Finally! I didn't know where to post questions about things like these I ended up looking through every sub forum, unrelated ones at that -.- ah well..

I have questions! Hope you guys can help me with this

Here's the situation: I'll be heading to china (guangzhou) for a week, and I need a prepaid number where I could call/text and twitter too. I'm a UMobile prepaid user and apparently international roaming is not available yet. So I'm thinking of getting a second number since I'm gonna buy a second phone anyway once I got back from there. This second number will probably be used as a primary number since my friends and associates are mostly maxis user, therefore I'll just get a hotlink number. I'm a student staying around cyberjaya, kajang, kl, sometimes sabah.

What I want to know is which hotlink plan suits me? Supposedly I buy the hotlink new number starter pack, is it a hotlink 5 or hotlink minimum balance thingy plan inside? What plan should I subscribe to? Imma be a student for another 2++ years, so should I get the youth club plan? If I do can I still get the same rate after I graduate? Oh and, about the roaming thingy I won't have to go to maxis center to activate/register the service, yeah? But what do I have to do though to turn on the roaming service, dial *120* then it turned on lah? Like that is it? Then how much a week for data (mostly for twitter/whatsapp/fbmaybe) ? I am so confused!

Please advice!

u are wrong. not rm56. refer capoi replies:
yes. topup rm30, deduct rm28, only left rm2 to use. after finished the free mins & sms, will be deducted from that rm2.

digi prepaid which can roll over data till 2GB is prepaid smart plan.
if u think u only make call for 60mins/month, go for it.
if call is about 100mins/month, go for umobile. the diff is umobile less rm2 and also less 100mb quota.

1. if u want to go to other country for a week and need data plan, use that country prepaid number. thats the cheapest!

coz data roaming is not cheap. the 'cheapest' for malaysia telco is rm32/day and that is for postpaid user.
if prepaid a-la-carte, around rm5/mb

2. if u plan to use hotlink as ur 2nd num, go for campus pack (newer version of youth club). max age is 24 years old.

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Added on November 17, 2012, 2:37 ammore info @ http://www.hotlink.com.my/hotlink/edisikampus/

This post has been edited by erry-: Nov 17 2012, 02:37 AM

Really?! That's so expensive walao but if for calling and texting only then I can just use the hotlink number, yeah? maybe they got free wifi there, somewhere.. thanks for the suggestion, I'll go and have a look first

yes roaming charges is expensive.

have u use roaming before?
make call is not cheap. answering call also will be charged. do u really want it?
luckily receive sms is free. but reply sms back to malaysia will cost u around rm1/sms.
so use for roaming call n sms is not recommended, let alone data ~

Nope, it's actually my first time cuz usually I'll be travelling along with family and have no real need of phone calls or texts, but now I'm all alone

I'm meeting up with someone (also from malaysia) in hongkong airport and then we'll travel together onwards, so we need to be able to contact each other, that's why I was asked to use the roam service. If it is that high then I'll just have to reload a min of rm100? It's just for important stuff only, btw. I hope that's enough

Beware of the pushy and rude China Unicom counter at Guangzhou airport. The SIM they sell is overpriced and maybe cannot be used in other parts of China where you are going, or not for international. If you can wait until you get into the city, get advice from locals on which one to buy.

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i hope someone can suggest me on the cheapest prepaid plan nowadays

i will not be using it too much on call, mainly for sms and maybe a little browsing

what im looking for is long validity of the credit so i dont need to top up every week just to keep my credit alive

Hi guys, hope someone can help me with some porting problems . I am under subline from Digi 28 plan and i want to port to umobile prepaid RM18. Do i go to umobile centre or Digi centre first to do the porting because i am in subline? I saw some past posting say that porting out subline is troublesome so need some guidance before going to do porting . Thanks in advance

Consider TuneTalk One Year for $38 + $10 min starting balance. Others must top up more within 6 months.

International roaming. On demand data use is cheap but might be slow and sometimes quirky. Check website.

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Hi all,

Would like to get some recommendation! Thank you all in advance.

Primary
Call Minutes - 100
SMS - 100
Data - 1GB

Sub 1
Call Minutes - 100
SMS - 100
Data - 1GB

Sub 2
Call Minutes - 100
SMS - 100
Data - 1GB

Currently with Maxis - no contract.
Location: Klang Valley

This post has been edited by vincent_ng86: Nov 19 2012, 06:33 PM

Smartphone
Consider
Good coverage
Reliable speed
Reasonable rate
Ok Package

Is Celcom RM68 mAdvance Plus is good plan?
Any comment from expert?
TQ

I'm deciding between Digi and Maxis for their smartphone postpaid plans.

Any comments about line coverage, internet speeds among these two telcos? These two factors will decide which plan I will take since the cost is nearly similar.

Digi seems to get a lot of bad rep for getting only EDGE in suburbs. Is this the same for Maxis? I'm currently working in Kuantan but hope to get my transfer back to Ipoh next year, so coverage in these areas would obviously be of higher priority.

Looking forward to some feedback, thanks

Maxis have been always excellent in coverage and high speed internet.

Maxis is alittle more expensive but you can excellent stability while DIGI is cheap but tons of issue with coverage and stabilitiy

Thanks for the feedback. The new Maxis SurfMore Plan seems quite good although overall acquisition is a bit more expensive than Digi SmartPlan.

you pay for what you get. Have you wonder why digi always cheaper and now they are not the cheapest anymore.

Can you guys give suggestion on best prepaid brand & package, mainly for calls & sms. I'd like it to last long like U-mobile 300 days for rm100 reload or digi 365 days.

I know U-mobile gives free call minutes & sms, and easy to switch between normal & dataplan, however i don't know much about digi, i heard activation each year will cost rm30, do they come with free miutes & sms?

Which one offers better rates & goodies?

Why is it cheaper?

For surfmore 50...need to buy phone only can use?

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Added on November 29, 2012, 7:19 pmWhy is it cheaper?

For surfmore 50...need to buy phone only can use?


This post has been edited by LazyTongue: Nov 29 2012, 07:19 PM

Hi guys im looking for an affordable prepaid smartphone plan.. I mainly use it for whatsapp, web surfing and the occasional youtube video. Any suggestions?

digi is the cheapest because of their weak network coverage and average stability so they cant charge too high they have no choice to lower it down no.1

2nd because their internet speed are all limited
http://www.digi.com.my/business/productsan...es/dataplans.do

Notice you pay RM88 for 5GB but limited to 700kbps.

when maxis internet plan since u are saying surfmore 50 u are getting speed up to 3mbps to 5mbps depending on your location.

Its up to you can take plan without phone.

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: Dec 2 2012, 12:32 PM