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Streamyx slow? Is there any alternative broadband in Malaysia?
11Aug2007 Filed under: Computing Author: Kitkat
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I have heard enough of complaints on Streamyx slow, Streamyx sucks, Tmnut, etc etc… I myself have had enough frustration with Streamyx for the past few years. When Streamyx decides to disconnect you will have no choice but to call the technical support which walks you through the same trouble shooting process that by now I am so familiar with I can even tell you word by word how to carry it out.
Anyway, you can join efforts with other Streamyx users, or switch to an alternative broadband in Malaysia. Streamyx is not the only ISP here. In fact there are more than 15 ISPs in Malaysia!
Check out a comprehensive list of ISPs in Malaysia. However, this list may not be very up to date. I can spot a couple of outdated data. For instance, Maxis wireless broadband actually starts at RM68 per month. A pretty good deal as it includes the modem rental and also unlimited access.
Frankly, I haven’t tried anything else apart from Streamyx and Tmnet dialup. Have you tried Maxis 3G wireless, or the somewhat similar offer from Celcom? Would definitely like to hear about these.
decypher
August 11th, 2007 at 4:02 am
my housemate uses celcom 3g, and it’s doing great for him! i’m cutting my streamyx soon to apply for a celcom account. celcom charges 68 bucks a month for 3g service.
JiNG
August 11th, 2007 at 9:46 am
hhmm…rm68 for 300 kb? Wait for Wimax lar.. They said by the end of this year will have d.. haha..
frostier
August 11th, 2007 at 10:14 am
when the country is talking about broadband, the other side of the world are talking about cables, T1 and stuff. In fact, the high percentage of broadband in msia is provided by Streamyx - this has been due to the fact that they are sister company of the TM - which holds high percentage of the fibre networks.
Other provider unable to provide such connectivity and services due to the limitation at the last mile. Hence, they come up with sorts of wireless thingy but the fact that we know, wireless do have its own limitation 1.
Kitkat
August 11th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Last Sunday I was in PC Fair (at KL Convention Center). Maxis had this 3G Broadband promotion where they waived the RM88 installation fee. To sign up just need to pay RM100. You take back the 3G modem, plug into your computer and can online immediately - that’s what they said! Sounds good?
Monthly pay RM68. (RM50 access fee, RM18 modem rental)
Speed: 386K
But, I am not sure about the Maxis’ 3G coverage in Malaysia. Any one can comment on this?
JiNG
August 13th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
err.. no one considering MIMOS JARING? keke…
frostier.. yeah.. wireless got limitation.. but Malaysia cable line also got limitation wat.. once raining, the connection will run off.. i also dunno whats the problem.. using cable yet cant resist the raining day.. shit one lar.. hehe
Yuen
August 14th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Maxis wireless broadband, 3G .. the backend is still streamyx.. so what can you expect ?
rina
August 16th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Hola!
Maxis wireless broadband or whatever they call it, really SUCKS big time. I plugged out mine months ago and gave it back at them after a month of trial. Maxis people said trial right free 1 month or some bull story. Now suddenly i have a bill saying i have to pay nearly rm200 for the ‘free trial’. If you are only using your internet connection at home to access emails or some leisurely surf, like you are not in a hurry to find info or anything, then this is the thing for you. If you are into downloading movies, songs, anime whatever, programmes like me and my husband are, then DON’T even think of signing up for this one.
Maxis WIFI users are NOT ALLOWED to download stuff other than from 1am-6am ONLY!! Ridiculous??? You haven’t hear most of it yet. I mean, come on… how stupid is that. You (stupid Maxis) want to compete with Streamyx but you don’t allow your users to download stuff whenever they want it????? Damn stupid marketing. Their reason is because they don’t want the line to get congested. For god’s sake! If they’re afraid their line will get congested, then don’t set up an internet service in the first place la…! Free trial my foot la!
I guess most of you won’t understand my anger. How about if I tell you that these stupid Maxis internet services people took about 6 weeks to set up the internet connection! First they can’t find where my house is, (how stupid is that, since they can just call me up and ask, right..? but no… they waited until I called them up 5 times to ask why nobody is coming to hook up the WIFI and like I waited for 5 hours and had to cancel my other plans for the ****ing weekend! This happened 3 ****ing times!!!!) These Maxis people are too much. And then the delay for 6 weeks was because they ran out of stock. That’s really dumb. I mean, if they’re trying to set up an internet services, they should prepare with extra stocks of modems or whatever. 1 week is OK but 6 freaking weeks??!! Like hellloooo…
another thing is, the Maxis people dunno what the installers of the modems are up to, because they’re from different companies/contractors, so I was the one who had to relay what I heard from the installers to the Maxis services people who responded damn slowly because they’re mentally and sexually retarded. That’s why,
and by the way, their line is slower than Streamyx, ha! So there, all the reasons why nobody should subscribe to MAXIS FREAKIN’ BROADBAND COZ ITS FREAKIN” LOUSY!
rina
August 16th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Hey again, sorry for all the grammar mistakes and some weird spelling.
I was in a hurry but wasn’t about to miss the chance of dissing out the stupid maxis broadband service.
Anyway, I hope you guys got the gist of what I was trying to say about MAXIS broadband. DON’T SUBSCRIBE!
Kitkat
August 16th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Rina,
Thanks for dropping by and for commenting on Maxis Wireless Broadband. You sound real disappointed with their service. Anyway, how happy are you with Streamyx?
deathemon
August 18th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Wait for WIMAX, i heard that WIMAX already available in somewhere in KL below.
Visit http://www.airzed.com u’ll know… but the price kinda expensive… RM 100 over for 1mbps. My internet cafe here called China for wimax info coverage 50kms.
They actually translate the price china for wimax here currency rate only about RM55-60 per month, why now available so expensive still… SUX BLOOD ar……WTH.
cyphuell
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:33 am
have you tried TMnet so called ’speedometer’? the result always higher than the actual speed.
