I have unifi 100 mbps which I signed up in Aug this year.
In this house, there's only me using it but occasionally wife uses it for streaming media.

Will 300 mbps be worth upgrading for an additional RM80?
I mostly use internet for online gaming.

Unfortunately, there isnt a capable competitor to Unifi in my area.

No

Yes.

Not Worth to upgrade , sometime i prefer stay in shop play game.more than at home., Shop business unifi 100mb house free upgrade to 800mb same game I play , at shop ping around 160 at home 204

100Mbps not enough for stream?

u stream 8K60p or something?

Stream is fine but sometimes netflix becomes pixelated.

I'm more interested in a better gaming experience.

Streaming/online gaming = 100mbps is actually enough. Unless you got big family la, then the extra bandwidth would be needed, or you really need that extra download speed for whatever reason. The main problem with unifi is unstable bandwidth, and bad latency.

I never hear Time customers complain about these issues.

use wifi ar?

most wifi cannot reach 100mbps, need powderful router to get it.

Multiplayer gaming nowadays doesn’t require high bandwidth anymore. In fact jitter and latency is more important. You could game smoothly even with 5Mbps up/down connection as long as your latency is good.

Unfortunately I dont have access to Time.

I'm wondering up to which point would 100 mbps be acceptable, content is getting bigger and higher resolution by the year.

I take it that both are out of my control and reside solely under TM's responsibility?

100mbps can watch full hd 1080p with no issues. I think 4K you might need a little higher. I have 500mbps unifi, the turbo crap. Can watch 4K on netflix, but like I said it's unstable, especially during the day. I'm using nvidia shield, which honestly I think is the best android tv box around. I used to get lags with my old box.

Online gaming experience, I still get 380ms ping on ESO. Unifi sucks for online gaming.

This post has been edited by Jescon: Oct 5 2019, 07:57 AM

for me 300mbps is good if sharing wifi with others (maybe more than 3 sharing)

The answer is no! You upgrade but still need to buy higher range router to enjoy that extra speed.

I got TIME 500Mbps and using LAN direct to my PS4. Result still the same. In BF4, when face to face with enemy, gun can’t even fire

This post has been edited by idoblu: Oct 5 2019, 08:16 AM

Netflix dont even use more than 30Mbps for 4k stream. If stream problem its your router.

Gaming you dont even need more than 10Mbps. Latency lag has nothing to do with bandwidth

100mbps can watch 4k already. It only need less than 30-40mbps. Ping more important.

I am using the default D-Link router.

Youre saying if I were to install something like the AC1200 Asus, my pixel streaming problems would be solved?

not worth it actually, 100 is more than enough for your usage

If 100mb is sufficient for your need why would you want to pay more for what u dont need?

Worthy, I got 100m turboed to 300m gaming very smooth even others watching YouTube fb

Yup. Modern games doesn’t require high bandwidth to run smoothly anymore.

it can be many problem. Faulty cable, weak WiFi, lousy router or even shitty ISP fault. You have to troubleshoot yourself

but 1 thing for sure, upgrading to 300Mbps 100% wont help

Frankly speaking, if just for online gaming, it's not worth it. It same. Afterall just 2 person use it.

If u alwayz download big files like online PS4/PC games, then worth it. If u hav big family who alwayz online, then it worth it.

Yeah, theoretically 30mbps is enough. But for unifi, no way. Their download speed (bytes) barely reaches 60% of the theoretical speed at times. E.g., mine is 500Mbps bandwidth, but achievable so far is 400Mbps on average. 400/8=50MB/s. Of course, I expect some loss of efficiency, but I don't expect my download speed to max out at 30MB/s. It seems like the same case with Streamyx back in the day - throttling.

Yes, latency is a big issue for unifi, as I've said.

Even i try on 30mbps, 4k60fps still playing smooth on youtube

Not worth it if there's less than 3 in your household

I'm using Asus AC1200. Your pixelated problems could be device issues as well. What are you using to stream Netflix? Wifi or Lan?

depends on your salary lor

low salary not worth

salary 20k worth lor

No. I got turboed to 500Mbps, yet never got torrent 50MBps pun. Iirc, best also still <10MBps.

Should've downgrade to 100Mbps, at least cheaper bill liddat.

So how fast is ur torrent @500mbps

u need to upgrade your router

Nope. Real world WiFi speed very rarely reach 300 anyways.

I got turbo’Ed to 800. Had to change to better router, rewire cat6 everything, throw away my power line plug etc etc (kiasu that time).. after a while hardly use to its max pun

not worth it unless you can get 1 of those RM139 300Mbps accounts. The only way is via transfer of ownership.

Last time in the broadband section there was 1 guy who was paying either RM159 or RM189 for 800Mbps + ultimate tv pack.. he wanted to switch to maxis and asked if anyone wants his unifi account

I'm still on 30 Mbps and never complaint about it. Hmmmmm

No. U better upgrade ur equipment instead.

