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

There are good options in Malaysia such as u mobile which gives you around 10-20+mbps dl for prepaid and maxis (prepaid) also can give around the same with the modem i'm using. So i think that Malaysia's mobile broadband does give better speeds, even for prepaid. However, singtel singapore does seem more consistent, even though the speeds are lower.

that speed you said, only available in very limited area in malaysia

I actually got singtel's prepaid broadband 3 days unlimited pass for sgd18 since i'll be in singapore for only 3 days. I went to 2 singtel outlets to actually get the prepaid broadband (not normal prepaid), so maybe that's why i'm getting dl speeds of 7mbps instead of 2-4mbps. All 3 mobile operators (singtel, m1 and starhub) offer 3 days prepaid broadband for the same price.

Just for anyone's info, the singtel prepaid broadband can only subscribe in singtel outlet in bugis junction, as i went to another singtel outlet and they asked me to get it there.

Not really. U mobile can get high speeds in most of klang valley and maxis can also get in kampung area for dc-hspa speeds

Hi

Noted,

Maybe you are getting the maximum for your prepaid broadband already as they mention 7.2Mbps is the maximum downlink speed right?

And they could be throttling their speed for mobile internet

Regards

Yup, i suspect that they capped the speed at 7.2mbps as stated on their page for prepaid broadband. I probably hoped for higher speeds or speeds beating malaysia's with all the hype singapore is getting.

Hehe. True that.
Nothing beats our local Maxis and U-Mobile in regards to the prepaid speed which we could obtain.

Sorry for digging the old thread, just to update some infos
Well if anyone wish to use Prepaid Broadband on SGP, currently the best one is M1 prepaid broadband if you need unlimited quota(18dollar for 5 days, no daily quota and BT throttling bulls**t), max achivable speed is 7.2mbps if you on HSPA+ network, recommended modem for their broadband are E5331 or E5151, it may not work on 4G modem unless you force it on 3G mode.
Their Prepaid Card aint bad either, first 4G prepaid mobile on Singapore(3GB for 50 days, for 30 dollar).

Singtel prepaid do not offer unlimted quota anymore, thier prepaid broadband are much more expensive, which i dont see any point of this plan, 35dollar for 14GB, vs M1 28dollar unlimited, same speed

Ya, i've heard bout M1 prepaid can use 4g, which is great! Will go for that plan when i go there again. Too bad not anytime soon.

As for singtel's 3 days unlimited pass, it still shows on their website :- https://info.singtel.com/personal/communica...epaid-data-plan

Maybe not updated? Also, the only place to get that plan is at bugis junction. I had to go around in circles in Singapore to get that plan

It's outdated i think, here is the up to date version https://info.singtel.com/personal/phones-pl...-laptops--ipads
i tried their prepaid card with data enabled for a few months, but i mostly stuck on 2mbps because my location got very weak HSPA signal
Their network is the fastest on singapore, they already got LTE Advanced, and DCHSPA, but for those are for post paid user only
not worth to use their prepaid broadband anymore unless they offer atleast DCHSPA for the speed lol.

Here is the screenshot of the DDL max speed on my E5331 mifi. 710KB/s = 6.5Mbps, i still can get near max speed even if the signal is just one bar on E5331, the other modem already switched to HSDPA

Okay guys, the Signtel prepaid Hicard i'm currently using "Suddenly" upgraded to faster speed

was stuck on 2mbps most of the time no matter what router/modem i used, now on my E355 i suddenly get true 7.2mbps speed

They are just upgraded their prepaid mobile from 3G to 4G, not sure if it's the same plan im using, i have not tested on my E3276 yet
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3065695070
DDL speed:

Hi gaise, Latest Singtel prepaid 4G speed test, their customer service officer told me i can use it with 14GB data plan too

3G speed is around 15mbps, i guess it's DC-HSPA. btw i ran 3 speed test, it ate me almost 300MB of data

FYI: if any of you gaise wanna use this 4G prepaid card on phone or modem, remember the APN is hicard, the default APN for Singtel prepaid is "internet" which will cause the data connection fail if your phone or modem is default to 4G network.

Yup, i was also getting top speeds of 7mbps back in March on Singtel, using their 3 day internet plan. I had also updated on my first post.

Quite good. Too bad i couldn't test it back then as i didn't have a 4g modem. I do have one now and here's the speedtest on malaysia's 4g :- http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3108728098

Not as good as Singtels though.

They are currently upgrading their 3G network to DC-HSPA, i didn't get 7.2mbps, mostly 3mbps only, probably my area didn't have HSPA/DCHSPA coverage back then
But now their 3G speed is too close to M1's 4G already, that's 15mbps vs 16mbps. M1 are generally slower and speed isnt stable, but their plan is cheapest.

Maxis LTE speed is better than mine, i don't recall M1's LTE speed can reach 30mbps or something.

50mbps is already good enough, their best result are higher, 60mbps iirc.
Tested on my E3276, it's smoking fast when downloading stuff, 60MB of itunes executable can download within a minutes.
And if subscribe to their Prepaid hicard data plan, 25 SGD for 14GB is best back for bucks, 1GB equal to 3.6SGD with LTE speed
Can terminate my M1 LTE data plan already(if i could) lol