Prices listed here are lowest available monthly subscription fees gleaned from the respective service providers' websites. Only fixed residential broadband plans without usage limits are listed. Additional discounts or bundling may be available through your service provider.
Plans with higher download throughput are better .
Average peak download throughput (or download speed) is the most commonly associated metric with broadband performance. It represents the rate at which your computer will be able to fetch content (e.g. web pages, pictures, music, video etc) from the Internet.
This is the metric with which most plans are sold.
List of Charts:
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Plans with higher upload throughput are better .
Average peak upload throughput (or upload speed) is the measurement of the rate at which your computer will be able to send or upload content (e.g. pictures, music, videos etc) to the Internet.
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Plans with lower latencies are better .
Latency is the measurement of how long it takes one packet to be sent to one of our test servers, and then returned back to you. This can effectively be thought of as the responsiveness of the connection between your home and our servers out on the Internet.
Latency should be within 50ms for local traffic and 300ms for international traffic.
List of Charts:
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Plans with lower packet loss are better .
Packet loss tracks the amount of data packets dropped for a connection between the tested plan and the designated server and are rare in modern networks.
Level of packet loss acceptable depends on application. For general web surfing, effects of packet loss may not be noticeable until it exceeds 5%. Other application like online gaming, video streaming and online voice/video calls may be susceptible to packet loss at a much lower level.
List of Charts:
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Download throughput is only one of several factors affecting your online experience. You have access to the monthly subscription and the four main performance metrics of the plans by selecting the respective tabs on the top of the page.
You can select the plans to display using the control panel on the left.
Finally, if you wish to join our panel of broadband testers, please visit http://www.samknows.com.sg .
About the Charts
Each performance tab plots at least 3 sets of charts.
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On Net Charts
shows the performance of the plan against test servers
hosted within the respective ISP. This is the best estimate of last mile
connectivity and a good measure of how well the ISP's network is run. For
download charts, the reported number tends be very close to the speed of the
plan.
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Local (SG) Charts
shows the mean performance of the plan against all
test servers hosted within Singapore. These charts are useful to understand the
connectivity between the different ISPs in Singapore.
- International Charts shows the mean performance of the plan against all test servers hosted in a specific country or region (e.g. International (US) averages servers in the US). This measures the international transit performance of the ISPs out of Singapore.
How the results are collected?
- These results were collected from probes installed in the homes of our test panelists. The tests were conducted during periods where little or no Internet activities was detected. Our test panel consists mainly of volunteers from the public.
Why are there only SingNet, StarHub and M1?
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IDA requires a uniform setup for all published plans in order to achieve fairness and comparability of the results.
As of this writing, IDA has deployed anonymous test servers in SingNet, StarHub and M1. These 3 ISPs currently represents an overwhelming majority of Internet subscribers in Singapore.
We are constantly evaluating the ISP landscape in Singapore and will consider other ISPs when appropriate.
Actual experience may differ due to website load, home wireless connectivity, and network conditions at time of surfing.
