What's the best prepaid internet in Singapore? as i'm going there for a couple of days for a business trip.

Update :

Okay guys. An update as i'm in singapore now using singtel. Using the unlimited 3 days pass for SGD18. Forgot to ask the CS when buying is it really unlimited or got quota, which i think got. Oh well.

Here's my speedtest using e5756 mifi :-



It's ok considering this is peak time (9.30pm).

Edit : Added another speedtest done at 12am/1am :-





Quite similar even on non peak time. Maybe the speeds are capped?

Weird though as i'm only getting a grade D. Maybe it's for singapore as i think that most users here use fiber broadband 100mbps lol. Also evident as the speedtest shows that i'm slower than 70%

Also, for some reason i cannot use other dns such as opendns and i'll have to use singtel's dns (default) to get it to connect.

This post has been edited by plateau: Mar 5 2013, 11:35 PM

Ok, so i did some googling and found out that the price for 3 days unlimited internet is SGD18. This is the same price for singtel, starhub and m1. States that the speed is up to 7.2mbps (same for all 3).

Now the question is, which one of those 3 providers are the best? in terms of stability.

Starhub prepaid was terrible and I ditched it about 6 months ago. I'm using Singtel prepaid now and it has been reasonably stable. Real world speeds are around 2Mbps.

Thanks for the advice

How about m1? have you tried it?

best is singtel prepaid,

u might want to skip M1 and starhub prepaid,.

in certain congested area like Orchard, u can tell Singtel is significantly better than M1 or starhub

Excellent advice

Looks like singtel it is, as i'll be staying in Orchard.

Do you know if it actually supports dc-hspa? as i'll bringing my mifi. I doubt it though as it states on the website up to 7.2mbps only, for all 3 providers.

This post has been edited by plateau: Feb 7 2013, 12:08 AM

yes,

currently singtel support 4G LTE in postpaid and support up to DC-HSPA+ in prepaid,.

naice

I'll post my speedtest result using singtel when i use it. But it's still a month away till i go there

if u are in crowded area, dont expect too high,. LOL,.

even the 4G in singtel also have limited slot,. if the 4G slot is full, then will still back to 3G,

so what a LOL,.

I did a few tests when I was bored and got 2Mbps each time.

My wife uses M1 postpaid and hasn't complained about it. It seemed to work every time my Starhub prepaid didn't

That's a weird way to use 4g. Got limited slot. Maybe Malaysia will follow this footsteps?

Is that using a dc hspa supported phone/modem? It's not that high compared to our dc hspa speeds here.

So from judging from the advice given here, best is singtel > m1 > starhub

I don't think it supports DC HSPA. Running speed test with my phone on Maxis gets me around 8Mbps.

About the same if i dl using a hspa+ modem with maxis (average 2-8mbps). But with dc hspa modem, can get around double that (average usually around 4-15mbps).

According to chuahcs, singtel prepaid supports dc hspa, so we'll see how fast it's speed can go

Malaysia vs Singapore (dc hspa test lol)

Starhub is much cheaper. $7 gets access for 7 days (1gb) with a prepaid sim. The service isn't great but seems a lot better now than last time. Singtel is better but way more expensive.

Hello

Singtel would be the best selection comparing to Starhub and M1 in terms of coverage.
You can get a prepaid pack for $18, preloaded with $15 credit.
You can subscribe to Mobile Internet for $7 for 7days with 1GB data allowance.
Typical downlink speeds will be around 2 to 4Mbps.

Hope that helps

Regards

This post has been edited by andrewdavid: Feb 22 2013, 07:41 PM

Okay guys. An update as i'm in singapore now using singtel. Using the unlimited 3 days pass for SGD18. Forgot to ask the CS when buying is it really unlimited or got quota, which i think got. Oh well.

Here's my speedtest using e5756 mifi :-



It's ok considering this is peak time (9.30pm).

Edit : Added another speedtest done at 12am/1am :-





Quite similar even on non peak time. Maybe the speeds are capped?

Weird though as i'm only getting a grade D. Maybe it's for singapore as i think that most users here use fiber broadband 100mbps lol. Also evident as the speedtest shows that i'm slower than 70%

This post has been edited by plateau: Mar 5 2013, 12:57 AM

it upload is kinda low
if not mistaken that affect the ranking (A/B/C/D)

Could be. I think that singtel caps the speed though but it's pretty consistent throughout the whole day. Here's another speedtest at 7pm :-



It's always around the same speed.

well, it is much better then in malaysia d
for a prepaid