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Internet in Cambodia is a premium service, not any one can afford to have internet connection. Although it is still expensive, the price comes down recently. 3.5G HSDPA technology has made mobile internet available in Cambodia. Nowadays there are two plan for unlimited mobile internet:
- Mfone: 2 option, first $25 weekly or $88 monthly it is expensive that if you compare to DSL it is cheaper since HSDPA give you download speed of up to 3.6 mbps. These option can be activated at Mfone’s office.
- Hello’s blackberry plan: this plan targets corporate users because the very high cash deposit ($500 + $300 +50 according to a Hello staff that explain to me) you have to make with the company. However this plan costs only $68 a month for unlimited data usage and you’ll get a new blackberry phone.
- Cellcard 3G unlimited: Not available anymore to new users but you’re lucky enough to own one of these SIM card, you get the best of 3G service in Phnom Penh. At only $44 a month you’ll get unlimited internet usage.
Yes these plans are unlimited, if you can figure out a way to share it with your family it becomes a cheaper option, 3.6mbps is more than enough to use alone. Although the HSDPA offer 3.6mbps, at average you can get up to 1.8 mbps (it is still much better than DSL in Cambodia).
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July 22nd, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Dear,
Mfone 3G unlimited SIM card is not good. You test it, you will know. Speed is slower than MobiTel.
Cellcard 3G unlimited are not available for sale now but buy from existing customer. Just change ownership from the owner to you.
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:07 am
Hi all,
Yes, I’ve seen my friends use Mfone 3G and they told me it’s slower than Mobitel 3G another thing Mfone is unreasonable when they switch from one promotion to another, they won’t care about their customers.
About Mobitel unlimited 3G, It’s not available now but you can change the owner. I used to contact some Mobitel’s guy and they told me that SIM cost $310 + $100(deposit) + $40(first monthly fee) = $450. But you can take $100 back when you stop using it.
Chheer!
July 29th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Just curious. What download speeds do you get with MFONE, Hello, or Mobitel 3g?
I currently have the blackberry plan. Browsing is pretty fast, but downloading, I get only 30kbps max.
July 29th, 2009 at 3:19 am
that is not fast. i got 300 kbps most of the time.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Hi all,
What about qb provider? I think qb also provide 3G service too…
July 30th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
QB is expensive and the coverage is not good.
July 31st, 2009 at 11:23 am
Yes, qb is expensive and has no unlimited download with price lower than $40 per month.
As I want to say, if you all can get the old 3G SIM of Mobitel to use for your own business, you will get quite great benefit!
August 4th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Can you tell me how to connect to internet with cellcard 3g unlimited?
and i do have cellcard 3g sim.
August 4th, 2009 at 8:50 am
and one more question is it still unlimited like before?
cuz you say you get unlimited data access right?
August 4th, 2009 at 9:25 am
okey i know it is not good to have double post, but now i have triple posts.
the thing is i am really really curious weather i can get that cellcard 3g plan now cuz i cant see any of that plan on cellcard.com.kh web site.
sorry again for many posts.
August 4th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
You can’t now, but you can get some one to sell you the unlimited sim card.
here’s a quick setting: apn:3g
username: mobitel
password: mobitel
August 7th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
How do you know your sim is the unlimited sim card or not???
and i didnt just buy my sim, i have it long time ago and i used to get a mail from the company saying some weird thing about unlimited something but i didnt care back than. so i there a way to find out wheather your sim is the unlimited sim or not??
thanks for future reply…
August 7th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Use all you can and you will see in the monthly bill if they charge you or not!
August 8th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Use all i can??? are you Post-paid or pre-paid user???
and i thought you said they charge 44 $
August 8th, 2009 at 11:04 am
I am post paid user. they charge me $44 monthly.
August 8th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Really?? but there isnt that kind of service now.
they only have 9$, 24$’, and 40$
i ask them if they have 44$ plan and they say no.
Do you know why that is??
August 8th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Yes they have 40 plus 4 VAT
August 9th, 2009 at 9:33 am
What is VAT?????
and it seen like they are limited plan.(about 400mb download)
August 9th, 2009 at 9:35 am
and they need 50$ deposit too.
August 15th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Hi Borin
You really can download up to 300kbps through cellcard 3G internet? How about the internet speed really good? I wanna to know more about internet 3G.would you mind give your phone number? here is my email: itdara2003@yahoo.com. I hoped i can get your phone number through my mail.
August 16th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Hi Borin,
i want to know if it’s real 3G unlimited download at 300ko /s or 300 kbp/S
well tell us more on here
thanks !
i really need to know and other people to
regards
sam
August 16th, 2009 at 7:34 am
hi, at night it is some thing like 300 KBPS which mean one minute I download maybe 16megabytes.
At day I can get somewhere around 150-200 easily.
August 21st, 2009 at 11:05 pm
what can i know my 3G sim have unlimited internet or not what can i do before my sim used call public
August 21st, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I have Mfone 3G is used 1month 88$ but i can’t shared 3 or 4 PC is can used only 1 what can i do I used with modem 7.2Mb
August 26th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
who still use internet on mobitel 3g? would u like to sell it?