Jasraj
August 28th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
I’m a current user of the Streamyx 1Mbps broadband services and here’s my 411 on the broadband issue.
Firstly Streamyx isn’t great. That’s widely know. It’s barely manageable and for a serious downloader like me it’s a pain in the ass sometimes. But it’s affordable enough for my salary range and semi-dependable - more or less for surfing!
Then you have Maxis and it’s 3G broadband. On the plus side it has mobility offered in the package. On the serious downside, Maxis has a 3 GB MONTHLY CAP on all downloads & uploads for their #G broadband services. I don’t know what the people at Maxis are thinking but 3 GB wouldn’t have cut it 5 years ago let alone to speak about now in 2007. Hell I myself surf the net - and let just talk about surfing and not downloading - and I’m pretty sure my Youtube-ing will instantly finnish of the 3GB cap in a matter of 3-5 days. All this is based upon the experience of a friend of mine!
Then also there is the seriously lack of customer service quality from Maxis. Just take Rina’s post above as a damn good example. Maxis has from day one has had a very very terrible track record in terms of customer service.
In short, us broadband users in Malaysia will always be shortchange and treated without any level of seriousness by the major Telco’s for the foreseeable future. Broadband is still a nascent market and hence not treated with respect by the Telco’s.
I leave you with this fact to ponder:
Where is Malaysia in the broadband race when our closes neighbours are already on 25MBps broadband whilst the Asian giants are already on the 100Mbps broadband line?
Lacking far behind is the answer. And don’t give me the crap about our price per minute breakdown being among the cheapest in the region bullshit.
Suck Malaysia ISP
August 29th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
I’m also have not idea which ISP in Malaysia is good? And I “heard” that the Maxis broadband is better then the streamyx is that true?
rina
August 30th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
hola..
hi kitkat,..
sorry late reply.have been away for a few weeks.
mm…streamyx??not really happy with it, but its definitely
better than maxis.
id choose streamyx over maxis anytime,.at least until/if maxis decides
to upgrade its internet and its customer services. hm..ye
janice
August 31st, 2007 at 8:06 pm
streamyx is so slow but occasionally it can be very fast. i wonder why?
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Nasir
September 5th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Giving a glance to what Jasraj wrote above… whoa.. are we that far left behind?
By the way which neighbors he’s referring to?
Jar
September 14th, 2007 at 5:02 am
Dont ever subscribe to Maxis BB…thats the only thing I can say…
vincent
September 17th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
maxis BB is really really lousy!!!
they block p2p… and limit 3GB a month (more detail http://www.maxis.com.my/personal/broadband/termncon.asp)
BB is useless without p2p (for me).
somemore… the connection slow… and sometime no service down…
i uses maxis bb 384kbps and streamyx 512kbps…
streamyx is much much faster than that maxis bb and when uses p2p, streamyx is so damn fast(depends the p2p program you are using)…
conclusion, streamyx better than maxis BB…
Einstein0
September 20th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Using Screamyx 512 kbps, I was wondering and researching the following:
Starting a Download at sometimes around 1000 k, then continuously slowing down, depending the size of the file. After a few sec’s the speed reached around 20 k. The slowest ever experienced speed, was 2,1 k.
I heard, that it is not a problem of Streamyx, nor a technical disability. I read about a specific throttel-System applied in Malaysia, introduced by governament bodys.
Today, after a few researches I only can believe that this is the whole truth.
But why. Thats my question, I can’t understand!
Somebody please answer this very and only question.
Why is the governament of Malaysia interested in reducing the download speed?
If using a Speedometer, to download a short file, certainly it shows a good rate.
But using it for an hour or so, its very different…
Montel
September 21st, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Anyone try Izzi (www.izzi.com.my), heard that it is not bad!
Stinger
September 22nd, 2007 at 3:43 am
There’s a way to get around the throttling though. Using an online vpn is a good way to get around it. You’ll get a constant 20kbps or 30kbps at most (that’s for me…. coz i use free service so they capped the bandwidth compared to paid-users) oh btw i use secureix (www.secureix.com).
As for throttling though maybe its becoz p2p sucks up too much bandwidth that it becomes unfair to other users. Just my 2 cents though. Anyway other countries isp are also throttling their costumers connection to p2p but not really as bad as here.
Stinger
September 22nd, 2007 at 3:45 am
Oh ya, i forgot to tell…if u happened to be behind a proxy (especially a http proxy) then it’ll be close to impossible to use that type of vpn (like those use by secureix). I do not know how to get around it though.
DevilsX
October 5th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Walau eh, after heard Rina said Maxis Bb so f**cking suck, i dun wan to apply adi even i got a promotion to waive the 188 installation n activation fee. I had call the agent 4 times adi, they havent approach me yet. always ask me to wait.. WAT THE FUCK of them la…
I already wait 3 weeks. Fucking sienz d..Then i better choose back to streamyx even all the packages are suck…but it better than others…
Tofu
October 6th, 2007 at 2:16 am
Good to see these articles, because i almost sign up the MAXIS HSDPA. And sad to say this, Malaysia bb service and speed is second last in Asia, we only faster than Indonesia lol
My taiwanese relative also laugh about the charges of bb when i mentioned streamyx 4mb package cost RM268 for monthly charge, in Taiwan 14mb only cost RM90 over.
I heard about the fiber optic that gonna start next year 3rd quater with 10mb speed, just hope it won’t be too expensive.
Abdullah Useless
October 8th, 2007 at 3:18 am
Malaysian broadband Internet are much more expensive than countries like China, Taiwan and Hong Kong and Singapore. Don’t believe? go their website and check. go Google it if you can’t find.
More expensive is not the point, the point is it’s not that affordable. if you surf at YouTube.com most of time 512Kbps (RM77, no modem) is not sufficient (video playback lag), 1Mbps (RM88, no modem) is just fine.
How much does a 1Mbps priced in Taiwan? About Taiwan dollar 250 (approx RM22) only. Very much affordable right?
