLS and buy USB hub waste time waste $$$ zzzzz. 😂😂😂

Edited December 6, 2020 by Turboflat4