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Internet in my Serviced Apartment too slow, any suggestions?
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Internet in my Serviced Apartment too slow, any suggestions?
I've just moved to Singapore and am now staying at a Serviced Apartment until I find a permanent place to live, but the Internet (Docomo or StarHub) here is too slow that I can't even watch YouTube or join Video Conference at night from this apartment.
Would getting a Wifi router be the best next option? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated!
Would getting a Wifi router be the best next option? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated!
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You can't do anything, really. The Serviced Apartment either doesn't really have a fast connection in the first place or there's too many of you sharing bandwidth.
You can probably get a mobile connection of your own for data or maybe buy a prepaid card to stave you off until you've stabilized and decide on something more permanent.
You can probably get a mobile connection of your own for data or maybe buy a prepaid card to stave you off until you've stabilized and decide on something more permanent.
But don't expect much from that either; see a billion other threads in this sub-forum griping about the terrible mobile data networks here.nakatago wrote: You can probably get a mobile connection of your own for data or maybe buy a prepaid card to stave you off until you've stabilized and decide on something more permanent.
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Thanks for your quick replies! I just tried with my Japanese Docomo SIM through StarHub with my NexusOne and found it's much faster than the connection here in this Serviced Apartment. At least, I could watch YouTube 
As a short term solution, maybe I should only get a prepaid SIM at StarHub for $32? http://www.starhub.com/content/broadban ... epaid.html

As a short term solution, maybe I should only get a prepaid SIM at StarHub for $32? http://www.starhub.com/content/broadban ... epaid.html
Yes, that is what you should do ASAP. You're probably paying roaming data rates right now if you're using that Docomo SIM here!satoruster wrote:Thanks for your quick replies! I just tried with my Japanese Docomo SIM through StarHub with my NexusOne and found it's much faster than the connection here in this Serviced Apartment. At least, I could watch YouTube
As a short term solution, maybe I should only get a prepaid SIM at StarHub for $32? http://www.starhub.com/content/broadban ... epaid.html
Also I'd suggest testing the connection in any other location you plan to use it. Each network is quite picky on where and when it works. I had bad luck with Starhub in the places I needed it. But if you're satisfied with the connection you get in your apt, great. Just make sure anywhere else you might want to use it is good too.
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But amazingly, Starhub prepaid Data >>> M1 Data postpaid planzzm9980 wrote:But don't expect much from that either; see a billion other threads in this sub-forum griping about the terrible mobile data networks here.nakatago wrote: You can probably get a mobile connection of your own for data or maybe buy a prepaid card to stave you off until you've stabilized and decide on something more permanent.



Eh? What's up with the M1 Data postpaid plan? I don't use either so I have no idea..nakatago wrote:But amazingly, Starhub prepaid Data >>> M1 Data postpaid planzzm9980 wrote:But don't expect much from that either; see a billion other threads in this sub-forum griping about the terrible mobile data networks here.nakatago wrote: You can probably get a mobile connection of your own for data or maybe buy a prepaid card to stave you off until you've stabilized and decide on something more permanent.![]()
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