from evening till midnight, i wouldnt ever depend my life with umobile's data service.

thank goodness i'll be at home with unifi. no regret, at all, for 2 years now.

1) yes, there will be few sms reminders before the renewal. just keep enough credit so the renewal will go through (aka auto-deduct your credit to repurchase the umi28 plan).

2) 64kbps

guys, start to top-up more to get the 8% extra credit now extended to 14 Feb.



This post has been edited by cybpsych: Feb 12 2014, 09:05 AM

assuming you use top-up voucher RM50 + RM20, topping up on the same day 18-Feb, then it's correct.

RM50 = 100 days validity ..... so, 18-Feb + 100 days = 29-May.

the RM20 topup is "useless" cuz multiple topping up doesnt extend the validity back-to-back. It starts from the day you top up, i.e. 18-Feb and only the longest validity date is valid.

since 29-May is the longest validity, the RM20 (40 days) doesnt make any difference.

e.g.


18-Feb ----------------- [100 days] --------------------- 29-May
18-Feb ---- [40 days] --- 30-Mar


even if you top-up RM20 first, then RM50, the longest validity of either one will take effect.

haha not possible. so far voucher denomination is RM10, RM30, RM50, RM100.

even if getting RM70 from Tesco/Watson, the 2X validity is not as straightforward. It's based on certain value band.

Denominations (RM)	Double Validity (days)
RM5 – RM9	10
RM10 – RM29	20
RM30 – RM49	60
RM50 – RM99	100
RM100 – RM499	200
RM500 & Above	365

Source: http://www.u.com.my/faqs

This post has been edited by cybpsych: Feb 26 2014, 11:46 AM

yup, rm500 not worth it. Digi Best Super Long Life only RM30! haha

why? ask umobile lor.

both telco got MoU to share the infra. service availability is independent for each telco.

umobile also open 4G LTE for Prepaid + UMI38/UMI48 . that means, buy prepaid starer pack, topup rm40/50, then subscribe umi38/48. test all you want until quota finish or umi expired (30days validity).

if satisfied, subscribe to postpaid broadband, e.g. MB40, MB68 and MB128. get CnY Garage's help

as CnY Garage suggested, get someone with LTE-enabled device to help you. not feasible to spend hundreds to get usb modem, but later found out cannot get 4G LTE signal at your preferred locations (house, office, lepak place, etc.)

preferable get someone with LTE-enable smartphones. if the phone detected 4G/LTE signal (using umobile sim card), then it's safe to say that particular area got LTE coverage. if stucked at 3G/H+ signal, then you know LTE not covered in your area, for now.

read more info, coverage @ https://www.u.com.my/4g

the standard disclaimer applies: best effort

no cap by umobile anyway, so if you're in low-congested and strong signal areas, you can get as high as available to you.

all telco do the same anyway, cant run.

it's business for telco to make money from top-ups.

QoS is independent for both telcos.

umobile manage their own QoS, eventhough uses maxis' infra.

that's how telco workaround MCMC and make money at the same time.

they cannot terminate your service. all they can do is make it painfully slow for you. then you're "forced" to upgrade to higher quota plans or top-up.

business-wise, they cannot be giving you unlimited speed, unlimited quota, right? you're buying for the quota (finite amount). after depleting quota, you're suppose to replenish it again lor.

Get yourself a FREE modem when you sign up for a new contract, didn't we tell you loyalty has its perks.

All offers are valid from 1 March 2014 to 31 May 2014 at U Mobile Stores nationwide.

http://bit.ly/Bband_loyalty

This post has been edited by cybpsych: Mar 3 2014, 03:38 PM

any direct IDD calls without special prefix are using premium route, hence higher call rate.


those with special prefix number for IDD calls are using cheaper/economy call routes. so telco can offer slightly cheaper call rate.

U Mobile got IDD 1310, Maxis got Value IDD 132, DiGi got IDD 133.

they uses these prefixes so that system can properly route your destination call accordingly, and charge you with the correct call rate.

telcos offers cheaper call rates to certain IDD countries only; especially to target migrant segments (Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, etc.) These users dont really mind average call quality, as long as the call rate is as low as possible. They dont give higher revenue, but their quantity/duration of calls is very much higher. Yep, they call a lot more and a long longer than us!

Migrants have nothing much to do after work hours. Most of them will make long calls back to their home countries. They dont mingle with locals, so their activities are limited to their own community.

if you use 1310 prefix, rm0.05 will be charged le

if you forgot to use the 1310 prefix (e.g. direct dial), of course RM0.10 will be charged.

the prefix is used for easy identification and for charging purposes.


*great, umobile website is down

ah yes, that's correct.

that means, we can signup postpaid plans now (contract-free), and by end of 2014 *if* U Mobile offer Galaxy S5 (example lah ), you can therefore get the phone at subsidized price, and the contract will kick-in.

so, in another way, umobile's postpaid plans are like 'prepaid'-contract free plan. once we get the phone, contract begin! <-- which is quite fair for customers.

This is SO much better than other telcos that need to sign-up new plans jsut to get the phone!

This post has been edited by cybpsych: Mar 12 2014, 07:11 AM

didnt know got this auto-debit offer

*pls read thru the T&Cs. Quite useful for those stay long with umobile & cimb cc.

https://www.u.com.my/support_paymentMethods



This post has been edited by cybpsych: Mar 12 2014, 07:18 AM

yeah, umobile's autodebit gives you bonus quota 250MB for each renewal.

i prefer hard cold cash rebate

actually i'm still getting 250mb. my u28 (1gb) + 250MB bonus quota, ngam ngam enuf for my monthly usage

usually i finished 250MB within 10 days (avg hit 80% by 6-7th, 100% by 7-9th).


now this is something interesting i found out about the bonus quota vs plan quota:

1) every new month/bill reset, you'll get 250MB bonus quota immediately.
2) i noticed the plan quota (1GB) will no reset back to 1GB. still stucked with last months usage count.
3) called up CS, they said plan quota 1GB will only reset after bonus quota is depleted. <-- weird huh
4) so i tested this. quickly finish my bonus quota 250MB. then after a while, my 1GB reset liao.

oh well, as long as i get back my quota, dont really care much.

compared to umi28, yup, not more special benefits.

i keep u28 cuz of auto-billing feature, so my number will never "expire"