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post Mar 21 2018, 11:11 PM

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Just got b618 from the blue telco to try out over the next 30 days. Since it is free.
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What is 30 Days Return Policy?
30 Days Return Policy is for Celcom Home Wireless customers who want to cancel the 24 months contract within 30 days and they will be no monthly fee charged to the customer.
Also tried to plug in Digi Sim and compare performance between E5186-22a vs B618-22a
The built in antenna for B618 is stronger than E5186. But once the MIMO antenna is added, there is no difference in the speed. I tried used the same MIMO antenna placed at the same location, and I used an SMA-TS9 adapter for the B618-22a.

I will give it a go during the weekend when the speed slows down to see if there are any difference.

PS: can anyone tell me how to do band selection with B618?
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post Mar 22 2018, 11:08 PM

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I noticed that Digi has shaped the traffic different in my area recently.

Right now, If i do speedtest on phone, I get Download of 13Mbps, while on PC, I get 2Mbps.

I always thought digi would prioritize phone traffic, so I tried to download a game from Play Store. Lo and behold, the speed drops to 2Mbps after about 10-20seconds of 13Mbps
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post Mar 24 2018, 02:47 PM

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QUOTE(fruitie @ Mar 24 2018, 01:56 PM)
Well, I'm already getting super speed with my E5186 and I hope it can further enhance the speed with B618. Now I shouldn't have sold away my M1. laugh.gif

Comparing specs I think M1 is better than B618.
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No difference for B3+B7 with B618.
Unless you are talking about Lightning LTE by the Blue Telco. That is different.
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post Mar 24 2018, 02:55 PM

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QUOTE(Xaser_3 @ Mar 24 2018, 02:50 PM)
Lightning LTE faster than DiGi's 4G+? Sorry for asking because I am not a Blue Telco user. Thank you in advance.
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Blue Telco Lightning LTE is Cat11/12. Not sure which bands it is using

Yellow Man telco 4G+ is Cat 6 2CA B3+B7

Green macha Telco 4G+ is also Cat 6 2CA B3+B7

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post Mar 26 2018, 05:10 PM

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QUOTE(nchuan @ Mar 26 2018, 04:53 PM)
Previously was using

1) E5180 Max Speed around 20mbps with Antenna

2) Ac790s Max Speed around 20-30mbps

3) B618 Max Speed now 60mbps, stable at 50mbps.
- Quite satisfied with the speed and stability
- Wifi range is good
- The unit doesnt release much heat.

I wonder will M1 faster then B618 now since it has CAT 16 and can lock band now
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E5180 is a Cat4 CPE, hence the speed.
For AC790S, the speed is with cradle/external antenna or plain MiFi?


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post Mar 26 2018, 10:14 PM

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QUOTE(Xaser_3 @ Mar 26 2018, 07:25 PM)
Using the mimo antenna with B618 gives better performance? Some said that is performs better without. Can you confirm?
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QUOTE(nchuan @ Mar 26 2018, 07:27 PM)
Erm the signal in my area is quite low. without antenna i can only give 1 or 2 LED on the signal. with antenna it get 3 LED. but in the admin panel is 3-4 bars
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Might be due to chipset branding. Some also said Qualcomm not as good as huawei. I am just guessing.

I compared E5186 vs B618 using same mimo antenna. Found no difference at all.
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post Mar 27 2018, 10:08 PM

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QUOTE(nchuan @ Mar 27 2018, 03:16 PM)
now that M1 can finally lock band and have higher CAT, i am wondering whether i should let go of B618 and get M1, since it's portable
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but having an M1 that can lock band, either lock b3 or b7 means turning it into a Cat.4 device. 1 unit m1 can buy a lot of cat.4 mifi.

I dont see the point in the M1 unless you can full utilize it to full potential.

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post Mar 29 2018, 11:20 AM

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QUOTE(fruitie @ Mar 29 2018, 02:48 AM)
Before I sleep and it finally broke 150Mbps for me! To make it sweeter, the speed is consistently at 150Mbps ish. rclxm9.gif
No external antenna is used. biggrin.gif
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Now I recalled our telco expert, prosibu mentioned some towers are 4x4 MIMO enabled.
Which allows B618 to utilize it. Which is good.
My area looks like no 4x4 MIMO, so no speed changes from E5186->B618.
But on the bright side, surfing seems a bit smoother now. Placebo or not.

Thanks for you advice on complaints to DiGi helpline.
I complaint about poor coverage, and their technical team placed my area on 'Priority List' to build new Telco tower around my area.
How long is that I don't know lah laugh.gif

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post Mar 30 2018, 02:58 PM

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QUOTE(System Error Message @ Mar 30 2018, 02:27 PM)
Just got digi infinite, very very horrible. 4G coverage is terrible, after getting an external antenna with full bars, website still cant load and ping times number in the seconds or timeouts.

