I just received the Zyxel NR5103e router bought from Taobao, speed tested:



Not too bad, there were a few instances it went above 500Mbps and it is always getting >500Mbps on fast.com

My problem is that Yes 5G is not stable, it will drop to 4G and becomes unusable. At least, I can see this from iPhone 12PM. I guess I will terminate it after a month and change to U Home.

so far mine is okay - fingers crossed!

Anyway, the line never drops anymore after I change to the router. Happy with this purchase. It kept dropping when I was using it with iPhone 12 Pro Max.
I got it about RM 510 with airshipped from China.
Yes. So gonna be the same?

Ya, those people on Shopee also got from Taobao.

The unit already reset to the factory settings when I got it. 5G is blue color globe. I'm using it today whole day for working, Outlook and Teams all work perfectly.

outlook and teams seems okay ... but netflix, hbo go seems lagging

No drop off anymore after I changed to this router, it did when I was using it in iPhone 12 Pro Max.

OK, then I need to change to U Home. I paid for one month already, I think I will just use it for a month, easier without any headache for overpayment.

just ordered U home to compare with the Yes that i hv been using for 1 month.  Hopefully can get more stable 5G.  Currently with tplink x50 the 5G will drop to 4G and i have to restart it until i get 5G again.

i also faced similar issue with Yes5G:
cant connect to office vpn, connection to outlook mailbox server always dropping (happen to few laptop with diff outlook account), lazada free rice game cannot load, do speedtest always less than 5mbps in upload speed.

got a UHome 5G sim and voila all issue gone .. speed and latency all similar to fiber.

using the same NR5103E router for both sim above.

I let you do this test and find out yourself.

YES 5G does allow torrent if you do it nekkid without VPN and speedtests shows full speed if you do them with local servers. It gives a temporary boost for few seconds to allow you to show off and advertise for them the speeds you can get.

Now here's the test to reveal the real dirty trick they silently imposed:

Connect to a overseas VPN/VPS and do the same test across the globe see if you're throttled a not. My results show that you get ADSL speeds with just around 8Mbps at most or worst. Torrents become worst when you turn on your VPN.

U Mobile does the OPPOSITE. Without VPN you can't torrent, but with VPN your speeds and routing gets optimized to the best potential.

I tell you this company cannot be trusted. They always secretly modify their FUP with every possible means to give you less. Got trapped many times before with their previous 100GB 4G Postpaid plans which allowed use in modems but later say your device not in their compatible list of limited devices.

Meaning to say this:

1) Their 5G plan is just for speedtest showoffs and indirect marketing for their company

2) You can torrent with caution for legal files such as linux ISOs and official apps with full speed but beware of being exposed. But once you turn your VPN on, the throttling kicks in and your use will be limited.

3) All connections outside Malaysia are heavily throttled to ADSL speeds around 8Mbps or less with VERY HIGH latency. It's their way of being stingy.
It could be port based though they don't block it to give you fake sense that they don't do speed throttling.

4) Latency is very bad compared to their direct competitor U at LEAST double most times with international servers. It gives indication that their servers can't handle large capacity traffic and their unwillingness to invest more in core network routing equipments.

5) Their 4G network with quota allowance doesn't have this port throttling limitation. You can get full speed with international servers and VPNs because its quota based.

EDIT with additional comments:

My speedtest results without VPN is consistently >500Mbps day long.

When connected to the best VPNs/VPS with 10Gbps servers even closeby countries such as SG, my speedtests dropped to 5 Mbps or less and torrents not moving only getting ard 0.5MB/s.

Something is wrong? Without VPN torrents can reach >30MB/s

Obviously they are implementing port throttling to international servers and only allow fake speedtests.

hahaha i used the same trick connecting my mobile hotspot first then only change to home wifi 

Your Steam downloads goes through VPN or RAW without?
If without VPN then everything is fine with popular sites even torrents reaches full speed.

The problem starts when you start connecting to VPN, speed to Europe and USon average only like 5-8Mbps, pings can go as high as over 300ms.

YES seems to be implementing anti VPN policy which is not good. Users need to connect to their company VPN to work remotely.
Speedtests don't say it's fake. You can give a few second temporary boost say for 60 secs for the speedtest then start throttling users to prevent them from heavy downloading.

I know because on fibre totally no such restrictions or throttling.

Don't try not to pay anything for telco bills, you will be blacklisted.

Coincidentally, I will be in Bukit Bintang area this weekend, gonna terminate it while I'm there.
OT: Not sure if anyone knows, I'm wondering if I can subscribe to U Home from Berjaya Times Square and get the SIM card on the spot?

u can actually email them - i actually done that ... as currently overseas.

a) Cancellation form.
b) IC copy front and back.

done in a matter of 1-2 days ..

my postpaid have same issue, no signal. i thought my phone got problem.

yes, it looks like prepaid no issue. my friends prepaid have signal.

Yes becoz the 5G signal is not strong.  but recently i found a place that can get 4 bars, so it stays on 5G signal now.  Speed no difference around 200-250mbps download, but upload only 10mbps

u can actually email them - i actually done that ... as currently overseas.

a) Cancellation form.
b) IC copy front and back.

done in a matter of 1-2 days ..

umobile all good, no any special trick needed .. all works like fiber
no any refund, just terminated today at Lot 10

I know right. 
I’m back in Seremban and tested U Home, speed wise almost the same as YES but the upload speed is much better around 50s to 60sMbps.

This is a reference for you if you are hesitating to choose which one.