Simple question for whoever using Hotlink and CelcomDigi recently. Is Hotlink has overall better stability vs CelcomDigi ??

I using Digi & Xox ight now and I found they very often drop performance especially in raining day (4G gone & connected to a slow network) . Is Hotlink has this problem too ?

This post has been edited by bluecat68: May 22 2024, 08:58 AM

In my good old days:

Main: hotlink
Backup: none

After few years, maxis network got bad..

Since then, me:

Main: celcom
Backup: hotlink (using hotlink 365)

This post has been edited by Natsukashii: May 22 2024, 08:57 AM

I thinking keep Digi & replace xox with hotlink. So Hotlink 365 is the best right now ??

I carry 2 phones, one on celcomdigi another on hotlink. Dunno about other places, but in Penang island they’re both roughly the same. Some places have better hotlink coverage others have better celcomdigi coverage.

stability differs in places.
in my case digi and celcom are bad at my suburban area while good in city area.

If you already have XOX then why do you have Digi? MNP to Hotlink... best of duopoly world.

Nothing is perfect nowadays...

One thing is right thought... the inclusion of Digi subscribers is really putting Celcom network under pressure. Used to be faster before the merger.

I didn't know they merge until recently and yeah going to keep Digi and replace another with hotlink.

Rural area celcom digi maxis sharing tower.
Spme place sharing network MOCN tower
Coverage are the same

Digi and MOCN tower
No 4G band 7
After midnight 4G band 1 3 gone. Band 8 stay
During heavy rain. Sometime signal from nearest tower gone.

Prepaid offerings is comparable between the two, but Hotlink's Pantas Plans allow full speed, CelcomDigi caps their Prepaid 5G speed at 100mbps. A deal breaker for me as i like my plan to have full/unlimited speed. Where i live/work, Hotlink is slightly faster (only just), but CelcomDigi trumps Hotlink in my hometown.

I've just ported to Hotlink from Celcom. The latter has been terrible since the merger and crappy customer service.

This post has been edited by tonYe: May 30 2024, 11:12 AM

CelcomDigi coverage, stability & speed all depends on location...

But one I can observe is...
After the major mergers...
Network getting worse....

Maxis / Hotlink seems little better only...
It's like on par with CelcomDigi....

Digi customer for 20+ years…
This few year, quality drop so much…
This year bring whole family jump to maxis….

I was with Maxis since 2006 and in Dec 2022, I ported to CelcomDigi for almost 15 months because Maxis didn't have 5G back then.

I ported back to Maxis in March this year and I can tell you, Maxis is so much more stable. No doubt Maxis is not perfect but overall, it is still much more stable than CelcomDigi.

I now use CelcomDigi Edisi Kuning Prepaid 25 as my secondary/backup line and Maxis is my main line.

I subs to Maxis hotlink postpaid RM45 plan few days ago, so far so good. Nothing superior compare to CelcomDigi but at least connection still stable in storm heavy rain situation where CelcomDigi often become unstable and only provide slow connection or even no data at all for a short while.

By the way I can't find any "Edisi Kuning Prepaid 25" plan in my Digi app, am I missing something ??

Also what the hack is unlimited onnet call ?? Only between same server like Digi to Digi ??

You can upgrade your existing Digi Plan to 5G Kuning using USSD Code *118#1#4#1# and get the screen above.

Choose 1 and press SEND to change plan

You need to be on the 5G Kuning Plan to see the Edisi Kuning Prepaid 25 add-on

Can upgrade using ussd

Which plan u refer about onnet call? If next rm25 plan , see this table
https://help.celcomdigi.com/support/solutio...isclosure-sheet

Is within Digi network only.

This post has been edited by MyProLife: Jun 2 2024, 05:27 PM

My phone not support 5G, is that matter ??

So plan like this only allow Digi to Digi call ?? What's the point for plan like this if I can't use it to call Maxis or Umobile or any land number ??

I see your current Digi prepaid plan is NEXT.