Otherwise stuck on 3G with 2Mb/s and timeouts from time to time.

Tower congestion can be reduced by having more towers, this is what 4G is designed to do. I once talked to celcom years ago (inside) and they have hidden towers everywhere hence why their network is so good even at crappy times but im not seeing the same thing with digi.

Once fiber optics arrive i may ditch this. If as backup internet it is unreliable i might as well not have a mobile internet because the choice is monthly (which if you dont use the bandwidth is a waste of money) or prepaid which has an expiry on data for both celcom and maxis (worse for digi).

Everytime i load up celcom prepaid for data, i get 10GB of data free for 5GB weekload giving me about rm2 per GB and celcom's network is pretty good. With digi infinite despite it being infinite for rm 150 a month gives you at best 1Mb/s which is like the old streamyx days which means you wont even reach 100GB a month. Need to find a way to speed up TM to connect fiber optics to new buildings that are already on a street with fiber optics.
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Short term solution:
Full bar on which Band?
What CPE are you using?
What are your line stats?
1Mbps is measured during peak hour?

Can mitigate by pointing your antenna differently/upgrade antenna/upgrade CPE/choose different band

Long Term solution:
write to Digi complain about poor speeds.

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post Mar 30 2018, 03:28 PM

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QUOTE(fruitie @ Mar 30 2018, 03:09 PM)
I'm going back to hometown this weekend for Ching Ming and for the sake of trying, I have prepared to bring back B618 and AC 790s for testing. I'm not expecting it to fly like my current PJ house but 20% is already good enough. If AC 790s performs the same then I will only bring it back to hometown next time and leave B618 behind. tongue.gif

I seldom go back to my hometown - PD, I'm always in my sister's house in Seremban. I thought of putting E5168 permanently in PD but seems like not a feasible solution because nobody is using it most of the time. Might as well sell it off later.
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E5186 price drop soon due to b618 flooding. Sell it fast.
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post Mar 30 2018, 07:05 PM

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QUOTE(STEVE75 @ Mar 29 2018, 07:26 PM)
Wow after flash the newest version 11.195.xxx the modem more stable at constant 4G+ & is full 5 bars b4 that was 2-3 bars only. unfortunately the call function still not fixed
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3 bar become 5 bar. But SINR still the same.


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post Apr 2 2018, 10:09 AM

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Does E5186/B618 support call forwarding?
Tried to google around but found no info on this.
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post Apr 2 2018, 10:25 PM

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QUOTE(fadzly @ Apr 2 2018, 10:18 PM)
Tagged B618 Firmware Update.
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Previous FW, see signal become 2 bars, adjust antenna a bit become 3 bars.
After update, whatever shitty signal also 5 bars bangwall.gif

I think this FW is for syok sendiri, see 5 bar become happy.
But in the end, the problem is still at Digi's end with the congested network.
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post Apr 3 2018, 02:43 PM

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I think this Telco Talk section should start a thread called Modem recommendations laugh.gif
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post Apr 4 2018, 11:03 PM

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QUOTE(fadzly @ Apr 4 2018, 10:28 PM)
what to do bro... life must go on.
ok ive tested the b618 compared to the rest

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clear winner isnt it.  icon_idea.gif
congested LTE-A area.
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If this is congested, then my area is what? Tersumbat? laugh.gif
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post Apr 6 2018, 12:00 PM

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QUOTE(fadzly @ Apr 6 2018, 11:06 AM)
ive found after locking band, since 5186, ac790s and now b618, will worson my speed. i rather set it to auto. im not quite sure, if my settings was the issue. but i rather not to lock the band, and stays with auto setting instead.
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Sometime CA is slower than single band due to band 7 signal quality
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post Apr 9 2018, 11:17 PM

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I noticed different network management scheme lately which improves the usability somewhat

Speedtest on phone can show max speed
Speedtest on PC show real speed

If you use phone to watch youtube 4k for example, it allow for few seconds of max speed, before reverting back to the real speed.
On PC, can only get real speed. In old cases, phone always can get max speed, while PC always slow down. With this new scheme, it is able to balance the load. But if got too many users, the speed will still be slow.

All in all want to say, I got B618 feel like syok sendiri because of improved max speed.
But congestion is still there, and changing modem is not able to fix this.

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post Apr 11 2018, 06:50 PM

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These days even 2CA is not enough.
The phone need to support 4x4 MIMO laugh.gif
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post Apr 12 2018, 01:59 PM

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QUOTE(snigapoe @ Apr 11 2018, 10:15 PM)
my place here modem.place too sensitive move abit only highest speed abt 60 drop to 1
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Too many telco towers.
Try to close your window and aim for sweet spot.

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