I am re-evaluating my broadband contract options again, and wanted to find details about M1 Fixed Broadband offers. So I head over to Google to search for M1 Fixed Broadband. Lo and behold… the top hit (at least for now) leads straight back to my own blog posting. I had expected to find M1’s website to be the top hit, but well it turned out to be number 2.
My blog posting had simply been a comparison between the new M1 Fixed Broadband offering and StarHub’s MaxOnline.
At this time, StarHub is no longer offering the Apple Time Capsule promotion which they had in September. Might as well, I guess, since I don’t really need the Time Capsule anymore now that I have a Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus to run Time Machine on. The Time Capsule promotion would have been a distraction, because Time Capsule looks cool and even though I don’t really need it, it makes me keep wondering if there are any good reasons why I should still get it. Like having 802.11n, for example.
There’s nothing new with M1 Fixed Broadband offers now. On the StarHub front, there is a new Sony Giga Juke 80GB HDD Micro-Hifi freebie that claims to be worth $699. That ought to make it more attractive than the old Time Capsule freebie (supposed to be worth $489).
I don’t really need a 80GB HDD Jukebox. But it does look nice too. I wonder if it is really worth $699? One could buy a PC for $699. What’s so great about this Juke Box?
Since my Linksys WRT54G wireless broadband router recently died on me, I might now want to consider taking up the D-Link DIR-615 802.11n wireless broadband router offered with the Hubber Bonus. It is claimed to be worth $159, which would be more attractive than taking up the $88 subscription rebate.
It’s kind of getting rather annoying that there are no compelling offers nowadays. I am tempted to go for M1’s rather no-frills offer, but I’m hesitant after reading and hearing reports about problems with their broadband service.
I wonder if anyone has comments to share about the Sony Juke Box and D-Link’s DIR-615?
Hi, if you are ok with mobile broadband, do consider singtel’s bbom. It’s not unlimited but i’ve used M1 and Starhub and I think, unlimited plans are compromised by slower speeds / less reliable / drop outs.
did a review here – http://jorbb.com/blog/2008/08/unboxed-and-reviewed-singtel-mobile.html
try M1 Broadband (HSDPA) the speeds are quite good
http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/forumdisplay.php?f=14
Hey there! i seriously don’t recommend you to use M1 fixed broadband. I am using 30mbps with M1 now and speed problems are inevitable for now at least, could also depend on the area you stay. There are no concrete solutions to fixing this lagging problem which came from the M1 fixed broadband team manager himself. Webpages don’t even appear when this speed issue arises and the only thing you could do is to sit there quietly and pray. It’s true to have 30mbps as a luxury but imagine the fact that you got to be hopeful that this lagging problems does not appear every now and then. My patience is already over the amount of air i could possibly take in and will throw in the towel to M1 and switch back to Starhub for the time being. M1 fixed broadband in the future? Why not? I would switch back to M1 when the “waters are calm again”. Think Again…just my 2 cents worth of thoughts.