Some people have been complaining to suffer from slow Maxis data between 8PM - 12AM everyday and apparently was still happening just last month.

Anyway, personally for me I do not have such problem and my video streaming speed isn’t capped either. This is tested on MaxisONE Plan 98 in KL.

Yes. It was. Because the MaxisONE 98 sim card was inside my Huawei B818-263 modem when this speed test was taken. I’m still using the same connection now.

This speed test result was taken on my mom’s iPhone 6S. This is MaxisONE Plan 128. Still so far so good and not experiencing capped speed below 3Mbps like many have complained and the speed test result showed it was more than enough for a smooth full HD video streaming.




I had early on shared the speed test result for Hotlink Prepaid Unlimited 6Mbps. I think that was in July. The speed test was done around 10PM or so on my iPad Air and it showed a speed between 5.7Mbps - 6.3Mbps, as far as I remember.

Considering the new Hotlink Prepaid Unlimited RM5 monthly hotspot pass will draw the quota from your subscribed unlimited pass, the speed shall not pass the maximum limit of your applicable pass - either 3Mbps or 6Mbps. Thus modem like Huawei B168-22d, Huawei B618-65d or Huawei B818-263 won’t make a difference.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Oct 4 2020, 08:42 PM

Yes


If you watch a lot of YouTube, then Xpax definitely gives better value as it comes with unlimited YouTube in SD for M Pass (RM38/month) and unlimited YouTube in HD for L Pass (RM58/month).

Why don’t you just port-out your Hotlink number and subscribe to the UMobile Prepaid RM35 plan ?

Can any current Hotlink Postpaid subscribers confirm if the RM10 for 10GB extra data pass that is valid for 30 days can be subscribed more than once in a single billing month ? And if there is limitation to it, what's the maximum of times one can buy the add-on pass (RM10 for 10GB) in a month ?

Whilst prepaid works wonderfully for you and so many people, it doesn’t mean it works for everyone.

Digi Prepaid internet pass gives out generous data allowance. However, a lot of the extra data works for certain hours and everyone’s usage pattern is different, many people may still find the very straightforward postpaid plan better suited for them.

None of my close friends are using prepaid anymore. None of us are claiming postpaid phone bill from our employer either. We’re using postpaid because we use a lot of mobile data and we need the flexibility that comes with it.

This is a limited time promotion and available only on Digi NEXT Prepaid.

Digi Postpaid 80 on the other hand, gives you 80GB of all-day data after 24 months. Two of my friends are using Digi Postpaid 80 for many years already. Back then Digi did not promise to give out any loyalty data, they did however get extra loyalty data that isn’t publicly marketed and on top of that, they also get extra 30GB of YouTube data. So in a way the old loyal Digi Postpaid 80 subscribers are getting even better plan since new signups for this plan do not get the 30GB YouTube data.

Besides Digi Postpaid 80, a publicly available plan that one can sign-up anytime, Digi also has many other postpaid plans that’s offered to some old Digi postpaid subscribers such as Digi Postpaid 50(S) that gives either 50GB or 70GB data for RM50/month.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Nov 23 2020, 01:47 AM

It is a postpaid service, hence the 6% SST. The advertised monthly commitment is not inclusive of SST.

It’s valid even after 24 months.

By the way, it is Hotlink Postpaid + Maxis Fibre. Official name is Hotlink Postpaid and Fibre.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Dec 1 2020, 12:16 PM

Supposedly they can take out the supplementary line from your dad’s Maxis account and re-register it to your own name under Hotlink Postpaid. You may want to talk to Maxis again. Otherwise, the fastest way would be to change the share line to Hotlink Prepaid first. After that perform ownership transfer from your dad to you (both of you just go to Maxis Centre together with your IC), then upgrade to Hotlink Postpaid. You do not have to port-out the number.

By the way, since the start of this year, the procedure to change from Maxis Postpaid to Hotlink Prepaid has changed. Last time it can be done immediately at Maxis Centre but not anymore. All they can do is to file your request, then someone from Maxis HQ will call you to ask simple questionnaires like the reason you want to change to Hotlink Prepaid. So you may want to ask your dad to call 123 to ask if they can help you to submit a request to change from Maxis Postpaid to Hotlink Prepaid for the supplementary line registered under his line first, so your dad does not have to purposely go to a Maxis Centre to get it done.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Nov 28 2020, 09:30 PM

Hotlink Postpaid is clearly targeted at people wanting high-speed internet with no hotspot limitation.