No, it does not matter whether your phone supports 5G or not.

You can still change plan to 5G Kuning and use the Edisi Kuning 25 add-on

I using the Digi RM20 prepaid plan as backup and thinking try Edisi Kuning 25 if it is available to me after the current plan is expired. The Edisi Kuning 25 has unlimited mobile & fix line call ??

I believe this next 25 was just launched like late last year during transition phase into celcomdigi branding. Maybe they purposely gimp this plan so people will have reasons to move up to newest celcomdigi plan when eventually launched.

Celcomdigi prepaid have monthly plans of minimal rm25 and all have unlimited calls to all network (except 35 unlimited)

https://help.celcomdigi.com/support/solutio...isclosure-sheet

This post has been edited by MyProLife: Jun 2 2024, 06:16 PM

It has 40GB data at 100Mbps and unlimited callls

Yeah will look into it after my Digi plan is expired.

After 10 days of usage looks like hotlink is at least more stable and provide better signal inside building or simply anyway and won't become unstable when weather turn bad.

Anyone got charged with Internet-Pay-Per-Use even though not Data is not enabled on the SIM2 (this is a dual sim phone)

I'm using 2 digi numbers sim1 & sim2 on my main phone + 2 celcom edisi biru numbers sim1 & sim2 on my spare phone
( all 4 numbers are prepaid )

😎🔥

For digi on honor 90 5g
Mostly on 5g constantly even on raining day, rarely drop to 4g+, in terms of network performance, so far so good, hardly give me a problem

For celcom edisi biru on vivo y15a
Nothing much to say as im just 2 days old user, but as of now everything looks good, Mostly on 4g constantly
Just temporary as later this celcom will be transfer to iphone 15 pro max by end of the year, by then will be enjoying celcom 5g

2 months back port out from hotlink pantas due to slow when accessing Internet, it might be me not setup properly or my area bit problematic for hotlink pantas

🐼🔥

hotlink performance seems weird recently but their sms /otp is still the fastest.
found some slow to near dead spot on digi near my area, occasionally slow respond during rainy day.

There's still a few of dead spot for digi but so far I've been to few kampung, all i can say the network very good, no wonder kampung girls got their own tik tok account
😫🔥😑🔥😉

great info 👍

Many years already with digi, they are improving throughout the year 😉💭💨🔥🔥

indeed, during maxis conquered era, seeing friend mobile number other than starting with 012 seems weird 😆
010, 012 & 019 were the origin, after the port in/out system implemented, it doesn’t matter anymore lol

Nowdays 019 also doesn't mean celcom, it could be maxis or umobile etc 😐👀🔥

Hotlink Vs UMobile

Prefer Hotlink which is much more coverage and stable in building.

U Mobile the latency seems a bit high! Sometimes slow loading as well.

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This post has been edited by alexleow81: Mar 7 2025, 09:55 PM

013 seems nice too 👍

For celcom 019 and 013 nice
014 seems weird for celcom
🐑🔥🐑🔥🐑

remember read somewhere 014 is for hotlink or digi 🤔

But during purchase the celcom edisi biru, ive seen there is 014 5822258 😏🔥

This post has been edited by GamersFamilia: Mar 7 2025, 10:56 PM

nowadays they’re all mix up, the porting system does give consumers the freedom to choose which telco.
the old days of changing telco and give up mobile numbers is gone 🙈

Yerp, now can retain the number, just change the telco
The old days change telco need to change the number
😉🔥

just call umobile hotline and their service is on par with maxis.
clear and straightforward

Soon umobile will be at par with maxis or even better, will see 🔜🔥

this will cost them a lot of money 🔜🔥™️
😁

Step by step, all telco started from zero to hero 🦸🔥

For me I stop keep switching telco I stick to the best and move on with my life so currently digi for cheapest and hotlink for best coverage and now cheap too .