I still have some casual Malaysian net friends use 56K. but all my Taiwanese friends inlcuding casual user use broadband Internet.
Malaysian politicians suck big times.
Pathetic Malaysian
October 8th, 2007 at 10:33 am
All broadband Internet providers in Malaysia are blood suckers. None of them is satisfactory in terms of package and price balance.
loy
October 24th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
RM268 for 4mb i did simply mathematic calculation rm268/4mb = 67/mb
so if tmnut introduce 10mb then the price = rm670/ month loh…. half of my salary!! only rich man/woman can afford
but for me, tmnut still the best choice for p2p…. don’t try maxis broadband …… 3GB per month = blood sucker
aramaiti
October 27th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Currently, I am subscribing the Streamyx RM88. However, a week ago I decided to give a try Celcom Broadband RM68 as I am a frequent traveler.
As a comparison, Celcom Broadband is extremely slower than Streamyx. But better than Maxis, if I were to use comments posted in this forum. No problem with p2p. No limit of bandwith.
If you are surfing from home most of the time, Streamyx would be a better choice.
I was told by the Customer Sevice ppl at Celcom that HSDPA package will cost RM120. But I have no idea how wide is the coverage of Celcom HSDPA. I am using my telephone line solely for Streamyx. So the whole thing cost me almost RM120.
If Celcom really can give me more than 3mb at RM120, I think I would consider to get the HSDPA.
graychia
October 28th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
It’s actually kinda surprising how the definition of high speed internet access has changed drastically over the years. Because 5 years ago, when I was at my brother’s place in Singapore,a 512kbps broadband line loads a flash website in only a matter of seconds. 5 years later, Maxis’s 3.2 Mbps High Speed Internet Access takes 10 secs to load Google. I must have missed out on the referendum to change the definition of high speed from actual broadband to slightly better than dial-up.
It’s disheartening, really, when people boast that their product can reach UP TO 3.6 Mbps for RM98 and 512kbps for RM78 and the reality really leaves much to be desired. For 98 bucks, I really have a peak speed of around 500kbps or less. When asked, the sale people expressed surprise because “people usually get around 300 kbps in this areaâ€. I don’t remember hearing that when they promote their product. (I wonder how much speed can the RM78 package go. Perhaps as fast as dial-up, hopefully). The speed they say is fastest in the lower floors of my condo (I stay in the 1st floor) and generally everyone is VERY satisfied with their service (No complains so far, the lady chants). The highest speed their customer ever got in Klang Valley, according to them, is 2.6Mbps. Which brings me back to the question - why did they promote and claimed that the line can reach 3.6 Mbps when no one gets that?
But then again,300 kbps is really within “up to 3.6 Mbpsâ€, the sales person says. And so is zero. So I think I should just live with getting 0 kbps because it’s still “up to 3.6 Mbpsâ€. Having said that, I would also hope that all Maxis staff and executives enjoy equal consumer privileges as those they’ve dished out at us. Living up to their own standards is the word I’m looking for. I can really imagine them being fully satisfied when any of the below incidences occur to them:
On a slimming product,
Maxis: Hey, your Auta-Liar Slimming Cream promised to help me lose UP TO 10kgs, I’ve lost 10 grammes. Wow! your product works! Thanks so much!
On a Car,
Maxis: Wow Protodua Penipu claims to reach UP TO 300kmh and I could reach 60 kmh. That’s great!
On a health insurance policy,
Maxis: This Max Is Cacat Plan is really great. They promised to compensate UP TO RM100,000 for a disability. I’ve lost a hand and a leg and they gave me RM100. Perfect!
If I’m not mistaken, Maxis is a multinational company that is the forerunner of the Malaysian economy. What a great way to represent the transparency and honesty of Malaysian commerce. I’m sure Ananda Krishnan will be more than happy to earn his money the right way rather than cheating his fellow countrymen. Maybe he can start by actually reforming the whole Maxis Narrowband technical department (e.g sacking people) and also dissolving the B.E.E.B.U (Bluff Everyone Else But Us) division.
P/s: I’ve tried applying for Maxis in March this year and they lost my form. TWICE. And they promised to call back and never did. TWENTY TIMES. But after I heard that they’ve relaunched their service I thought I’d give them a try. Big mistake.
intecc
October 30th, 2007 at 12:40 am
ok here is my question.. what about time dot net? is anyone using it?
graychia
October 30th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
time dot net is ok. My friends here are using and the service is satisfactory so far. They actually do get what they paid to get.
xien
November 5th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
i aslo want ask u all about a thing why my streamyx always disconnect and speed very slow even me is RM88 a week
cristy
November 16th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Streamyx is really sux. Mine is 1.0Mbps. Normally I can still withstand the very poor performance but these few days, it is slow as hell. Tmnet should try something like optical fibers or whatever cables, we deserve better.
myvistakomanwel
November 18th, 2007 at 9:36 am
My solution to broadband problems in Malaysia
1. Sign up for at least two broadband providers
2. Run a private proxy server in Singapore
See http://myvistakomanwel.blogspot.com/2007/11/reliable-broadband-service-with-minimum.html
Hor
November 19th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Malaysia really sucks in providing Internet access…luckily though, I’m now living in UK which has 8Mbps for a normal budget customer which is affordable… I wonder how long our country Malaysia is going to achieve the status of being an IT savvy communities… Yeah, better spend all the money on Angkasawan project than on the fiber optic… then wait for another 20-30 years.
shiukoru
December 5th, 2007 at 2:45 am
You all are stupid la.. Now we are in Malaysia with poor technology and you all want technology like US and Japan.. so go to the damn country la.. I am using Streamyx since 2004, 512kb. I don’t get any problem, maybe just 1 or 2 problem with no connection.. but what I’m doing, I turn off the PC and go to sleep and tomorrow connection up again.. You want to know why you get this problem because you are very stupid about computer… boost your connection, download big files, play online games, stupidly configure your router and network.. so, that is your problem… TM have one rack for putting your port. At the rack TM will give 10 gb *example.. at the rack have 10 user… so if 9 of 10 play online game, download stupid file, so what will happen to the last user… so, think about that.
