

The supposed 512kbps throttling between 8pm to 12am is not mentioned anywhere on its website, T&C and FAQ at the time of writing. Imagine paying for 6Mbps but you’re only getting 1/12 the speeds from 8pm to 12am.Īccording to the Hotlink Prepaid Unlimited page, users can expect HD (720p) streaming on the 3Mbps plan and Full HD (1080p) on the 6Mbps option. From the looks of it, it’s clear that most users were caught unaware of the new policy.
To make matters worse, you are still throttled even if you’ve purchased a data add-on. Initially, he thought it could be a network issue but now it is clear that Maxis has been throttling the speed on purpose. One of our colleagues had recently noticed that he couldn’t stream HD videos on his Hotlink unlimited 6Mbps plan in the evening.
