SingTel to double charge data that exceeds bundle

• FireIce

  14 Aug 13, 15:27

  SingTel to double charges for mobile users who exceed their monthly data bundle

   

  SingTel will be doubling mobile charges for customers who exceed their monthly data bundle from next month. The telco had earlier quashed rumours of this change in its charging.

  From Sept 16, any usage in excess of a customer's data allowance - which starts from 2GB - will be billed $10.70 per GB, capped at $188 per month. The new rates are double the current promotional rates of $5.35 per GB, capped at $94 per month.

  Affected customers are those on its fourth-generation (4G) mobile data plans, all of which are bundled with tiered mobile data charges. As of June 30, the telco had 537,000 4G customers.

  Customers on its 3G plans will not be affected unless they renew their contracts from Sep 16. Similarly, those on its Broadband on Mobile plans - which allow laptop users to go online wirelessly via a 3G SIM card encased in a plastic dongle - will also not be affected unless they renew their contracts.

• ThunderFbolt

  14 Aug 13, 20:02

  Well, at least they have that new Datamore plan thing. :P

• ditzy

  14 Aug 13, 20:09

  Those on a more expensive monthly plan have a higher cap. I am on the mid tier one, which is 3gb. Honestly, its still quite hard to exceed, unless you watch one HQ youtube per half hour for a month maybe.

  I have the singtel BOM plan an dongle too, and that doesn't give unlimited, it only gives me 50gb.

• charlize

  14 Aug 13, 20:49

  

• FireIce

  14 Aug 13, 21:35

  if u dl the singtel app it will tell u ur usage until the next bill

  if u used until dunno how many % of ur cap, u will receive sms warning 

  so i dun think anyone shd have excuse or blame singtel for overcharging

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  15 Aug 13, 16:43

  but still, sinktel -___-

   

   

  is M1 or StarHub following suit?

• ditzy

  15 Aug 13, 17:06

  Of course will lah. They just waiting for the fallout, people calm down, people forget, and put it back in place.

• FireIce

  15 Aug 13, 22:37

  starhub yes

  m1 still monitoring. bt u know wat they will do....

• charlize

  15 Aug 13, 22:47

  Better dun surf too much net or watch too much videos.

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  16 Aug 13, 09:07

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Better dun surf too much net or watch too much videos.

  
  yes, that means less cat video for u