If you want to play online game, make sure not many user at a website.. if have many user, try play.. if slow don’t play game la.
If you want download… don’t use kazaa….or bittorent or anything like that.. just use downloader at your window or mozilla.
Maybe you will not face this problem like me.
If don’t have connection to Streamyx, make sure your networking is ok, your hub, cable, phone cable, splitter, or anything about PC.
At my place I have 1 modem, 1 hub, 3 desktops, and 1 laptop.
From my wall socket will direct go to splitter, and I do a wiring because my computer at up-stair, so from splitter will direct go to 1 small box.. and from a small box go to modem and direct to hub.. So, I’m using 3 PCs.. so from 2004 until now my connection is ok.. 512kb and sometimes I even get 765kb… so don’t have a problem about TM, but the problem is you!
Tom
December 6th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I wish I can go to other country to live with better connection speed but the truth is i can’t. We all need to wait for years for Malaysia to have optical fiber technology here such sad story. Furthermore, I’m also one of them who like to download big files through the net. There’s nothing we can do about it might as well wait.
khaza
December 6th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Anybody want to share their comment about Celcom 3G broadband? I plan to subscribe it, but somebody said that it not so good and just same as Maxis broadband… anybody have an idea?
Nicholas
December 17th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Good day to all,
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We’re having a Christmas Promotion right now, Call now to know MORE!
Regards,
Nicholas
Mobile : 016-634 2272
Email : nicholasyan@izzi.net.my
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Ho,Ho,Ho, 4G Is coming to town…. Hahaha.. ^^
Ken
December 29th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
I just signed up for the maxis wireless broadband service this afternoon. And I regret not doing more research before doing so. I use streamyx broadband at the office and having fed-up with them, I thought maxis will certainly be better than Streamyx. I was dead wrong. haiz…
The speed I got was a little better than 28.8k dial-up and its definitely not “broad” band. I can’t even load the page for bandwidth test! WTF?-!!! Its the year 2008. We humans have gone to the moon years ago!!! I can’t understand this kind of incompetence!!!
Having said all that, I found out that I can get a full refund if I return everything in 7 days. Then I face another problem. What other alternatives do I have? Any suggestion is a welcome.
kYo
January 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Here are some tips for you….
Celcom 3G has the widest 3G coverage in Malaysia instead of Maxis.
So why choose maxis??
I use Celcom HSDPA broadband with 2mbps speed, and my friend uses Maxis HSDPA but Maxis still does not have wide HSDPA coverage.
So my friend can only use GPRS connection or 3G only with max speed 384kbps… for more info you can view this page http://jauze.blogspot.com/2008/01/networking-with-celcom-3g-hsdpa-and.html
Wing Loon
January 4th, 2008 at 1:42 am
kYo, how much you paying for Celcom HSDPA? and how much your friend paying for Maxis HSDPA?
kYo
January 4th, 2008 at 3:23 am
i pay rm120 per month for celcom 2mbps internet speed connection… i share internet with 5 other friends.. my friends using maxis paying rm99 per month for 768kbps.. they got HSDPA modem and a free telephone for only RM100.. the modem with 1 antena and look old.. it’s like tmnet streamyx modem but how you want to know the coverage?? the modem is connect to the computer using LAN cable not the usb… however hsdpa coverage is too poor there.. so they use 3g coverage which is 384kbps.. how poor is them!!
SaNJi
January 4th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Agree with kyo. For me, Celcom is the best. I’m using Celcom 384kbps at max speed and share it with 3 other friends. Still i can download videos and surf at ease. Tried Maxis broadband before but the data rate was very unstable. Plus we need to obey the 18-month contract and they limit our monthly usage to only 3GB data. That’s why I changed to Celcom. Celcom’s really hassle free. Celcom’s modem is expensive for me, so I searched n find a cheaper one at http://www.3gcard.myceloteh.com for only half of Celcom’s price. Besides, the modem can also be used for digi or maxis, and very mobile. No, but I thought Celcom HSDPA is RM98/month?
Kitkat
January 4th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
kYo,
RM120 a month for 2mpbs HSDPA and 3G connection is very affordable and a good choice especially when you have 5 people to share the cost.
You use the Huawei 3G USB modem? That should be very portable and you can basically connect to the Internet anywhere in Malaysia… at least in major towns, right?
SaNJi
January 4th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
i would like to know about P1 broadband.is it good?
kYo
January 4th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
now if i not mistaken, celcom had offer rm98 per month for 3.6mbps.. i’m still not sure about this rate and speed…
SaNJi
January 5th, 2008 at 12:28 am
my friend used this rm98/month package.the min speed he obtained is 1Mbps.the max is 2Mbps.but never reach 3Mbps yet.
Kitkat
January 5th, 2008 at 2:53 am
SaNJi,
P1 broadband is very slow. You can read about my review here
http://www.kongtechnology.com/2007/12/11/p1-wireless-broadband-its-damn-slow/
But of course, that was only my first experience with them. I haven’t got a chance to try them for a second time.
SaNJi
January 5th, 2008 at 3:18 am
i c..then how about izzi 4G?i heard they only cover klang valley.have u ever tried them?n does anyone know anything on plc broadband?the one implemented in indonesia.i heard dat d speed was super fast, much better than wired broadband here, because it’s said dat data transmitted over household electricity instead of phone line.any idea Kitkat?
Kitkat
January 5th, 2008 at 7:16 am
SaNJi,
I have no idea and I haven’t tried iZZi yet also.
I think I am still OK with the services from Streamyx so far, although occasionally there are downtimes which is damn frustrating. Whenever there is a downtime I will start to think about dumping them and go for Maxis, Celcom, iZZi or the other providers. But before I really get to action, Streamyx will come up again…
You are the owner of the 3gcard website? You should have played with most of the broadband providers yourself?
