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Hi folks, I am currently under singel's mio plan and the contract is expiring early next month. The plan is 8Mbps, home fixed line and an iOne Plus mobile. At home, I connect one PC directly to the mio box, another 1 PC and 1 laptop use wireless connections. We are relatively light users so this current setup is more than sufficient for our usage. I only do occasional downloads but my kid watches youtube on a regular basis. The youtube videos are very good and no jerking at all....and the PC is on wireless connection. Only problem I have now is that since switching to a new 2wire mio modem provided by Singtel, it disconnects almost on a daily basis. This can be very annoying when I am working from home, and in the middle of a telecon. I also have another 2 mobile lines under my name with singtel, but they are not bundled with mio plan. So right now I am considering 2 choices. M1 25Mbps fibre or maxonline 6Mbps 1) Currently my mio modem is in my study so I can connect my pc directly to it. If I switch to M1 or starhub, the connection points will be in the living room, so meaning all my computers have to be connected via wireless. 2) Singtel goes with per min billing. M1 and starhub per sec. Also the latter 2 allows free calling to 3 numbers, singtel doesnt have this perk. 3) Heard the M1 residential gateway is not too good. Connections may not hit desired speeds, but may be rectified with some tuning. Also wireless strength not good. Is it possible to disable the wireless feature on the Huawei and I connect my own wireless router to it? 4) Heard starhub cable is not youtube friendly. true? My kid uses youtube regularly so I do not want to disappoint her. btw, her PC will be connected via wireless as well. I have been with singtel for >10years and so far I have not tried using starhub or M1. Will really appreciate anyone to give some advice so that it is easier for me to make a decision. Btw, I am planning to retain all my existing numbers - home fixed line and 3 mobile numbers. thanks for advice.