Worth it?
Currently I'm on RM38 5G with 60gb quota.
Don't know whether want to upgrade to RM68 200gb or not.

why you ask
you the one who gonna use it

if the current 60gb is more than sufficient, why pay more for something u dont need?

U gt money?

That's why.. after reading, I got confused. Only TS knows whether happy or not with the coverage for TS area.. and also how much GB is needed.

This post has been edited by Natsukashii: Sep 4 2023, 02:06 PM

nowdays everywhere got wifi, unless u go ulu or jungle otherwise need so many data?

really give you use 60GB with agreed speed? plus did you use 200GB

Ok

Me 2gb pun sasah nak reach.

u mobile already has very weak 4G
you want try their 5G??


any, any person who Understand how 5G works.
WOULD NEVER go for 5G mobile.

unless for following reason :
1) u only use 5G on a static location, and you already tested its performance.

Reason for not using 5G ：
1) 5G is the weakest Mobile Signal of ALL generation. High Bandwith but WEAKEST Signal Strength

The Myth behind Speed :
1) The Server/IPX bandwidth.
( CHECK Sungai Besi Toll, 10 lane into 4 lane ) Jam mah??
10 lane = 5G Connection
4 lane = Actual Server Resource to process data request


Why i dont go 5G
1) i stay inside building most of the time. Even inside building, Umobile 4G is very weak..... not to mention 5G lah...

No, unless u need 5g for certain reason.

same 60gb plan but sometimes finish it few days before the next cycle, always topup rm10 for extra quota, am thinking to get this plan too ...somo rm240 get new phone

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Note that the NEW Postpaid U68 plan, effective 1 Sep 2023, is no-contract and BYOD, which is different from the Pakej 5G Rahmah that comes with a RM240 5G "device bundle" subsidy = requires a 24-months' contract, and comes with a RM10 rebate per month for 24 months from the RM68 monthly fee.

OTOH, the NEW U68 plan offers the option of a free 5G smartphone = requires a 36-months' contract.
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NB - A 6" smartphone only needs 360p video-streaming = consumes only about 300MB of data per hour. 720p video-streaming consumes about 1GB per hour.
....... 60GB per month = 2GB per day. If can opt for 360p video-streaming @ 300MB per hour, 6 hours per day consume 1.8GB per day.
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This post has been edited by lurkingaround: Sep 4 2023, 03:02 PM

Here we go again with IT genius ifourtos.

Oi dumdum, 5G in Malaysia all by DNB la, doesn't matter Umobile or Celcom or Digi. All same la.
And signal strength is up to where TS stay la, you stay in TS house or office ka? Duduk peha TS?

Yup.

rn using umobile gx68 pay 58, unlimited no fup but 4g+ only. hotspot also unlimited due to change some setting on laptop/desktop. no need 5g

My house area vey week Umobile network. Inside the house total no network.
RM48 saya pun tak mau.

how is umobile speed ?

A: Who stream 6 hours a day oh, f*p also hand fall off lo.
B: 360p wadafak what era still got ppl stream 360p on phone.

I can't even finish 2Gb of data every month. Why bother with paying for nothing?

YES rm35 better with 100gb. Can ask buddies around to share their shopee datacashback

wow what plan are u on?

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Fyi, .......

https://animoto.com/blog/news/hd-video-creation-sharing - Video Resolution 101: A Beginners Guide - 23 March 2018
.... 360P
Videos at 360p are well-suited to smartphones and other mobile devices since they use up less data, but may appear a bit blurry on larger screens. ...

480P
DVDs clock in at 480p, so if you’re looking to burn a DVD, this resolution will give your disc the highest quality allowed by any DVD burner or disc. A 480p video will also play well on most laptop and desktop monitors, and smaller TVs.

NOTE: If you’re looking for higher resolution disc, you will need a Blu-ray disc and Blu-ray burner.

720P
True high-definition starts at 720p, and this is the image resolution at which many HD television channels broadcast. An HD 720p Animoto video is crisp, sharp, and looks great on most displays.

1080P
For an even higher resolution, you can download your videos at 1080p, another favorite for HD television stations. We recommend this resolution for sharing on social media or for showing videos on larger screens and TVs, since it’ll give your audience the highest possible quality display, with crystal clear playback. ...
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Is it because your place got Fiber Internet to Wifi to your phone.?
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money is not everything
if no signal

5G the same for all telcos. All under DNB.

