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.

Thanks for the advice

How about m1? have you tried it?

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

naice

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

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

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)

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.