Singtel, Singapore Telecommunications Limited: Difference between revisions
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|Website=https://www.singtel.com/ | |Website=https://www.singtel.com/ | ||
|Description=Singapore Telecommunications Limited, commonly known as Singtel, is a telecommunications conglomerate operating in Singapore. | |Description=Singapore Telecommunications Limited, commonly known as Singtel, is a telecommunications conglomerate operating in Singapore. | ||
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==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
{{ | '''Anti-Consumer Practices''' | ||
* Singtel charges clients a (at the time of writing) 10 SGD fee per month to enable bridge mode on their ONR device, a configuration that is basically a login and click away. They even claim having to send a technician to do this to explain the exhoribiant price despite their ability to make this change remotely. | |||
* To save costs, Singtel uses interconnection facilities not in Singapore which means any traffic would have to travel all the way to Hongkong or Japan (closest contracted facilities)<ref>{{Cite web |last=PeeringDB |title=Singapore Telecommunications Limited peering list |url=https://www.peeringdb.com/net/901 |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=PeeringDB}}</ref>. Additionally, they set up peering agreements with certain companies to ensure that their traffic doesn't suffer this. In addition to that, they advertise a 12.22 SGD/month add-on service with WTFast<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singapore Telecommunications Limited |title=Singtel Gaming Boost WTFast Private Network |url=https://www.singtel.com/personal/products-services/lifestyle-services/my-smart-network/gamingboost |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=Singtel}}</ref> if you want these issues dealt with. | |||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||