B818 or B618 is so expensive.
Around 750-800, alamak.
If I go for normal modem with 150mbps 2.4ghz, only 300+.
But downside is, it won't get the max performance like B618/B818.
Haiz, life is tough.
Imagine getting the contract earlier and you can own that B618 for free.
TM is so unethical.
Now same package but low end modem and downgraded performance.
Ya I agree it is god tier.
But the price is high too.
I would have got that B618 for free if I signed that contract earlier.
Now can only makan sendiri.

I just signed Unifi Air contract free for parents in a kampung only with Streamyx. This kampung only one Jalan can support up to 8mbps, my house is lucky happened to be in that jalan. But, one thing I consider is the upload speed is too slow.
So I took a risk to apply Unifi Air. I have been using Unifi mobile for 4 years, and I know that it is running band 5 for 4G in my kampung. I don't care that much, bought tp link mr6400 to try on it. It did impress me, I got max 19 to 20mbps download speed max 9.8mbps for upload.
FYI, my kampung is at least 15km away from their official Unifi Air coverage. So far I am quite satisfied. YouTube 1080, TV box no issue at all.

consider trying parabolic antenna? i wonder will it help to capture band38/40 signal? 

After the 2 years contract finished, can we keep the b618 if we choose to terminate the plan?

With a little bit of budget, you can get Huawei B525 with 600 Mbps LTE performance around RM500.
Most modems that around that budget you give is not LTE-A, so you cannot take full advantage of the speed to the max.
If you do want that Huawei B525, I can give you the link.

Many people said now there is less B618 because Huawei is replacing it with B818.
But maybe TM did not want it because it is too expensive.
So they replace it with a subpar modem which is ZTE MF286C.

Hey man, so I was thinking of subscribing to the non contract based plan after seeing poor reviews of the ZTE. I'm not willing to spend anything beyond rm400 for a router. How do I find modems that support LTE A? What band am I supposed to look for?

For LTE-A modem the budget is a bit high than a typical modem.
Plus with unifi Air using a different band than the three top telcos, so your budget will be a bit high.
I think the cheapest is B525 which is around 400+.
But of course the best is B618-65d which can pull more signal and better stability in terms of speed.

You're getting like 50mbps+ on average download speeds using the b618, yeah?

I'll think about it, I'm looking at reviews and some say they get downloads of 15mbps with a cheaper 200rm router.

Thanks for the reply. Maybe I should just stick to fibre.

Yeap but not the B618.
I am using it with B818.
Well you pay cheap, get slower speeds.
But of course that is also depends on how crowded the tower is in that area.

Well if you got fibre, why not stick to that?
If I do have the choice to subscribe to fibre, I will subscribe to it.
Lower ping and more stable speeds.
The only issue is I am left to choose of Streamyx 4 Mbps or unifi Air.
As long unifi Air is able to give good download speeds, I am satisfied already.

LPDA 1 unit is rm75.. need 2 so 75x2 = rm150

the bracket is the same for tv antenna.. around 8-10 ringgit.. the metal pole is around 10-15 ringgit.. all i bought from hardware shop..

no cost of installation as i did all by myself since I have all the tools (power drill etc).. just need chair/staircase to install

if you are not confident to install urself, maybe mytv@freeview installer can setup the pole everything for you..

date : May 13 2020, check unifi air coverage, got covered (almost)

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Now, no coverage. why lol... either a glitch or somebody didn't do their work properly haha

Now here's the thing, i use unifi mobile here, the LTE signal is full, speed is around 8-9Mbps as expected. Youtube 4K pon lepas punya. Does unifi air coverage be the same as mobile?

A new customer (yesterday received the sim) +without device (sim only)

Testing with my phone 2nd sim (Oneplus7T) the speed was around 60MB-71MB

Nice ah.. coverage blue..

I got my Huawei b818 and I tested it from 730pm to 8pm

Speed around 10mbps to 20mbps. Sometimes suddenly dip to 2.

Is this normal speed for that time?

Will test the off peak speed on Saturday.

Also, my router already shows it is at 3 bars, is there any chance that getting an external antenna would help with the speed?

A new customer (yesterday received the sim) +without device (sim only)

Testing with my phone 2nd sim (Oneplus7T) the speed was around 60MB-71MB

Nice ah.. coverage blue..

heads up u cant tether from the phone to another device..
u still need the huawei modem.

heads up u cant tether from the phone to another device..
u still need the huawei modem.