Yes they all the same same as Unifi mobile was the cheapest now not really cheap anymore

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: Mar 8 2025, 07:26 PM

That's should be the way, stick on what you think already good for you 😎🔥

currently celcomdigi (edisi biru) and hotlink, which one the 4g coverage stronger and the internet line more stable and reliable?

counting indoor coverage + signal strength also

This post has been edited by saitamabest: Mar 11 2025, 11:09 PM

area dependent though, getting both is a better option since nowadays prepaid plan are so worth while 👍

coz lots of ppl saying celcomdigi has the widest 4g coverage, but if line coverage wide but slow also no use
hotlink last time super expensive, but now far better ady

with competitive market, they are much affordable now.
can’t go wrong with either one though, for which one has the best coverage is depending on the places you frequent visit.
if having more than one mobile number is not a hassle, just get both of them 😊

This post has been edited by Piers: Mar 12 2025, 12:06 AM

Widest coverage based on their marketing because if you check network selection there still separate the network between digi and celcom

Celcom digi -= digi
Celcom = celcom

Slow you need define what your slow means if abuser download then yes if normal usage 4G get 20mbps to 100mbps is more than enough

Well im a digi prepaid user and recently adding celcom edisi biru prepaid
Never had an issue on network slow either on 5g or even 4g on both at most places i go
😴🔥

if you see "MY CELCOM 3G" in your network search result, it means the network had been consolidated in your area. The reason why CELCOM and Digi still appeared separately because they implemented MOCN..You can think like how a WiFi AP could broadcast more than one SSID and when u connect to different SSID, you are provided with different services/speed, but coverage is still the same

Celcom users will see MY CelcomDigi and Digi separately, meanwhile Digi users will see MY CelcomDigi and MY CELCOM separately. Because they hardcoded the original network to MY CelcomDigi. If you use non CDB SIM, it'll still show as MY CELCOM and Digi. Therefore "MY CELCOM 3G" aka the combined 2G network is the best way to identify whether the CDB network has been consolidated as 2G standard had not introduced/supported MOCN.

This post has been edited by jasontanky: Mar 12 2025, 11:59 AM

if my area having weak 5G , is that means even if i migrate to other telco also will be the same ? since now 5G under DNB base station? (sharing between other telco too.)

Similarly, if u travel to rural areas and found 502 158 in the network search result. It means there are JENDELA MOCN towers nearby, usually CelcomDigi and Maxis will be sharing the infrastructure (so both of them will have equal signal strength). Other telco like U Mobile, Unifi, and Yes kinda hit or miss

Yes, DNB is doing MOCN on 5G, so signal will be the same. The speed might be slightly different depends on routing and agreements between DNB and telco

if like that who should i complaint to ?
i complaint to telco A, they said this is under DNB .. cannot do much.

This is kinda unfortunate but truth as well. We are kinda mess up in this situation. DNB supposed to provide universal 5G coverage as now they are the sole operator but has yet to reach such quality

how come your place still have celcom 3G ?

This place is 10km away from that screenshot also got celcom 3G

Curious what frequency bands are they using?

MY CELCOM 3G is not CelcomDigi 3G, but CelcomDigi 2G
The reason is because phone could only see it as 502 13, and this PLMN was being used TMTouch and sooner Celcom 3G back in the day when it launched its 3G network.

In my experience, B8, B3, B1
For CelcomDigi - Maxis MOCN,
B8 at least 2 of
3600, 3524, 3750 (5MHz only)
B3
1650 1850 1300 (usually all 3, all 20MHz)
B1
500 175 (all 15MHz)

4CA is achievable, can get at least 150Mbps or even 400Mbps under strong signal

Used to always play with band when using huawei b618. Now really don’t care even 3mbps digi daily unlimited watch Netflix, play cod no lag

Porting out from Hotlink Postpaid and until now they havent send me any sms. Already more than 30 hours.

This post has been edited by Dongibab: May 13 2025, 07:56 PM

Call the customer service ✅

Done ✅

That's good ✅