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Re: Batam Info / Interest / Help Thread

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Originally Posted by BFOMF5 View Post
Sick of using IndoHome TV n data package.
Just Switched over to CableTV for my tv needs..
So, i suppose you already got your cable TV, hence i shant post much about it. I have seen Harbour Boutique hotel using one of such which i find pretty cool, in fact i find it is the coolest one among all batam hotels i have stayed in before,hehehe...

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Need to fix up my home data needs.
Remember nono n Blackpage hv some write up on MiFi
I tried but can't do searching on my btm phone....
The 2017 post on andromax is dead (its photos) and outdated. So here's the 2018 one where i buy my 2nd andromax.

https://samleong.shop/showpost.php?p=16...postcount=9663

Not much of an information on the link, hence i am adding more below for your reference ,as i have already bought my 3rd and 4th usb wifi router in Batam.

At this point, you might wish to ask, why buy so many?

1. I buy to test,remember i cut up one piece (the white one,hehehe..) just for jailbreaking reason/s.

2. Each USB wifi router normally last about a year (for me) which i learned later due to its battery being bloated due to over charging. It still works but well, i couldnt cover up the device properly and completely anymore. A new non-original battery cost around 250k rupiah, but that device cost me 350k rupiah, so i might as well buy a new one.

3. Trying out other brands of device out of curiosity (the Airtel device can be use in Singapore and most other parts of the world).

4. Trying out other brands of sim cards (Telkomsel Sim card dont work inside an Andromax device,for your info).

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Can kindly point me to yours write up or if there is any new product or service update could pls let me know.
Thks
I have altogether bought 3 Andromax (comes with smartfren sim card) and 1 Airtel (from Telkomsel with sim). My 1st and 2nd AndroMax (which you read om the above link) were the same model, all of which were bought in Batam (in fact, all my USB router aka Mifi device i am using in Batam were bought in Batam)

If you plan is to use it in Batam or Indonesia only, i would recommend Andromax,hehehe...reason as in, its cheaper. My 1st and 2nd Andromax were the same model ,its old. The cost is 350k inclusive of sim card. You can try your luck find it in either DC Mall (ask around the shops there) or Nagoya Hill Mall computer shops which is almost beside Century Pharmacy that is opposite Sakura Massage/Hotel.


On the photo above, the 2 Andromax in RED box were my 1st 2 andromax model. Few months ago, i bought a new one which is in purple box. Its a more advance model with LCD screen, but the price is around 550k rupiah (if i did not remember wrong, i paid 500k rupiah for one).

Note here that i am still talking solely on Andromax now, my 3rd USB wifi router were actually from Airtel and using Telkomsel, 4th one is the new Andromax on purple box on photo above.

Below is the price plan for Andromax :


...and in the event you ran out of data due to miscalculation :


Over the years i have been using Andromax, i rarely goes beyond 100k rupiah but max is pegged at 150k rupiah at best. The data is accumulative, meaning if you dont finish it this month, it will be brought over to the next month.

Note here again that what is stated on the above table do not include other promo from the sim card itself. When i buy a brand Andromax that time, there was yet another promo that when i add 60k rupiah top up, i get extra 10 GB data or something more. So there might be slight changes to such promo, so better to check with the retailer before committing to the purchase.

It should go something like that :


Below is roughly whats inside the box of the usb wifi router aka mifi. Well, thats the same as what i have in my Andromax box too.


Ok, this is so much for Andromax, or the least, the basics were here.

Recently there was another one which i planned to try out at a later time and that one is from Indosat which selling from entrance of Arrival Hall.

Out from Arrival hall after your luggage is being scanned ,on the right-hand side of UPON stepping out (as what i have told bro Blackpage) of that HALL, there is a shop selling the same device which is not Andromax brand at 500k rupiah. The Sim card is from Indosat M3 and the USB wifi device (aka mifi) that comes with it , as according to the male shopkeeper can be use in Singapore too. And i just assume it can be use with other Indonesia sim card since Singapore sim card can be used.

I wish to try later on to see if it can work for Telkomsel sim card (since shopkeeper says it should work in Singapore), but until then i have no other information as yet.

I already have Airtel for Telkomsel but Airtel is expensive, costing 800k rupiah with a Indo sim card. Singapore selling it at about S$58 w/o a sim. If the Indosat M3 one at Arrival Hall works, then i would use that as my spare. The Airtel one, i use it in Singapore instead of Indonesia but i could still just buy an Indo Sim card and insert it in to use it in the event Andromax is out.

I just found a price list comparison :

http://liveolive.com/system/attachme...pdf?1454323421

For my own collective info.

Just sharing and hope it helps.
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