thanks. this morning alone (~30 mins) i have experienced 2 times of disconnection. this is what i am thinking as well, a cabled connection should not experience so frequent disconnection. i will drop by their outlet at vivo city later. see what's their comment on this issue.

guys just for sake of discussion (i'm poor, can't afford) ... i see on the LTA website that OPC (off peak car) rebate is $17k.

but latest COE bid is $62k. so effectively speaking, now u buy new off peak car also still need to fork out $45k to government?

or is my understanding of the off peak car scheme fundamentally wrong?

The only time you don't have to pay COE, is when you buy a car and you DON'T drive it.

When you buy an off peak car, you pay 'off peak' COE lor. Still need to pay some COE, no... since you still drive the car.

Of course you have to expect that you may get disconnected on a mobile broadband plan. A cable connection is always the best for speed and reliability. The only reason you would want mobile broadband is mobility and not being tied to a house in singapore.

thx for ur reply

true. if this happens on mobile broadband then i have nothing to complaint. but cabled broadband also can be so frequent... aih..

hi laine,

could it be due to faulty connector? can try and do a latency test.. =P

my M1 line is also like zero or one bar inside the room i am renting.. hehehehe

Quite common for botched up wiring jobs to occur. Lots of flats have addition SCV points in multiple rooms. If the splitter, cabling and end points are not up to par, then the signal degrades as well.

I recently put a TV in a spare bedroom with no SCV point, so I used a 15m long thin-gauge flexible coaxial cable to connect that TV to the SCV splitter point in the living room (slipping the cable under the bedroom door). Nothing more than a simple screw male-female connection but the degradation in signal quality is noticeable. When I connect the TV using the short, very stiff coax cable from Starhub, the picture looks noticeably better.

u'll need a booster diy shops should sell them...ur unit should b the furtherest unit from the lift lobby right?

This post has been edited by nicvoo: Jun 13 2011, 06:39 PM

Ouch, which Telco is best? LoL! I know they are very close to each other but I own an iPhone here and will be working there soon. I need data plan for mobile surfing purposes (I have Wifi already) and cheap calls to Malaysia.

Closest to the lift lobby actually. Personally, I think it's the extra thin cable I'm using the slip under the door. Coax cables are stiff and thick from all the insulation for a reason.

my starhub 16mb home broadband very sxxucks recently.. Everyday dc once i back from office. Call starhub they say current the signal at my area(Simei) is weak.. what the hxxl the explaination is.
One of the lesson i've learn. Say no to Starhub!!

Yeah..... And they started throttling my mobile broadband connection right after I recontract.
Must say no to starfxxk

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Added on June 13, 2011, 10:21 pmI got hit once.
Got stuck for 4 hours standing in a bus. CW2.
It's definitely worst than woodlands.
I rather take KTM but too bad Tanjong Pagar station is closing down.

This post has been edited by precursor80: Jun 13 2011, 10:21 PM

im using starhub and everything is ok. Speed is quite good and i have yet to get experience DC that you guys have mentioned. One thing i dont like is starhub are the certain restrictions they like to place.

Fortunately i can resolve that matter by vpning to my companies fiber broadband DMZ zone network.

I wonder which 3G phone network is good for a smartphone, usually its between singtel and m1 but lately due to M1 disruption and the poor speeds from singtel. Looks like all three have really start to drop the ball.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Jun 13 2011, 10:57 PM

this is my speedtest result... more like a 6mb plan.. haha...

I just signed up 3MB plan yesterday and I can use it now. Here's my speed:

Usually the general tip for home broadband is dont get anything higher 15mbps since thats the average max speed your gonna get on international lines.

For mobile its safer to be on 2mbps, i used to have an M1 4mbps mobile broadband line and only at certain areas and at certain times can i get full speed, the usual i get is around 1-2mbps.

My office fiber lines get the max 25mbps which translates to around 3.15 mb/s but i am disappointed at its upload rate of around 800kb/s since i was expecting around 1.5mb/s.

Thanks bro, really useful info...

Hi, I am interested to find a job in Singapore. Unfortunately countless job application sent via jobs portal or directly to the respective company website till now (4 months) ended with zero interview request.

From what I was told, Singaporeans still have preference to hire locals or someone with working permit there thus they will automatically filter out Malaysians. Thus they suggest the best way is to actually go down to Singapore and camp there for a month or so to get a job since I will then have a Singapore address as well as being able to attend the interview at any time.

Unfortunately the option above is very costly as I would then have to spend quite a huge amount for accommodation, food and transport there and at the same time not earning any money since I would need to quit my job to go there.

May I know what are the other alternatives (recruitment agency doesn't seems to work well too)? And if the option above of going down to Singapore is still the best, I would have to roughly look at how long to get a job there?

Did you have any friends or relative staying in SG?
Mind to share what profession are u in and what's ur industry u r into?
AFAIK, the job market in SG is quite quiet for these few months. Many companies are freezing headcounts such as my company.