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@13177 will be going down to the m1 shop this weekend to see if any recon promo ... if really nothing, then will proceed to change provider and save some money ... paying $64 now.... so can save more than  half !

don't need all that "10 gbps" hype .... 1 gbps speed wud have suffice for me ... important thing is the price 

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On 1/16/2025 at 6:02 AM, Ysc3 said:

@13177 will be going down to the m1 shop this weekend to see if any recon promo ... if really nothing, then will proceed to change provider and save some money ... paying $64 now.... so can save more than  half !

don't need all that "10 gbps" hype .... 1 gbps speed wud have suffice for me ... important thing is the price 

Price is one thing, but the network also must be stable and not giving problem. If no good, cheap also no use lo.

Why don’t you downgrade your M1 plan to 1gbps, around $35? 

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@13177 hmmmm .... maybe i'll ask my neighbours if anyone is using simba around my area and how's the network.

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My wife says we get deducted $30.45 monthly.

seems like m1 doesnt offer that as a plan anymore. Minimum 35+

So if you can downgrade to that option rather than the hassle of change over. may make sense.

 

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On 1/16/2025 at 9:48 AM, Lala81 said:

My wife says we get deducted $30.45 monthly.

seems like m1 doesnt offer that as a plan anymore. Minimum 35+

So if you can downgrade to that option rather than the hassle of change over. may make sense.

 

For $30.45, i remember the plan is 500mpbs. But now they do not have 500mpbs liao. Minimum is 1gpbs at around $35, next plan is 2.5gpbs at around $39.

Last time M1 plan for 1gpbs price was $39.

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On 1/16/2025 at 8:36 AM, Ysc3 said:

@13177 hmmmm .... maybe i'll ask my neighbours if anyone is using simba around my area and how's the network.

Seems like no one is using Simba broadband here? Lol.

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On 1/16/2025 at 9:59 AM, 13177 said:

For $30.45, i remember the plan is 500mpbs. But now they do not have 500mpbs liao. Minimum is 1gpbs at around $35, next plan is 2.5gpbs at around $39.

Last time M1 plan for 1gpbs price was $39.

I'm on the 2.5Gbps at $39.90....... this is a few $ down on the 1.0Gbps I had previously.

M1 has been quite stable for me through the last few years.

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On 1/16/2025 at 9:59 AM, 13177 said:

For $30.45, i remember the plan is 500mpbs. But now they do not have 500mpbs liao. Minimum is 1gpbs at around $35, next plan is 2.5gpbs at around $39.

Last time M1 plan for 1gpbs price was $39.

as long as they don't increase up for legacy users, I won't switch.

 

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On 1/16/2025 at 10:19 AM, Lala81 said:

as long as they don't increase up for legacy users, I won't switch.

 

I think there should not have any price change for existing customer who have already been paying $30.45. 

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On 1/16/2025 at 10:42 AM, 13177 said:

I think there should not have any price change for existing customer who have already been paying $30.45. 

For those who don't use Internet heavily, like massive data transfer or gaming.

To save money: do like what I did, get a 4G SIM router (less than $100), add in Simba data-only plan $5 for 300GB monthly.

I've been on this router/SIM for 2 months now, absolutely no problem. I don't miss the fibre broadband, after giving up Starhub 500Mbps a few months earlier.

No contract to worry about, when it ends. No worry about losing equipment and being charged extra.

Just $5 per month.

If data not enough, just get another 4G router, another $5 SIM card.

Your initial outlay is the price of router; then it's $5 or $10 monthly going forward.

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On 1/16/2025 at 10:19 AM, Lala81 said:

as long as they don't increase up for legacy users, I won't switch.

 

Me too. Am using 500mbps from M1. 

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On 1/16/2025 at 11:16 AM, Kb27 said:

For those who don't use Internet heavily, like massive data transfer or gaming.

To save money: do like what I did, get a 4G SIM router (less than $100), add in Simba data-only plan $5 for 300GB monthly.

I've been on this router/SIM for 2 months now, absolutely no problem. I don't miss the fibre broadband, after giving up Starhub 500Mbps a few months earlier.

No contract to worry about, when it ends. No worry about losing equipment and being charged extra.

Just $5 per month.

If data not enough, just get another 4G router, another $5 SIM card.

Your initial outlay is the price of router; then it's $5 or $10 monthly going forward.

haha what you all are doing is why I won't buy OpenNet shares.

 

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On 1/16/2025 at 2:10 PM, Lala81 said:

haha what you all are doing is why I won't buy OpenNet shares.

 

Their business is probably going to be flat as household fibre broadband becomes saturated.

Then people will start wondering why they need 10Gbps, 20Gbps, 50Gbps, 100Gbps ? 😁

Telco has nothing new, compelling to sell, other than keep increasing the speed, which most people will not be able to make use of... unless you are running a data centre, hosting games, servers, etc.. 😁

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On 1/15/2025 at 12:11 PM, Wildfaye29 said:

1500sqf

But the entrance is a dead spot. Stupid design n blockage.

Have to use access points in hall and the other 2 rooms at the other 2 corners to have wifi. 

I have the same issue. 

Use a high speed switch and don't park your primary router at the ONT access point.  Assume your rooms and living halls are wired. Then you only need 2 routers at 2 separate/ strategic locations to cover 1500 sf area.  

I have 1 router acting as primary and the other asvan extender. 

You said you don't like mesh? Why? 

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On 1/16/2025 at 4:07 PM, Kb27 said:

Their business is probably going to be flat as household fibre broadband becomes saturated.

Then people will start wondering why they need 10Gbps, 20Gbps, 50Gbps, 100Gbps ? 😁

Telco has nothing new, compelling to sell, other than keep increasing the speed, which most people will not be able to make use of... unless you are running a data centre, hosting games, servers, etc.. 😁

It's just marketing to bluff laymen into spending more money imagining they have a better deal.

The number you see on the plan is the bandwidth not the speed, eg: 1gbps to 2.5gbps to 10gbps, etc. But higher bandwidth does not equate to faster speed (throughput) in real life but that's the snake oil that ISP would like customers to believe.

500Mbps is more than enough for 99% of average households. You're not even close to saturating a 1Gbps link even with multiple HD videos streaming concurrently.

Probably the only layman application that's designed to suck up as much bandwidth as you can throw at it is BitTorrent.

Learn more and don't get con by ISP:

 

 

 

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