Which equipment in particular, the router? I could install an AC1200. There isnt much benefit going for more than that on a 100 mbps connection.

Now I am using TIME 500mbps.
House got 4 people. Playing online games and netflix everyday. I think the ideal speed is 300mbps for my house. Rarely optimize the speed. So for your case since only u and ur wife i think 100mbps is good enough.
In this forum ramai kipas susah mati TIME. They wont talk bad about TIME.

Was using Unifi. Then move to new house only got TIME. Playing ff on9 can kena kick out while raiding boss. Also in the morning can feel the line is so slow that i hv to use data. I work from home alot and need to do VC and the quality is bad. This happened in the morning between 9-11 weekdays. Call cs all they said line is good. Rubbish cs. When the line is down only they entertain u. But when the line is down they dont even know when will restore. Only say within 24-48hours.

Also last week down for 2 days they refuse to give rebate.

For me Unifi and TIME sama sahaja. Tp CS TIME is worst.
Last time use Unifi, the stock router is shitty. And my microwave interfere with the wifi signal. Ping very high. Change better router and it solved my problem. So agreed with u. Hv to troubleshoot ourself. I blame TM last time but it was my microwave and house structure interfere the wifi signal.

Using powerline and put wifi in my own room baru seronok main game and no more problem with Unifi.

100mbps is actually overkill. 50mbps is the sweet spot. Even netflix 4k only recommends 20mbps. Save money, get 50mbps

Yes. Even dota 2 0 lag playing with 1mbps internet

100mb is already overpowered for 2 ppl. want to waste money upgrade to 300mb!!!!!!!!
TS should check the equipment ex router or buy repeater if ur heavily use wifi

Dont bother upgrade to 300mbps unless u pay the same. Like less than rm140/month

If you have very high speed, but pc use HDD also no use

Best i got as i remember <10MBps.

Not worth.

Torrents hard to use as a measure because it depends on seeds/peers. I get about 30MB/s on torrents on Unifi 500Mbps (turbo), but no where close to the theoretical speeds.

300mbps.

For what?

not much difference... i'm only on 50mbps and i do streaming, gaming etc etc..with multiple users in the house..no problem also

Yea, not expecting 50MBps either, 40MBps would be reasonable.

Youtube still not entirely buffer free always, or load 1080p by default.

Come i bring legit information

Is your internet congested while gaming?

There is a difference between gaming ping under minimal load vs under full load.

You don't believe you can go test simple game with active ping counter and start saturating the internet connection by downloading something huge like torrent. The ping increases at 50% load then significantly at 70% or so. That's why fast.com speed test has a ping under load in advanced

If there is many ppl around then worth upgrading because even their streaming might eat into your speed

You can even try switching on qos and see whether it helps -it doesn't



Tldr more bandwidth less effects of increased ping under load

Yes.

Rm80 just one meal in secret recipe.

Imaging the fund it bring 30 days

Maintain je...and join paynothing promo now by unifi

Free 3 months bills

Depends if your last-mile connectivity is copper or fibre. If it's copper, then you shall remain as 100Mbps as the max it can go is 30Mbps. If it's fibre, sky is the limit.

Nevertheless, please get high-end router like Netgear R7800 to get optimum speed n ping.

Here's the thing about getting a high end router, would it be wasted on a 100mbps connection?

100 is more than enough... If u use 300 u need to upgrade router, use LAN cable to utilize the max speed..

100mpbs is enough la. Even original 30mbps is enough to most. 300 is for big companies.

Most important is about ur latency to the server

If you have to ask.
No.

/thread

May I know what's your hardware, like RAM, HDD or SSD, wifi or cable (what cable)? What about direct downloads?

This post has been edited by xperiaVuser: Oct 5 2019, 12:20 PM

even 10mbps can watch full hd

Then how to ensure the latency that we wan?

Mine also 30MB/s torrent. Hardly reach 30 actually. Around 28.
TIME 500mbps. Weirdly my seed is high around 3000 but still cant go above there. Same results for wifi 1200ac or cat6. 16gb ram. Ssd.

Direct download pun around that figure. Why i think much lesser ah? Maybe the size not as big as torrent tak sempat nak laju sudah habis download. 😂

Wah. My experience since 1515 can throw down the ditch already

Got turbo'ed to 500mbps before this. Most of the time never reached that speed when tested using speed test (5ghz or connected using lan). Downgraded to 100mbps package in March cause it's way cheaperrr. Never noticed any different and at least the speed reached 100mbps+- most of the time. Btw four people using the net in my house and I usually use it to play some FIF okay je no lag at all unless the opponent's connection sucks

run speed test to actually see how much the speed you are getting, like me previously, Im on 100mbps data but can only use 30mbps.

so I called TM and they gave me a new router free, after change router then only I can use speed up to 100mbps.

