Among all the choices, I think Hotlink is more consistent in term of coverage and speed. One Xox is cheap when starting, since it gives 28 months validity as a starter gift, but it is more difficult to manage data usage because you will have to either choose a low monthly quota such as 500Mb, or withdraw the data quota only when you need it and stop auto renewal to save remaining quota. Hotlink has 1 year validity for RM30, and then you can choose a lump sum data quota for 1 year as well for a fixed amount. If your usage is very light you can even choose the small package like 2GB for a year with cheap cost. Since it is lumpsum you can use whenever you want without splitting it into monthly quota or actively withdraw it only when need.

You need to pay a separate RM30 to buy one year validity for the plan. That is just for validity, no call or data quota given. And no, it is not for one year of internet usage. Internet quota you have to buy separately. But it is cheap and comparable to what One XOX can offer. I think it is 5GB for RM10 and valid for 1 year. There are a few quota to choose from.

To fully utilize that RM30, you can first top up RM30 to get 1 month validity, then at the end of 1 month, spend the credit in your account balance to buy 1 year worth of validity. But you have to do it at the last moment of the end of 1 month because Hotlink does not add 1 year to your current end of validity date. It will set the expiry date in relation to the date you buy that validity package.

For example, if you top up RM30 today, your validity end 1 month from now. But if you immediately spend the credit and buy 1 year validity package, then your validity will end 1 year from now, effectively gives you 12 months of validity. However, if you wait until 1 month from now, only then spend the credit to buy 1 year validity, then the validity will end 1 year from that date. Effectively, that gives you 13 months of validity by spending only RM30 today.

But you need to buy the correct Hotlink package to have this option. Not all Hotlink package has such option.


This post has been edited by vhs: Jun 17 2023, 11:12 AM