In the recent weeks, telco (telecommunications) giant Maxis has been under a lot of flak from angry netizens who have taken their frustrations directly onto the internet. They accused Maxis of having preferential customers as well as having uncompetitive rates.

This public relations nightmare has forced Maxis’s hand to not only apologise to their existing customers, but to actually offer a better temporary package to compensate their existing customers and protect their revenue base from being ported out to the competitors.

They have since mentioned that they had packages in the works but are not prepared for its full roll out. In the mean time they are providing an additional 3GB data for all their customers on MaxisOne plans.

If you were a Maxis subscriber would it be wise to stick around till they have a new offering or would it better to port out? On that same note, is the temporary 3GB of additional data a sign of things to come and time for others to port into Maxis instead?

Here are some comparisons of the telco companies mobile data current offerings for individual users (excluding business and family plans):

Plans RM 50 and Below

Service Provider	Price	Mobile Data Quota
Digi Postpaid 28	RM28	1GB
U Mobile – U28	RM28	3GB
Celcom – First Blue Internet	RM45	2GB (Additional 2GB Weekend Data)
Celcom – First Blue	RM45	2GB (Additional 2GB Weekend Data)
Maxis GO plan	RM48	1GB (Additional 1GB 2am-7am)
Digi Postpaid 48	RM48	3GB

Plans from RM51-RM100

Service Provider	Price	Mobile Data Quota
Digi Postpaid 68	RM68	6GB
U Mobile – P70	RM70	7GB (additional 8GB data is a promotion till 31st December 2016)
Digi Postpaid 78	RM78	7GB
Digi Postpaid 80	RM80	7GB (additional 3GB weekend data)
Celcom – First Gold	RM80	5GB (additional 5GB weekend data)
MaxisONE plan 98	RM98	1GB + 3GB (temporary additional data)
Digi Postpaid 98	RM98	10 GB
Celcom – First Gold Internet	RM100	6GB (additional 4GB weekend data, 12GB from 1am -7am)

Plans from RM101 and above

Service Provider	Price	Mobile Data Quota
Digi Postpaid 128	RM128	9GB
MaxisONE plan 128	RM128	3GB +3GB (temporary additional data)
Digi Postpaid 148	RM148	14GB
Celcom – First Platinum	RM150	9GB (additional 9GB weekend data)
MaxisONE plan 158	RM158	5GB +3GB (temporary additional data)
MaxisONE plan 188	RM188	8GB +3GB (temporary additional data)
Digi Postpaid 238	RM238	20GB

Rates obtained from: Maxis ; Celcom ; U Mobile ; Digi

We are well aware that picking out a plan goes beyond just pricing. It of course depends on coverage area, quality of service, data speed, etc.

With the growing need for mobile data and strong competition, rates have been gradually decreasing over the years. If you think there is a better package being offered by a different service provider you would like to try, you could give it a shot and switch to any of the packages mentioned above. Should you find the line unsatisfactory, you could always port back to your original service provider.

As an average consumer many of us get comfortable with our mobile plan and service provider. More often that not, we end up maintaining an outdated plan as it is always the convenient option to just keep paying the monthly payments without researching if there was anything better in the market you could benefit from.

Since we have taken the liberty to do the mobile data portion of research for you in terms of internet quota and price, feel free to take advantage of the offerings currently in the market and port over if necessary to receive better value. While we’re on the topic, do check out our list of best mobile broadband plans in the country.

Have any recommendations or stories to share with us concerning our discussion up top? Feel free to leave them in the comments below.

 

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