You are only paying extra for digi/celcom/maxis 's 4G coverage.

if house got no wifi then worth it. otherwise 200Gb of data how to use up in a month?

RM38 / 60GB = RM0.63 per GB

RM68 / 200GB = RM0.34 per GB.

Of coz the 200GB give better value per GB. But the question is whether you can use all of them of not.

Let say you only use 30GB per month, below will be the result:

RM38 / 30GB = RM1.26 per GB

RM68 / 30GB = RM2.26 per GB

In this case, the cheaper package actually give you better value.

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AFAIK, any method used to bypass hotspot limit CAN be detected by the celcos, eg by using high-tech Deep Packet Inspection software. Usually, mostly heavy data users are targets for DPI and banhammer by smart celcos (TM UF and Celcom are not very smart celcos), eg those who are subscribed to cheap phone plans but use 40GB of data in 1 day or 400GB in 1 month.
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This post has been edited by lurkingaround: Sep 4 2023, 04:31 PM

DPI usually look at what? user agent?

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YES 4G signals may be worse than U Mobile 4G signals because YES uses 2300MHz whereas UMO uses 1800MHz and 2100MHz, ie lower frequencies have longer range and better object/wall penetration.
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Blog date 2018. LULZ.
Nowadays minimum for me is 1080p. 720p also blurry rubbish especially with YouTube compression. 360p might as well just listen audio don't watch.

Yup infra by DNB
Yes and umobile leeching off others
That's why they got the best plan if you get 5g signal

For KL lang that doesn't go out of KL yes plan been absolute steal

5G la. Everyone 5G same speed la mine even 600+ sometimes. Same DNB regardless of Telco company so coverage and speed exactly the same, down to price and 4G fallback coverage.

Not leeching la every Telco sign contract from DNB infra. All Telco don't need build their own.


Yeah their new unlimited 5G for 58 a month is ridiculously low for 500mbps. If no need fibre ping then this one dapao low end unifi and streamyx 99. Even prepaid mobile yes only 25 for unlimited 5G. Their 4g is shiat la.

byk gb but 3g speed

U r right.

I got UMobile 5G full bar signal at home.

But during Merdeka, when they gave out 31GB free data. I tested it on USB Tethering.

80% of time, it'd switch to 4G/4G+.

When it's on 5G, I get 200Mbps on Fast.com, otherwise 35-45Mbps.

Without DNB yes would die already la

you think 5G signal is the only Factor in actual Speed?
cant u read??

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Fyi, not much has changed from 2018 to 2021 or 2023, wrt 360p suiting mobile devices/smartphones, even though most smartphone screens today are 720p or 1080p. .......

https://blog.ventunotech.com/2021/02/video-resolution-guide/ - 2021/02/ - video-resolution-guide
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360p
Suited for mobile devices for users whose internet is decent but not too fast. The video quality is better than what you will get in 240p. We don’t recommend 360p on laptops and Smart TVs as the quality will suffer. Use 360p when you want to save bandwidth costs.

480p
We suggest 480p for mobile devices if most of your users have a good internet connection.

720p
This is the beginning level of HD resolution, known as the standard HD and HD ready. 720p is best suited for laptops and PCs with a decent internet connection.

1080p
This is probably the most commonly used resolution in smartphones nowadays. 1080p is also known as Full HD and represents a higher quality and sharpness than the standard HD. It is best suited for laptops, PCs, and Smart TVs with a good internet connection. ...
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no...

i dont think so.


2 person. 2 telco
test 5G same place, will get different speed.

5G Tower only a factor in final actual speed you get.
there are MANY other Factor.