SaNJi
January 5th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
no..i’m not the owner of the website.my name is ashraf,not ghufran as in the website.i just want to recommend this site because i’m using the modem provided by this mr.ghufran,n i’m very satisfied with it.rite now i’m in kuantan suburban near gambang.n there’s celcom hsdpa here.the speed here is 355kbps.
i have tried only maxis bb n celcom bb.never tried p1,izzi or other bb services.so i would like to know more from those who had experience on them ike u.looking forward for ur next review on p1 bb.=)
kYo
January 5th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
how about penangfon?? i heard pay only rm60/months for 2mbps dload/upload unlimited speed… only eligible at penang island.. but only certain places… never try on it
SaNJi
January 6th, 2008 at 12:07 am
yeah..rm60/month for 2mbps sounds so cool.how is it? me too never try on it (since i’m not penang citizen).
MalaysiaBoleh
January 6th, 2008 at 3:31 am
Why not send your message via smoke….. I think streamyx cannot throttle it…. he he he
Smoke Signal is the future of communication in bolehland.
lamepug
January 17th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
hi guys/gals,
i currently had and tested streamyx 1mb, celcom bb 3.5gx, maxis bb 3.5g, izzi 4g.
b4 i share the views, we do not wan to go far from the topic discussed. no politic stuff, just pure views.
i test above mentioned 4 brands @ the same time and place as i have 4 pc @home with each brand in each pc, same configuration, no extra boost stuff and tested celcom 3gx, maxis 3g, izzi 4g outside and mainly klang valley area.
Speed wise;
1.) celcom 3gx
2.) streamyx 1mb
3.) maxis 3g
4.) izzi 4g
celcom coverage is everywhere, u can get 3g in many places (klang valley) even in some basement car park. with 3gx package 10.0 ~ 12.0 Mbps and 3g package 35x ~ 37x kbps. with hsdpa gadget, 3gx package and hsdpa area able to get up to 16.0 ~ 18.0Mbps. worse are the out sourced registration vendors. no need to ask any question or gets any doubts info from them (vendors), they will ask you to see the leaflets. celcom 3g sim card supplier are worse, no qc if you’re unlucky, you need to re-visit the service center for sims card exchange (abang punya sim card rosak la) and making the situation worse the staff tell you they are going to charge you rm5 to exchange sim card.
streamyx cannot get it out of the house test but eventually many know how the speed. there time it become sick. and when it sick, it will take 2 days mc, in 2 months it can sick 5 times = -10 days mc. (it happen to me b4) it hurt so bad ~ i nearly loss confident with it, why? so many years in the broadband business = no improvement on the speed. the biggest improvement are their 1300 88 9515 as now the out source the call center to another company and these company are smart, too smart. to keep the KPI and SLA meets. they will close your report in 2 days regardless job done or not. as they no measure on re-repeated jobs. so write these 1300 88 9515 number on the note-pad and stick-it on the modem as you would not forget.
maxis one of the pro in wireless stuff with great 3.5g hsdpa advertisement almost everywhere. maximum speed 12.0 Mbps but unstable. it will cut-you-off or drop-you-off if there’s no activities. do not hassle yourself to configure the modem as if WILL drop-you-off by their network. maybe they don’t want so many people lingering on the networks.
Kitkat
January 18th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
lamepug,
Thanks for the comprehensive review… but what about IZZi 4G?
lamepug
January 18th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
actually I wrote long view mayb blog editor didn’t add in.
anyways, here the izzi 4g experience, i heard the brand are doing good on another side of the land and new to boleh land. i do asked the sales person what are those 4g thingy. he give me bunch of crab and prawn stuff (i puke with the seafood he serve) i asked are they relate to 3g or sharing exchange with others isp…he say no, they have their own exchange and nothing to do with 3g line. it 4G! but he can’t really give me the answer i wan. since they offer full refund in 7 days. i take the iburst package with rm66 monthly and up-front rm148. iburst package comes with pcmcia card modem, i can’t find the sim card slot, mayb they it built SIM-inside thingy. furthermore the sales person say IT NOTHING RELATE TO 3G!
i do move around with my notebook and the maximum speed was 24x ~ 32x kbps. even 3 km from their exchange hub. i was so so surprise. download speed max ~~ 18 ~ 22 kbps. on 4 days of testing…i return them every things and demand refund.
for those really wanted to get broadband for personal leisure, my tips are;
no need to listen to anyone that not living with or near you.
do not use forum discussion to be a guide for you decision.
for those who wish to get celcom or maxis broadband can always buy a pre-paid sim for testing b4 sign-up package.
get the broadband that available near the place you online most of the time.
lastly, i do not recommend ANY brands to you, pls adviced to get the most affordable, available broadband brand nearest to you. i sincere to tell I DO NOT RELATED TO ANY BRANDS I MENTION AND NO INTENTION TO CON DAM ANY. just my personal point of views no related to any living or dead.
SaNJi
January 18th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
what’s iZZi purpose of saying they are offering 4G service?4G technology is not yet released actually.the IEEE802.16n standard is the strongest candidate to b the next 4G technology but yet it’s still on research.expected date is around September 2008.maybe iZZi is using IEEE802.16 standard n wants to make it easy for people to understand,but rather than 4G,they should use the term WiMAX.but then,if they could only offer 1Mbps data rate,that’s not WiMAX.that’s not even can b called HSDPA.whatever the reason is,a friend of mine in gombak satisfied with the iZZi’s average 700kbps speed.
lamepug
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Hi guys/gals,
No matter which isp brand you interested, just do not expect much from boleh land isp. there’s no use if the isp brand can provide you with 1mb or 3.5mb of speed but it always down.
lately there’s a down syndrome from celcom broadband at puchong utama side. so…no matter how good the isp are…you’ll still facing difficulty.
*just another 2 cents….
cheers~(”.)
Reizer
January 26th, 2008 at 12:00 am
My Streamyx 1Mb in section7 Shah Alam is very slow since this Monday. I can’t even update my antivirus. Not to mention watch a lousy video on Youtube. What are Tmnet people doing? Goyang kaki and garu bontot ke?!?!
