Don't know why you go through these trouble with digi if you had Time.

Most of us are here because we got shitmix.

Some of his comments say he used it to download 4k japanese action videos.

So getting M1 is a waste?
Why get B618 then?

I'd spend more money on cell boosters and/or LPDA antennas

But that's just me.

Yes. Download network signal info app on phone, turn on GPS, see where the tower is.
There are many towers, so find out which tower is the strongest and point your CPE antenna towards that direction.


Yes. Huawei CPE Wifi signal is weak

Signal strength is weak.
Sinr is -2dB.
If you can get it to positive number, speed should improve.

Probably can get more usable/reasonable download speed if there is less noise.

I am guessing a better signal yields something like 20:D 60:U
Definitely better than what he has now.
But. I think for cyberjaya this may not be the case especially MMU area. All students will do is download till their HDDs are full if they have the bandwidth

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 8 2018, 12:14 PM

Just drove around Penang and went to the base station where my antenna is pointed to assess whether buying Lintratek B7 boosters would be useful. This is saturday night 8pm. It is probably peak internet hour. Along the way, ran speed test on a few base stations. They are congested AF.

When close by to the base station, I found out that adding antenna/boosters is useless. Speed is just slightly better than at home. SINR is in 16dB range. Couldn't get any closer as the area was too crowded.

Also scanned around for another base station that is less congested. It is pointed to an area near where the apartments have TIME. Even with SINR of 24dB, B7 only yields 10Mbps. B3 yielded close to 40Mbps. Looks like some base stations cannot reach 100Mbps speeds.

Tonight's speed seem to be slightly better.

Saw Digi doing some work on the tower.
Or is it because it is not the weekend, hence less users?

Tonight speed is not bad too, compared to weekend.

getting 4x improvement

1Mbps become 4Mbps

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 13 2018, 09:12 PM

Looks limited areas.
Pretty smart of celcom to limit registration to towers with adequate capacity. Unlike digi which is free for all.

At least this can somewhat control the tower load.
Of course you cant control where the sim card goes after that.


150GB should be plentiful for my usage. Can combo with tunetalk 20gb@rm17 for backup. Cutting this stupid digi line that is useful only during burung hantu hours

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 15 2018, 06:00 PM

Where did you get the info on the 2 years contract?

Digi must be shitting their pants now with this release by Celcom.

Use huawei tools and lock b3. Check speed. Lock b7 check speed.
Sum of b3 and b7 is the theoretical max speed that you can achieve.
Then you can decide whether to buy b618. With 5Mbps peak hour speed, it does not seem to be worth it.

Sis fruitie show not much improvement getting M1 over E5186.
If you got money, sure get b618. If you want cheapest, stick with ac790 and get smart cradle, or buy e5186.

Yes you are right about the 4x4 MIMO, but I am not sure whether B3+B7 is able to utilize the 4x4. Do you have the external MIMO antenna to try out?

To see whether its worth to get b618, just wait for sis Fruitie's review since she already got the device.


Digi Infinite attracts data hoggers.
Celcom wireless attracts video streamers (chinese/grey area/illegal android box notwithstanding).

Popularity wise, definitely Digi infinite. Usability wise, Celcom should be more stable.

I guess i spoke too soon about Digi shitting their pants.
But long term for Digi, they would need to do something like Celcom for their network/reputation to survive.

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 16 2018, 04:50 PM

Should suggest Celcom mgmt to release 'Gaming Walla'

Digi is okay during Burung Hantu hours. If I am still in college, okay lah. But I am not.

Getting few hundred ms pings with 0.5Mbps download speed yesterday night. Seems to be happening every weekend nowadays. Totally unusable.
Had to tahan with my free Unifi Mobile.

Seriously considering moving back to Streamyx 4Mbps if this continues.


To those who successfully complained to Digi and action was taken, does providing the Cell tower ID helps?

Didn't occur to me.

Thanks for the heads up.

This SINR is with External MIMO, or just plain modem without attachment?

EDIT:

HORY SHIET

If I terminate the service before the contract ends, do I need to return the modem(s)?
No, you can keep the modem after you pay the penalty.

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 20 2018, 06:00 PM