My personal opinion...give so much data like my package last time also useless. Either full signal but speed so low or low signal thus low speed. Imagine 4g speed still 100-500kB/s. Switched to Digi can rasa 1MB/s and above but that is few years ago punya cerita

Donno, anyone here from telco know if maxis/celcom/digi paying DNB different amounts from the rest?

why do you need 200gb
i watch porn also cant finish 60gb

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This one is likely because of 4G network traffic congestion due to many active users during peak traffic hours, ie full signal but speed so low. A few years ago, the Postpaid DIGI Infinite 150 plan was very popular.
....... In due time, the same traffic congestion problem will afflict the 5G network. So, enjoy your 500Mbps 5G speeds while you still can.
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THIS

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Fyi, watching Youtube videos at 360p on my 6" smartphone is quite clear. To me, watching the same at 720p is a waste of bandwidth, data and battery power.
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This post has been edited by lurkingaround: Sep 4 2023, 06:41 PM

Let me explain Internet Infra at a Glance:

1) At National Level.
There will be a appointed wholeseller of "Bandwidth", or a group of company owing the access of country level back-bone network ( the under sea cable )



This is how Malaysian can connect to Internet. Regardless type of connection u use ( 4g,fiber, 5g )


2) Bandwitdh allocation At ISP Level ( Telco )


This explain how ISP provide their user to access internet ( regardless of connection type )


So, Example TELCO A only purchase 1TB/s daily bandwidth.
and they have 2 million user. Regardless on connection type... All Telco A's user sharing the 1TB/s bandwidth.
- Telco A can have various plan to manage EACH User Max speed limit.


3) Concurrent User
Also , the in the same Area, Depend on number of concurrent user, it also challenge the telco's switch, router capicity at that area.



So, Example:

If i using 1Gbps LAN connection to my router. Transfer from Device A to B ( i may get max speed )
But, if 12 person in same House, all 1Gbps, all use same time. Nobody getting Max Speed.


5G is just a Network Connection Technology. IT DOESNT guarantee your actual SPEED

All Telco use same 5G tower, still depend on each Telco own Bandwidth alloc, concurrent user number, and their Hardware capacity.


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Please stop the nonsense, all Telco 5G use same infra = Same 5G
Many Fiber also use TM infra, different Quality also..

I hope nobody think 5G allow them to connect to Internet DIRECTLY..
Nope. 5G only the connect to 5G tower (stop) (the rest would be cable connection from this point )
then Telco Infra, then IPX (internet exchange point), then submarine cable

This post has been edited by ifourtos: Sep 4 2023, 06:35 PM

As I mentioned, do you know the relative amounts the telcos are paying DNB? Is it the same for all of them?

Dnb not the final factor

the final factor is still the bandwidth to submarine cable

not yet being banhammer/block by them. many years already.

i use my ipad around and stream PS5 game full HD ,

i sign up package 98/ 1000GB

The way I see it, all the rest of the factors will affect all telcos roughly equally.

What will make a difference is the amount each telco will sign up for in their contracts.

If telco A signs up for 10x the usage capacity of telco B, but it has 20x the customers, that may lead to some artificial throttling further down the line.

But currently 5G adoption is still low, by the time you see an impact just mnp la aiyo. For now, maybe the smart thing to do would be to shop around for the best offer. If your place has a good strong 5G signal and you have the equipment, just go with the cheapest 5G offer.

If you still need 4G, and you move around a lot, maybe stick with maxis, celcom or digi until they iron things out.

Just my 2 cents.

2023 still got data cap. Pathetic.

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Yes home mostly have wifi, outdoor i don't keep using phone unless needed data for tng app public parking purpose and so on , just i have no habit keep watching my phone , reaching home also leave it there and watching TV or using PC , me also don't play phone game.

the 5g still connect to the same infra as 4g from same telco

get it????


eg, telco b speed were terrible in certain area
5g cant fixed that

but i acknowledge telco B may alloc more resources to its 5g user to impress them.


but u guys didnt get the point
in best case, 5G may not the bottleneck factor of ur connection speed.


didnt u guys curious? why we are very far from 5G full speed??

Coverage. For now 5G is cheaper than 4G, but 4G coverage > 5G coverage. Which is why Celcom, Digi and Maxis can still charge a premium.

Download speeds are only gimmicks to win over consumers. You are worried about the difference between 300 Mbps and 500 Mbps on a phone? Seriously?

I really couldn't care less about 5G full speed on my phone. Phone package from telco A at half the price of telco B? Deal me in. 100 Mbps on my phone vs 500 Mbps on your phone? Yeah, I'll try not to lose too much sleep over that.

edit:

Yes it can. In a lot of cases, if you have good coverage, terrible speeds may be due to congestion. For now, 5G is still underutilized. And we still do not know if any telco will/has undersubscribed or oversubscribed data usage capacity from DNB.

This post has been edited by loserguy: Sep 4 2023, 10:31 PM