We keep talking about first class this and world class that and going to space and all. But at the end of the day we are all stuck with 3rd class (or 3rd world) ISP. 50 years of independence and Malaysia still can’t even provide 1 good ISP.
If TMNet, Maxis, Celcom or anybody else only think about taking money out of our wallets rather than really improving and providing us faster and better internet connection, vision 2020 will only be a fairytale book we read at night before going to sleep.
Voyager
January 29th, 2008 at 3:57 am
Seems a lot of people mention about Wimax here. I totally agree and like Wimax.
There is a time my ex-company subscribe the Wimax with 1mb. Darn I have to agree… TMNET STREAMYX su*cks~! The bandwidth is way more STABLE~! Even raining is not barrier at all. Love it. If they start on going for home user. That will be cool~!
CYFUL
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:19 am
TMNET MONOPOLIZE BROADBAND. ALL ISP IN MALAYSIA MUST USE STREAMYX GATEWAY. NO POINT OF CHANGING ISP, UNLESS U R ONLY LOOKING FOR BETTER CUSTOMER SUPPORT. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE, THERE IS NONE OUT THERE.
Kagemusha
March 4th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I arrived recently in Malaysia, and i needed to find out about the different ISPs in malaysia. I had heard alot about TMNet and Streamxys - after using it, i was extremely unsatisfied.
The Internet in my building, ( which atm is free according to the contract with the building ) is absolute rubbish. Bizzsurf connections dies repeatedly, and on fridays it dies in the evening, and i have to wait till Monday to get it running, because they dont work on weekends or after 6:30 pm. Which is stupidity in my opinion - runnin a 24/7 service with no 24/7 help line….
Maxis i heard is again, useless, their amazing wireless service, doesnt work above the 5th floor … floors below that, their service is nothing to brag about - constant time outs, repeated lag spikes.
Metrofon/ Optical Comm - i have not used this ISP because my building has not been approached them as yet - but from what my friends tell me, its a brilliant ISP. They are VERY happy with it - 60RM a month for 2mbit speeds ( download speeds of about 250-300 KBps )
Izzi Net is one that im thinking of getting, but i need a stable ISP because of my use of the Net, i dont need wireless all that much. I am still a little unsure of how it works, if anyone has any personal experience with the isp, please do share.
- thnx
Onari
March 6th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Streamyx is soo slow nowadays. It’s so weird because when I download files at my friends house in Subang Jaya the download rate is high. And she is using 1mb/s streamyx connection like me. I read somewhere that your internet speed also depends on the area your connecting from.
I used to live in Subang Jaya but recently moved to Bangi. My internet connection has been slow ever since. It’s a serious pain when downloading… and I’m not even running any bittorent client or ares etc. in the background. Damn slow la…
queman
March 28th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
MAXIS is screwing around with the consumer…. lets organise a walk in to maxis HQ centre in KLCC and ask for service cancellation. I have been using this stupid service since june 2007 and till now, i have called maxis 10 times…. they have come and change my modem 3 times… and i have even challeged them to come to my office to prove that their 3G is working… but till now…no one with B#LLs came..
they keep sending in their 3rd party installers to rectify the problem which cannot be rectified… because… its not a PROBLEM… its their stupid service level… thats all they have…
if people can make a change on who runs the country… i think we can change how MAXIS treats its customers and tell everyone how the are cheating the public.
all their stupid advertisements are showing kbps, which equals to KILO-BITS-PER-SECOND…. that means what ever you getting you divide by 8, then you will get the actual THROUGHPUT speed which comes to about 30 to 40 kilo BYTES per second.
8 kilo BITS = 1 kilo BYTE
1000 kilo BYTE = 1 MEGA BYTE
so we are actually get crawling speed from these MAXIS and STREAMYX….. might as well just get dial up … which comes up to the same speed….
MALAYSIAN ISPs all BL**DY LIARS
p/s: but among the cheating ediots, i would say Streamyx is the better jack!!!
Darkoni
April 1st, 2008 at 2:10 pm
my english not really good. so i just make it simple. i’m 1 of the maxis bb user now and browsing is ok for me. So far the problem i face now is only the p2p download problem. just like other ppl said, 3gb download exceed limit..sometimes they block the P2P..( but i can tell you tat’s not true!!!) HERE IS MY STORY:
i’m using maxis bb rm98 package since last year nov and i really regret to suscribe it. the download speed is damn slow and recently they block my account speed which only reach to 256kbps coz they told me i download over the exceed limit. the funny things is the guy from maxis told me i download over 20gb stuff in just a month and usually they only give everyone 20GB per month to download file. (as i know they make 3GB download exceed in the terms and condition, rite?) tat’s last month incident and today, April.. i still havent get my “speed” yet..
Darkoni
April 1st, 2008 at 2:15 pm
and this is my advice… (since we really dont have tat much choice in malaysia)
IF… HEAVY DOWNLOAD MANIAC.. DO NOT USE WIRELESS BB.. TOO MUCH P2P ACTIVITIES WILL BE BLOCKED!!!
WIRELESS BB ONLY EASY FOR US TO TRAVEL EVERYWHERE AND JUST.. LISTEN PROPERLY, JUST FOR BROWSING!!!!!!!
even Streamyx not tat satisfy for their service.. but at least P2P is working properly without any disturbance…
ME STILL HAVE 12 MONTHS TO SUFFER FOR THIS MAXIS BB.. well.. for those still consider for the 3G bla bla bla BB.. better cut it off.
yen
April 4th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I have just subscribed to Celcom broadband last month. It really sucks. Don’t mention about the p2p downloading, even there is the problem with browsing the Internet. I am thinking of terminating it but I just bought the usb modem and the cost is really expensive. Please reconsider before subscribing!
phpnuke
April 9th, 2008 at 1:11 am
am waiting for ISP’s from other to come and make a change in malaysia. and sure, when that day come, streamyx will realized their stupidity
Nosferatu
April 12th, 2008 at 12:10 am
The sad truth….
izzi is going around the 3G limitiation set out by MCMC…there are only 2 licenses for 3G in Malaysia and TM and Maxis are the big weiners…
Notice “4G” on the izzi paraphernalia…its all a scam.