Maxis Postpaid 98 (MaxisONE 98) comes with 40GB data. With Hotlink Postpaid 30, by paying only RM70 a month, you can get 41GB data, which is cheaper than MaxisONE Sabah/Sarawak 68 that comes with 30GB data. You can do so by manually subscribing to the 10GB pass for RM10. There is no limitation to the number of times you can subscribe to this pass. So you’ll need to manually subscribe to this pass 4 times to get an additional 40GB data if you’re on Hotlink Postpaid. It’s really worth it and it is also cheaper than Hotlink Prepaid Video. Of course if you are able to sign-up for Hotlink Postpaid and Fibre, that’d be the best !

Thought it’s still there ? Because I still can see it on Maxis Postpaid 98. So I asked if the same pass is available on Hotlink Postpaid and he told me yes and no limitation to the number of times we can subscribe to the pass.

Maxis people gave me the wrong information regarding the 10GB for RM10 pass. The pass is still on all Maxis Postpaid plans (MaxisONE) but not on Hotlink Postpaid.

I managed to get hold of a Hotlink Postpaid account and below are the available passes for Hotlink Postpaid.





So the previous trick I mentioned earlier doesn’t work. It’s all back to square one - RM68 is the cheapest plan for Sabah and Sarawak and RM98 for the rest of the country. 10GB for RM10 pass is still available for all MaxisONE plans including the special MaxisONE 68 Sabah and Sarawak plan.

Purely from Hotlink Postpaid app, as far as i'm concerned. After Maxis revamped their website, a lot of self-serve functions have been removed. So though Maxis postpaid subscribers can still login to access their account information on Maxis website, there isn't a lot of information available and you can also no longer activate or deactivate a lot of value-added services like call forwarding, block caller ID etc.


Don't call IDD and don't toggle on roaming on your phone when you are overseas. Safest is probably to set your phone to plane mode.

Or if you would like to know if someone is calling you or continue to receive SMS when you are overseas, just call 123 and ask Maxis to disable your overseas voicemail service. This way if someone calls you your phone will still ring but as long as you don't answer the call, you won't be charged for it. For SMS, receiving SMS in overseas is always free. The reason some people are billed even they don't answer the call whilst overseas is because the call is re-directed to your voicemail. So the solution is to disable your roaming voicemail service. Do note this also applies to Digi.

I believe roaming voicemail is a different thing. Because for my dad's Maxis line, his voicemail is working but not roaming voicemail since it's been disabled. For my own Digi line, both my voicemail and roaming voicemail are disabled. Better to check with 123 for sure.

Yes. Almost everything you have to call 123.

There is no known maximum minutes per billing cycle. However, Maxis will cut off the line 2 hours per call for Maxis-Maxis call, and 1 hour 30 minutes per call for Maxis to all other mobile carriers and fixed lines.

For SMS, 100 SMS spread out throughout the month should be ok as long as you don’t send out 100 SMS a day to many different numbers.


You are not allowed to change from Hotlink Postpaid or Maxis Postpaid to Hotlink Prepaid within the first 6 months. I am however not sure if MNP to another mobile carrier is possible. Last time you can port-out to another mobile carrier anytime from Maxis Postpaid whilst most other mobile carriers have a cooling off period of 1 month before you are allowed to port-out.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Dec 10 2020, 02:35 PM

It’s been more than a month since you posted this but so far Hotlink Postpaid offerings have remain the same. What did it say on the SMS you received actually ?

Noted. Could be that they were going to remove or make a revision to the add-on plan you are currently subscribed to but they later backtracked and postponed it until further notice.

Or, it could be that they want to change your rate plan to Hotlink Postpaid 40, which now comes with 8GB + 8GB YouTube data, same as the one you are using now. Just that they don’t call it add-on on Hotlink Postpaid 40.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Mar 13 2021, 01:47 AM