August 27th, 2009 at 10:54 am
From what I know all new cellcard 3g sims are not unlimited and can get very expensive if youre not carefull. If you had an old unlimited account and missed a payment by just a day they switched you to the Non Unlimeted plan without telling you and you were hit with a huge bill. I have a few friends who this happened to so beware of this if you are buying a sim from someone else. Im not sure of the rate but everyone I know whos had Cellcard 3g has given it up due to cost.
August 28th, 2009 at 7:25 am
I use Mfone 3G which came with a Surfstick for 88$ for a week. I bought the stick for 88$ and and there was a week free for unlimited use.
First of all it’s NOT 3G Speed and no way HSDPA. I did a speed test several times and download was never more than 280kbps. For example this morning
Last Result:
Download Speed: 196 kbps (24.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 250 kbps (31.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 287 ms
Friday, August 28, 2009 06:55:55
At least it should be real unlimited.
HELLO is also offering a so called data unlimited plan for 63$ a month, postpaid. But you can read at their website…. hello 3G mobile broadband service fair usage data limit is set at 2Gb. Beyond this limit you will experience less than broadband speed.
So its only 2Gb a month “3G” speed and after that i guess its going the be 56kbps. So it’s not unlimited 3G!!
Cellcard, qb: all not unlimited
I also use ONILNE at home since 2 years and I’m happy with it, at least about the speed which is 512 daytime and 1024 nighttime. The drawback is the 300Mb daytime limit a Month. From 7p.m till 7a.m and Friday 7p.m till Monday 7a.m it’s unlimited.For this I pay 107$
So internet still sucks in Cambodia but I can see that the prices slowly going down but still, if you need a connection with at least 512kbps AND unlimted usage (around the clock) you don’t get that below 200$
September 12th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Kbits and kbytes are not the same.
64 kbits = 8 kytes per sec
128 kbits = 16 kbytes per sec
256 kbits = 32 kbytes per sec
512 kbits = 64 kbytes per sec
1024 kbits (1 mbit) = 128 kbytes per sec
2048 kbits (2 mbit) = 256 kbytes per sec
its 1024 kbytes in on megabyte.
kb = kbytes and NOT kbites
it gos b/kb/mb/gb/tb and so on.
http://www.ezecome.com.km is good the price just dropt also. i pay 85 usd whit wiamax modem and get 128 kbytes day time aka 16 kbits and 512 kbyes (nighte time) aka 64 kbytes (its more like 60-62 kbytes) this is also unlimted. i download about 60 gb a mounte.
metphone got cheap internet (but i tink its just shit)
128 kbits unlimted 24/7 30 or 35 usd.
256 kbits unlimted 24/7 110 usd
1024 mbits unlimted 24/7 is 260 usd.
i am realy happy whit ezecom now. but i whant 512 kbits or more 24/7 unlimted. so borin if you whant to sell your sim or know sombody that dos send me email.
September 12th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Do i just need a old sim card to get on cellcard unlimted ? or do i need to get a sim card all ready subcribe to the unlimted deal ?
September 12th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
hey bong, u seems to know alot about the mobitel 3g unlimited thingy, cuz im so tired of slow internet speed, right now my speed is 15kbps MAX, compare to yours 300+, i was like what in da hell did this guy do ??? and please, i hope you can explain more on how to get fast internet for cheap price, … so now im on ezcom and its so freakin SLOW !!! if you have any ideas pls contact me on d.unit13@yahoo.com , and im planning to get de S.I net for 1mb … do u thing its a good idea compare with the mobitel 3g unlimited .. and i got 1 of those sims but i never use it … can i still use it … tell you the truth im just 13 and i got 260 bucks on me … do i have enough money for it … p.s add me on yahoo or sth. im still young so i dont know much of this thing
Sorry for the long comment, im just so CURIOUS and PISSED OFF with slow internet, can you reply this to my email because i might forget to check out your blog and thanks for de info bong. XD
September 12th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
and you can speak english fluently … dats cool XD
September 13th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Hi,
Mobitel Unlimited 3G is the best, too bad it isn’t available any more. You can try the Hello Unlimited HSDPA is has a decent speed with the cost of 70/month.
September 13th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Hi borin.
hello unlimted usage data limit is set at 2Gb. Beyond this limit you will experience less than broadband speed.
and it says 63 usd and Likely average speed is 512Kbps.
is its somting i dont know ?
whant to sell your sim for 150 usd ? plase add me to msn whant to have a chat whit you.
September 14th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Richard,
Thanks for sharing I did not notice that it set the bandwidth limit.
September 14th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Borin 200 usd ?
got my bill from ezecom today.
(Life Style 4) (ID: ****)
14/09/09 Subscription Fee (until 14/10/09) 69.00
14/09/09 Wimax Indoor modem Rental 5.00
Data Usage (********@ls) 79822 MB 0.00
Thats about 80 gb hehe
November 12th, 2009 at 11:19 am
anyone interested of buying usb modem that supports HSPA/UMTS 850/1900/2100MHz / GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz? can work for all networks except 018….
