I am on the legacy surfmore 75. Been a maxis customer for thousand years.

Several disadvantages
- No free spotify
- No upgrades to data limit

Feel worthless being with maxis.

You can upgrade to MOP98. Else, downgrade to Surfmore 50.

I don't call much tho. I seldom even exceed my RM12 (120mins) voice add-on.
Monthly my bill comes to about RM90-RM100.

My data on the other hand is another story. e.g. last month I had 200MB left the day before my renewal.

This post has been edited by fluotone: May 12 2016, 09:45 PM

If your monthly bill averaging at RM90-RM100, then there is even more reason for you to upgrade to MOP98.

I finally abandoned this plan last month and went for MOP 128 with 1 supplementary and 1 share sim.

Last time it was

10 GB, no free calls/sms = Surfmore75 (75) + 5GB monthly add on (50) + 2 share sim (60 but I have rebates so it becomes 30) + Spotify (10) for about 165 per month.

Now its MOP 128 (128) + 1 supplementary (48) + 1 share sim (15) = 192 for 15 GB + Free Spotify + Free Calls.

I'm tempted to replace the share sim with another 1 supplementary making it 225 for 20GB. That's 3 simcards that can make unlimited calls/sms that will share the 20GB data which I can then pass two to my parents.

Yup... RM90-100 almost same as MOP98. And you get the same amount of data (5GB) and unlimited calls/sms. Plus spotify premium.

Don't just look at the average amount you are paying. It's not the only way to know.
Look at your actual usage of calls/data and SMS.

then choose higher or lower packages, plot those usage in and see how much you need to pay. You will be surprised, you can spend lesser (at times with a little change of behaviour) every month.

Btw, if you don't call/sms often, you can consider switching to Hotlink prepaid. RM48 per month for 5GB data and free 2GB every weekend.

Thanks for the suggestions, all with very good points. Looks like I'll need to re-evaluate my existing plan to one that is more efficient.

In terms of calls, I don't really call a lot. Estimated just about RM10-RM15 more or less calls + sms.
So I would be looking for a telco that provides better data coverage as opposed to calls or sms. (Though I would re-consider once VoLTE technology builds momentum)

As it is my 5GB quota is struggling every cycle. MOP98 wouldn't be a wise choice for me. With spotify + my existing usage, that would mean that my quota would max out even sooner than before.

Perhaps you should consider to port-in to DiGi Postpaid 78 ? It comes with 7GB data and unlimited calls. The monthly commitment is RM78 but now they offer a RM10 monthly rebate for new MNP for 12 months. So the monthly commitment becomes RM68 only.

Spotify premium has a feature to download to the device and listen offline.

Anyway I approach it as

1) maxis or other telco?
If coverage, data speed is crap no point. It varies depending on places you frequently go to. Office, house, hometown etc.

Get a prepaid to test it out.

2) look at what you need (like what I mentioned)
Look at how much voice calls you do (within network and external)

How much data you need. Spotify is just a good bonus. Doesn't mean u need to use it.

75+12 is 87, 11 shy away from 98
If u heavy on Spotify, it's 10 from maxis
That's just 1 away then
And u have 15gb(for now) for Spotify so ur data is urs
98 is pretty much good for me now

Been using Hotlink Fast. With the 2GB weekend. seems more than sufficient for my usage. With the free spotify, listening 5 hours, roughly uses 300MB. Not bad.
Regretted subscribing to 3GB RM38. Thought RM8 was a good value.

Surfmore is a dead plan.

This post has been edited by dreamthief: May 24 2016, 10:41 AM

I'm on Surfmore 50. Thinking to change to Hotlink now. RM 48 for 5GB.

Go do it. So long your calls isn't much. You save much more.

U might want to try with 2GB first. The weekend free 2GB each week, is the best killer feature. Now my 3GB can't finish.

does it means postpaid maxis can port to hotlink ?

Yes... I ported from Maxis GO to Hotlink.


Surprisingly, the throttled speed during weekdays seem to be acceptable. Do try it before committing to a monthly data plan.

Noted.
Will go Maxis tomorrow. This surfmore plan is now a joke.

Yes


What you meant by throttled speed? It's lte/4g for me.

If you are not subscribed to any data plan (excluding the 2GB free weekend data), the speed suppose to be throttled. I guess you'll still connected to 4G/LTE, but the speed will be slower.