All broadband in Malaysia is running on TMNet gateway. Forget about talking to ISP and NSP or ASP or whatever acronym you can think of. What we have to do is to go in force and large numbers to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and force them to open up the gateway licenses to other more viable and credible services. Wasn’t it in their credo that the Internet was open and free for all? Why the need for licenses then?
Think about this, in the UK around late 2006 I was surfing 1.5GBPS at home, with actual download speed of over 30MBPS on ares. Here the best I ever got was on Maxis wireless (which has already stopped 2 months ago) and that was about 420kbps.
My point is this… it’s useless to think of alternative “broadband” providers when the backend is still the same. Put political pressure by rising up and forcing the convening authorities to force the gateways open and provide a better solution for the country.
Anyone care to organize his shindig let me know… seriously.
Elson
April 12th, 2008 at 2:49 am
Nosferatu you are right man, I’ve had enough with Streamyx, it seems to be very unstable these days and when i made a complain about it what i got was %^&*() due to the maintenance %^&#$% please bear with it and it will be back to normal in XXXX days. Even my friends who are using maxis BB, not to say being unstable “sometimes”, it’s not stable at all… all the time.
Ok let’s go back to Streamyx, I was wondering what are they or were they doing!!?? They have been doing a lot of promotion, promoting how good they are bla bla bla with all the packages and they got so many… MANY subscribers, but no upgrades were done (am i right?). All they want is money it’s like taking things for granted, want more money but don’t want to work for it. Anyway… i’ve fed up with all these craps. Like what Nosferatu said, give some pressure to the government (TM)!!!
beibeip
April 16th, 2008 at 11:40 am
If you just signed-up maxis broadband service and suffer from the slow speed. Your area might not coverage by their broadband service.
Maxis Broadband termination steps…
If you are in between 7 days of your purchase,
(1) Go directly to Maxis Center for service termination w/o penalty.
(2) Drop a complains email to MCMC and put e-complains on NCCC.
http://nccc.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=697&Itemid=71
SKMM Consumer Complaints Bureau
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor
Attention: Consumer Protection Department
Tel: 03-86888000
Fax: 03-86881880
Complaint Hotline: 1-800-888-030
Email: aduanskmm@cmc.gov.my
I dont know malaysia complain channel will really work or not. But no harm to try and get back our registation fees as well. As we are really being cheated by such a big company.
If you are after 7 days of purchase, write a complain letter and cc to MCMC ask for termination of the service without penalty. I dont know this will work or not, but better than do nothing and continue paying $$$ and suffer for the slow connecting speed.
enough!!!
April 17th, 2008 at 8:47 am
I’m just 3 seconds away to finish my download and suddenly it stopped! It took almost 1 hr to get there and now i have to restart my download. What the hell? It’s because this maxis broadband network really sucks. Disconnect whenever they feel like. damn…
Sharon
April 18th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Good luck with complaining. You’ll need it. And refund policy in Malaysia never work out good for the consumers. So you’d need more luck if you want to d/c your line. They will come up with any excuse to make it looked like it is your fault the speed is slow. PC config and stuffs like that.
But Celcom users should be ok, since they are on a month-by-month contract.
Boleh Fred
April 27th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Nosferatu is right. If we get only one backbone and no competition, no point hunting for alternatives. I wonder when Wimax is out then whose backbone will Wimax use? TM’s backbone is my guess. If everyone suddenly switch to Wimax, traffic jam start all over again.
If anyone organizing a protest about our bolehland’s Info SuperSlowWay, I will give my support, even though Government too busy to buy some submarine and get commission to care about us.
Boleh Fred
April 27th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
4 the last 1 or 2 weeks, Streamyx so intolerably slow. Any news site takes 10 secs to load. No kidding. Even without P2P. This message took 3 tries and more than 2 minutes to post.
Hazel K
May 7th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Nosferatu is right. Putting pressure on the government is the only option we can get faster and more reliable service providers in this country. And now is the best time to do it too, seeing how our elections went, the government shd be peeing in their pants about any uprising.
This country’s biggest problem is their priorities, and a government that works for their ‘in laws’, so lets make this change. I am interested to know how we can start a ‘war’ with the authorities.
peter ooi
May 8th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Streamyx Slow?
Get Satellite Broadband 512kbps @ RM150 per month for yhome or coroporate 1mbps @ rm450/mth or 4mbps @ RM3200/mth
Kevin
May 14th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Does anyone have any idea about Jaring service? Looks like Jaring package is more cheaper than the Streamyx 1MBs package. The basic one only RM69 per month (subscription minimum is 24 months).
ALAN
May 17th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I am using Maxis 3.6mbps package. The first month is very fast more than 1.5mbps. Now the speed average is about 650kbps. By the way, Iam living in ampang
epit90
May 25th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Alan, maxis is not good… when I was using that Maxis months ago… I never got 100 kb per sec… Anyway, you are in Klang Valley still got below 1 mbps? Do you think Maxis is a scammer or cheater or liar?
This is the top isp in M’sia (if you really want to subscribe) , :
1. Tmnet
2. Celcom (wireless or wired, for other than Tmnet)
3. Maxis
4. Unknown Digi
5. Time (starbucks’ internet provider)
6. Other unknown isp such as Wimax, izzi, jaring or others…
Sabah78
June 3rd, 2008 at 3:46 am
Just share my view with u guys.
I subscribed to Streamyx 1 year ago. The speed was good and everything OK until one day my DSL router cannot get a stable DSL light & Internet signal was not turned on which I had to send back for service warranty.