March 13th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
hey borin
is excell (cdma) good ?
it says 1.7”mbs, what te hell does that suppose to mean ?
and from i know they charge us 100 dollars for the usb modem.
and 48 dollars per month is it a good price compare to other providers ?
March 18th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
My metphone internet service was down yesterday. I called their service people yesterday before noon, they promised me they will call me and arrange for the service soon. Today I called them for more than 10 times, no one turn up. They pass the line from one to another. they said they will send someone to come, very soon. Some even said their technical people will call me within one hour. Most of their staff do not speak English, I hope i got them right.
My local staff and friends who speak Khmer help to call them too. I believed they know my problem.
I do not know when they will come, but their people keep on saying that they are very busy as they have a lot of new subscribers.
I try to call their main line, but it seems none in the office can speak English.
Can someone help to pass the message to them:
1. Employ some staff who can speak English.
2. Not to give promises if can’t deliver,
3. Do not let customers to wait for 2 weeks for the new internet service instalation.
March 25th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
my office suppose to use internet metphone, but everybody taking a bed service of metphone. now i am in trouble how to find any good provider. who can comment me. we actually want to used unlimited bandwidth with the payment under 200$ per month.
March 31st, 2010 at 2:17 pm
borin try ezecom. got one now tink its 512 kbits unlimted. 140 usd per mounth may give you free fiber.
just whanted to say that execell company sucks like they did a year ago…
i get about 500 to 1000 ms (thats really bad)
ezecom i get about 300 ms (thats no to bad)
Speed is shit whit excell…
1.7 mbits for 48 usd is bullshit its more like 240 kbits.
March 31st, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Just wanna share my experience with Hello Broadband.
I’ve been using it for 3 months now. The first 2GB of usage comes with a speed of about 700Kbs, and the speed after that is about 256Kbs. It’s not too bad for 70$/month, though sometimes it can get quite unstable, but so far, it hasn’t given me too much trouble. fairly satisfied with it, but I’d prefer a faster speed with that kind of price. So I was thinking of switching to Excell, but according to the posts above, Excell Mobile Broadband doesn’t seem to be any better than Hello, except for the price.
Though I heard from the staff that if used near the base station, the Excell Mobile Broadband is quite fast, can anyone here confirm that?
April 8th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Hi, with the excellent valuable information from the helpful members here, I wish to ask some questions:
Cellcard has the blackberry ( BB)unlimited. Will this be the same download upload speeds as the older cellcard unlimited?
Can I buy the blackberry plan unlimited and use a HSDPA dongle and ditch the blackberry? I checked the sales lady in Cellcard, but she said this plan is for BB,(I am not so convinced) but i can use my own BB device?
April 23rd, 2010 at 2:10 am
Internet Service Providers in Cambodia are suck if we compare to other countries such as VN, Thai, SG n Malay blah blah…
April 28th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
what is a bout digi? some one know that? i used it for 128kbps/128kbps for 29 $, it seem ok for the speed for one computer.
May 12th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
Hi Borin
I use internet excell but slow than company promotion
May 12th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
i want to joint internet cheaper only just 20$
if who know about tell pong na
May 13th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Hi im planning to use excell unlimited plan and can anyone kindly tell me about the speed when download? And how many megabytes can we download in 1 minute? Thank for your futur reply.
May 21st, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Test drive the thing and you will know.
May 23rd, 2010 at 2:33 am
hi has any of you try Mfone 3G in Sihanoukville does it get UTMS/ HSDPA speed? or just GPRS? i Have cellcard 3G unlimited but was told that in shianoukville i can only get gprs signal.
May 24th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
I’m still curious about the speed of Excell. Easyboy, do you mind test the speed and post it on here?
I’m currently using Hello 3G Broadband, and the speed is about 256Kbps.
May 28th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Hi,
I will go to Cambodia the next week, can you recomend me a SIM for my 3g modem? I would like a prepaid SIM with daily charge and use it for call to Spain too.
Thanks
May 31st, 2010 at 9:24 am
I would suggest Hello 016 for prepaid 3G service.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Thank you Kevin!!
June 4th, 2010 at 12:47 am
I had a Cellcard 3G unlimited and I will maybe stop using it this month for some reasons. If I want to sell it, does anyone still be interested in buying it?
June 8th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Anon, I might be interested. Contact me by email ung.kenneth@gmail.com
June 9th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Hi All,
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June 16th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Hi anon, I would be interested in the 3g unlimited plan if you still have it. Please email me at hhdang@hotmail.com
June 19th, 2010 at 7:48 am
I switched to Digi cable internet, around Kampuchea Krom Blvd area. $29 dollar and no upfront fees required. Quite ok and reliable. At 128kbps. TV streaming is totally impossible. And I tried the HELLO, at 512kbps, TV streaming is also unwatchable. MFone is fast, TV streaming is excellent but downside is it is expensive to subscribe.