Nationwide WiFi no more?

Before UNN helped bring Imagine, DST and Progresif to a somewhat level playing field, Telbru had their TelBru WiFi hotspots that you could connect to and it used your existing quota

We can see remnants to this in this PDF on Imagine’s website

Free Access Service
TelBru WiFi Free Access Service (“Free Access Service”) is a complementary service made available by TelBru for the public at designated TelBru WiFi locations (also known as “TelBru WiFi Zones”).

Postpaid Service
TelBru WiFi Postpaid Service (“Postpaid Service”) allows you to access and utilize your Residential Broadband Plan subscription outside of your home at any TelBru WiFi Zones.

But unfortunately the current state of if seems to be that it is only available on Progresif if you’re able to get their support to set it up but hopefully this can change in the future. See below for my experience of each telco

Imagine

  • No longer available
  • Am an Imagine Dream broadband subscriber since December 2024
  • Previously Imagine had prominently mentioned on the website and even stated that it supported multiple devices as I detailed in “Brunei Telco Wars 2022” as shown in the screenshot below taken from the Wayback Machine from January 2023
  • But now it is no longer stated on the site and when I asked their support, they told me it is no longer available. I didn’t research too much before my migration as they were previously pretty open and upfront about it being available so I presumed it would have still be around so it’s pretty unfortunate
Screenshot of Imagine website from wayback machine stating

Progresif

  • Available (if you get through to the right people)
  • I was a Progresif Fibre subscriber from September 2022 to December 2024
  • It may take a while to get set up though as I had multiple discussions to try find out about it. One person was convinced that it would only work if I had a Progresif mobile subscription which I did not have. Only after multiple follow ups with their support I managed to get it set up. It seems they had to liaise with UNN to get my account working
  • Currently their support page mentions that it is a feature
Screenshot of Progresif support page stating the following:
 
Can I use my Progresif Fibre data on the Nationwide WiFi?

Yes, you can use your Progresif Fibre to access to Nationwide WiFi. You can login with your Progresif ID (Mobile number), Password and Service number (Fixed line number).

DST

  • Never available
  • I was a DST Infinity subscriber from March 2020 (soon after their launch) to September 2022
  • Whenever I asked DST support, they all didn’t seem to know about it or some people just saying it was not supported
  • If you try to connect to DST WiFi hotspots there would be a link to this PDF file which states the following but the MyDST credentials never worked

Customer’s MyDST credentials will be used to log-on to the DST WiFi Service and therefore the user will be fully responsible for whom these credentials are shared with.

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