Great, sacrifice a little money in exchange for better speed.
Did you take Maxis ZTE modem?

You should have tested Maxis network using Hotlink (prepaid) first. If you terminate within 1 month, your advanced payment might be burned.

Comparing between Huawei B525s-65a and Huawei B618s-65d, the B618 usually gets a little higher speed at 5-10mbps.
The point is if your location has good signal, any modem will perform similarly. BTW, I don't have B818 at hand, not sure about it.
Unless you really think another 10mbps would make a whole lot differences, then you shouldn't twice getting B618 or B818.

Some Huawei 4G modem will stay on 4G during idle, it’ll change to 4G+ once you’re running on high speed websites, e.g. speedtest.
Huawei B618 will remain on 4G+ network on idle, whereas B525 stays on 4G on idle.

This post has been edited by ckimsem: Jun 17 2020, 09:35 PM

Since you said the speed will be capped at 30mbps after 300gb consumption, please share if there's any further capping after more usage, like after 500 or more, TQ.

Facebook speed is being throttled to 1.5mbps (190KB/s) at 8pm~12am.
I believe all Maxis plans, excluding fibre plan, are getting throttled during night time for YouTube, Facebook, & Google apps updating, although speed testing or Filehippo download could get high speed at 30~50mbps.
Tested on One Go Wifi, & One 188 plans.

This post has been edited by ckimsem: Jun 24 2020, 08:50 PM

Don't simply trust what a telco CS tell you.


Although downloading something or speed testing run quite fast.


Plus, Gaming is not affected too, stable with low latency, ping spike still happens though on wireless internet.

This post has been edited by ckimsem: Jun 25 2020, 10:20 PM

The speed will be capped to 30mbps after 300gb usage according to silentser

Like vignaroli said, probably it’s cause your modem only supports 4G network.

I believe all Maxis plans, not sure for fibre one, are throttled at 2mbps at 8pm to 12am for YouTube, Facebook, & Google app updating, whereas downloading, speed test, and gaming are not affected. I'm currently testing on Maxis 188 plan.


This post has been edited by ckimsem: Jul 6 2020, 10:28 PM

Testing on MaxisONE Go WiFi. The speed is capped at 30mbps after 300GB usage, according to my modem statistics.


While YouTube speed is capped to around 512kbps.



Comparing to Maxis 188 postpaid


This post has been edited by ckimsem: Jul 7 2020, 08:09 AM

Maxis modem is only 4G capable.

I think Huawei B525 might be the cheapest 4G+ router which costs around RM500. I may suggest you Huawei B715 or B818 at RM600+ for better performance.

Huawei B315s should be able to run Maxis. Why don’t buy a Hotlink prepaid to test it?

This post has been edited by ckimsem: Jul 13 2020, 07:55 PM

No, there’s no reset.

It really depends on each location. I don't have Huawei B818 at hand, so I can't compare it with B525. Furthermore, B818 is not 5G ready router and a 5G router costs over RM1k - https://www.lazada.com.my/products/huawei-h...6.html?search=1
For my location, a comparison between Huawei B618 and B525, Huawei B618 is a little bit faster at around 5~10mbps, mostly in the early morning. So, I believe as long as your location has a good performance, any router would be fine because after consume 300GB.

For usage, it depends on what you use most. And yes, after 300GB consumption, your speed will be capped to 30mbps until your next billing recycle. AFAIK, YouTube, Facebook, and Play Store downloading/updating will be capped to 512kbps.
You can still download/upload at 30mbps, online gaming is not affected. Check my previous post: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...post&p=97387166

This post has been edited by ckimsem: Jul 21 2020, 05:26 PM

Gaming on 4G wireless network might be different for each and every location. Your location needs to get somewhat stable download and upload, high speed isn’t main factor and I believe your SINR needs to be very stable at 10db or higher, check on your modem webpages.



This post has been edited by ckimsem: Jul 25 2020, 10:21 PM

I meant it'll remain at around ±10db most of the time. and not dropping much after you press refresh button every a few seconds.

Wait, I missed something, you said 60ms. The games my nieces play are normally getting around 45-60ms, and yes ping spike will happen on wireless network sometimes, like bl@ze said "Unfortunately, 4G is unsuitable for gaming".

This post has been edited by ckimsem: Jul 26 2020, 02:36 PM

My gaming experience is quite stable at 45~55ms and rarely ping spike, that's why my nieces don't complain.
If gaming is your priority, then this plan might not suitable for u.

You may try Digi infinite 150 for RM150 monthly. Digi is very unstable and slow at my location, just like your place, ping could get as high as 1500ms.

Or Unifi Mobile Bebas prepaid which currently is on promo for RM35 for 30days. I was using it previously, it was quite stable at about 55ms. Discussion at - https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4750658/+3680#entry97614875

This post has been edited by ckimsem: Jul 27 2020, 08:02 PM

Since Maxis hasn’t clearly stated its FUP, I believe Maxis could change whatever deems fit, and so throttled the speed to 20mbps now as compared to 30mbps previously.
After 300gb usage, most of the video streaming, included those YouTube & Facebook ones, are throttled to only 512kbps.

This post has been edited by ckimsem: Aug 8 2020, 09:30 PM

Every location is different, it's very hard to say that you'll have a good connection even if you're getting 4G+ signals. You should get a prepaid SIM to test the network in your location.

Digi network may be good in your location, but that doesn't mean it'll be the same for everywhere. Whereas Unifi Air is not good at your location, it can be very good at other locations.
Some people with good Unifi Air coverage may use for the price is nearly half cheaper.
BTW, I was using Unifi Mobile Bebas prepaid previously, and currently on this MaxisONE Go Wifi. So, i think we should be BTT since this isn't Digi or Unifi thread.

It's not only you, my speed is also capped to 20mbps after 300gb consumption. So, I believe Maxis has amended the speed from 30mbps previously to 20mbps currently.

The speed is capped to 20mbps. Facebook, YouTube, and Google Play Store are heavily throttled to 512kbps.

This post has been edited by ckimsem: Aug 12 2020, 07:48 PM