Netflix should be no issue.

Torrent I understand if it can't reach higher speeds because there are too many factors to consider.

On my 300mb connection for direct downloads, I can go up to 32/33MB/s on one PC with 8GB RAM/HDD, another 16GB RAM/SSD. And both on cable.

This post has been edited by xperiaVuser: Oct 5 2019, 12:38 PM

Just go to broadband section and find the thread about unifi and how to fix ping/not getting full speed.

Most likely is router + settings issue.

Try it before upgrade and regret.

8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM, DDR3 I think. SanDisk Ultra SSD, 15m Cat6 cable from Asus 1200+ Wifi Router. I'm using Ugreen Ethernet-USB adapter (Gigabit) because my laptop's ethernet can only handle 100mbps (fast ethernet). All-in-all, I get about 400mbps on average.

Direct download... I barely download large files using direct. On Steam, I'm able to get 20-25MB/s - but it really depends on server location.

I'm using my old laptop (lenovo bought in 2013) for now, with an E-GPU connected. Wanted to upgrade to proper gaming PC, 4k+ ready (just want a 1080p60fps build), but really thinking if want or not - Sunday only got time to game. See la end of the year.

Well... I actually downgraded.

I was apparently at 500mb/s... Charged rm249 a month.

Once on 100mb/s... Honestly I don't see any difference.

Download steam pun sama je 98bits gak...

100mbps enough already, my speed now 300mbps because of 10x turbo but my WiFi max speed only until 100mbps,

Maybe you need those modem with processor that looks like Aku from Samurai Jack

if u are a gamer u know that ping is the most important thing

sometimes my meksis mobile ping is way better than fiber lol

indeed. TM sucks.

This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Oct 5 2019, 12:58 PM

28Mb/s good liao for torrent… time dont throttle torrent kah?

Just get gaming laptop lahhh can game anytime anywhere

Is your router supplied by TM? Get better quality router that can manage bandwidth well. Even lower end ASUS non AC model does a way much better job than the TPlink supplied by TM.

This post has been edited by netmatrix: Oct 5 2019, 01:01 PM

Haih... 1 word: upgrades.

100mbps is enough from my experience

I am using ASUS RT-AC58U, my smart tv all got build in wifi 2.4/5ghz, the router is on 2nd floor, tvs all at 10/12 meters from the router . I have no problem playing ultra 4k on them, no lag.
still on my habit : reset the router every morning.

I am using maxis fiber now btw.plug and play. btw ping sucks . what do u expect when using TM getaway?

Yes it worth it bro.
Nowday a lot of apps need bigger bandwidth

u are on stock router? try AC1900 router

ur device should on 5G in order to fully exploit the speed

otherwise 100mbps package just enough lah. tm sucks btw

ts dua orang saja at home

unless u are streaming 4k pron all the time , well...

unless u torrent 24.7 that 800mbps package might be worth while

until 4K/8K become standard ...

And im still on streamyx 4gb...

Unifi changed my router, TP Link AC1200.

Edi connected on 5GHz freq.

Deswai la, shet la, change router kena contract 2 years. After that, think gonna downgrade to 100Mbps

i was charged rm229++ for 100mbps and my turboed never been done by tm. so end up i migrated to meksis rm129++. save rm100 p.m.

real cb tm never appreciate old customers always want to sign up new custs only

This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Oct 5 2019, 01:28 PM

Get a better router

Yeah allot of businesses liddat... Especially celcom...buy this package for rm50/mnth... Few months later... "New better package! For rm50/mnth"... Old customer need to opt to change plans and renew contract... Else... Nasib lah.

boss, jangan kena tipu dengan tm. AC1200 suitable for under 300mbps

just buy any good reputable router like asus. plug and play. just enter ur user id and password terus boleh guna. u dont have have to continue new contract with tm. no need to buy new from tm.

like this

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/gin-genu...s324543557.html

but best to get AC1900 and above

This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Oct 5 2019, 01:41 PM

shit is , in many case, u cannot opt to change plan until the contract expired, which is normally 12 or 24 bloody months

no

Ayam use 5mbps only... No wonder Csgo always let ppl kill

take 10mbps direct line from tm, worth it, but 7k per month

not worth at all.

1Gbps internet better..
my local network running on 10Gbps (most device running on wired)
wifi 1900AC can only get around 600Mbps max after flashing DD-WRT..tried tweak around but still not sure why cannot go higher than 600Mbps

But mine is 500mbps. I am expecting 40MB/s leh.

If speed liddat why not get a wifi-6 router terus.

Oo nice, thanks for the heads up.

coz I don't have any device that supports wifi 6 WiFi 6 is still so new

nope..install 2 separate 100mbps better...
one for ur wife
one for urself..
latency here damn sucks
occasionally can timeout as well..

Future proof better get wifi 6

Wifi 6 ledi officially release