Broadband and mobile internet in Singapore, from telco plans to networking gear.
SingTel's Priority Pass is an interesting mobile broadband service. These days, almost everyone is on an iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry tapping the same data network, including 3G USB dongles. If you pay only for mobile broadband, you share that bandwidth.
SingTel begins selling the iPad 2 on Saturday, 14th May 2011, with subsidised units offered under two services: Mobile Broadband and Mobile Multi-SIM. The Mobile Broadband option pairs a 7.2Mbps plan with the 16GB 3G iPad 2 at S$40.
Let me start by saying ADSL sucks and cable is the way to go. Authenticating over a phone line to connect is so 56K-era. ADSL disconnects far more than cable and its modem is buried in settings to configure.
From tomorrow, Singaporeans can surf with a new fixed broadband service from M1. Having offered mobile broadband since 2006, M1 becomes a full-fledged broadband player with the launch of M1 Fixed Broadband, broadening competition in the local home internet market.