When my router came back, my service center claimed nothing wrong with it. So I plugged in everything, and still giving the same problem. To solve the problem, I decided to make a comprehensive troubleshooting by myself. To my suprise, I find it the router works fine everytime when I switch off and on by toggling the switch on the router, NOT the toggle swich on the wall socket. Provided with all my computers SHUT DOWN, the router is sure to get a stable DSL light again.
Later I learn from the streamyx technical support that, the DSL router is very different from the DSL modem due to the automatic connection. The correct way to disconnect a DSL router should be toggling the switch on the router, wherelse to a DSL modem, we normally disconnect from the Network connection icon. It is particularly useful when you want to reset the line when the speed becomes slow again.
The built in hub came with the router has a lot to do with the streamyx line. When all the computers are off, you are sure that the LAN does not interfere with the DSL signal during resetting. The BEST thing is, try not to use a DSL router if possible. A simple DSL modem and a manual splitter to 2 PCs will be just fine for a typical home and small office use. It saves all the troubles to make sure the LAN is out of DSL during reset. Another alternative is to use a separate hub.
Slowing down of signal also happens in wireless broadband. So there is no use to change from one package to another when the users does not even know the right way to operate their machines correctly.
Sabah78
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:38 am
My finding about Streamyx is very similar to Shiukoru’s reply: The problem is you!
Don’t use P2P download software!! P2P shares any files within its community, including VIRUS, Malware, Spyware and stuffs!! Don use Kazaa, Bit Torrent things like that. Once these craps are downloaded to your PC, the very next time they will hijack your line and even system and everything become slow. The worst thing is your PC soon becomes retarded and break down.
I used to be a fan of online games too. I played Ragnarok years ago and now GG Garena. I experienced that, the game servers often connect to your IP addess or Streamyx Port even if you already quit from the games hours ago. Wow it slowed down my internet browsing as if I am still playing online game at the same time!! I regretted playing online games the first time I discovered my PAID $$ LAGnarok servers are based in Taiwan & Garena servers are half the globe away. Gaming companies throughout the world earn big money even by providing LAG GAMES to us. You see some of the biggest tycoons in China nowadays are online game bosses. Why complain our ISP providers instead?
Our lines are meant for good use. It is true that our technology is limited and behind to those in first world countries. By knowing this, should we be helping our country to save more money and use all facilities wisely? Our resources are extremely limited!!!
Michael Wye
June 9th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
when i was in USA, the slowest connection is 5MB/s.. yes!!, that’s 5 megaBYTE per second (assuming bandwidth=speed), while in the other part of the world, coming back to malaysia, .. they just managed to come up with the 3 megaBITs per second broadband connection… see the diff?? 1 byte=8 bits.. in other words, the slowest connection in USA is at least 8 times faster compared to the highest broadband speed money can buy in malaysia.!!! yeah Malaysia BOLEH…BOLEH MATI AR…
slowmyx
June 12th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
I just came to know that French internet surfers are enjoying 24 Mbps speed as standard and we in Malaysia are bragging about
512 kbps or 1Mbps. What a big joke. So embarrassing! How to achieve vision 2020? I can bet we are still bragging about 1 Mbps in 2020 if BN is still in power. Real useless govt.
unknown
June 14th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
hi everyone,i’m currently using streamyx an paying rm88 every month.paying by credit card.Streamyx ALWAYS overcharge the bill…i dont know y..that’s fine.but the worse thing is…the connection is damn slow and most of the time i couldn’t access to the net…i called streamys 5 times a day.All the staff gave me the same answer.They told me that there is some problem with the port and ask me to wait for 2 working days….They will send a technician over my house.i gave them my hp num. but the technician dint contact me at all and came to my house all of sudden…..They dont be able to see me cause i’m not at home and they dont even give me a call at all…they juz pass a red paper(stating that they cant reach me and wrote down their number) to my maid…once i’m back home…i’m damn angry cause i do give them my hp num… y dont they call me??I need the connection urgently for some purpose.FINE..i called streamyx after that..they told me that they are working only half day on sat…ask me to wait till monday and the technician will call me b4 they come…BULLSHIT…i called streamyx very frequently and i can even remember the number and also the operation dealing.i seriously fear up with streamyx…thought of subscribe maxis broadband..any one can give me any idea about it????/
unknown
June 14th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
i heard that wimax is pretty gud as well…do any one heard b4?but currently the coverage places still not wide yet…maybe end of this year will be better…..
Maxis Customer
July 28th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
A warning from one consumer to another:
DO NOT SIGN UP TO MAXIS BROADBAND!
If you love your kids, don’t let them use Maxis broadband.
Kids who surf slower, learn slower and with the added pressure from having an unstable internet connection and constant disconnection could lead them to having suicidal tendencies at such a young age.
IF YOU LOVE YOUR KIDS, SAY NO TO MAXIS BROADBAND!
D.S. K.G.
August 10th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Hey! are you all nuts. Do you all relise any internet service providers you try subscribe to all have to pay rental, and using TM lines. If TM broadband sucks!!! sure all other ISP sucks too….
TMNUT FAG CAN KISS MY FURRY A#$
September 26th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
The whole point is that we are paying for something they promised but not delivered and that we have no choice but to comply even if they do the crime due to some monkeys (u know who) protecting their precious investment from competition.
Our fault or not, one thing clear is that they clearly broken every single code of ethic which is to provide the customers with what they truly deserve. They give empty promises and never try (or even farted for that matter) to upgrade their already corroded facilities. Yet they still have the nerve to say they are the best to offer.
Try imagining this, CEO and the monkeys of the company sitting down in their thousand ringgit chair enjoying their luxury life (and good internet service for that matter) all paid using OUR money for services meant for US and not for THEM. They are laughing at us, folks!
Another thing is unless we do something to resolve this matter soon, there is a high possibility it will reach a point of no return where they stop caring for customer’s dilemma all together and continue to con unsuspecting citizens. They can do it because we are all BARK BUT NO BITE. Protected by the monkeys of the nation, they don’t care even if the whole subscribers complain because u know, it’s all just noise and no action.
This is truly outrageous and as a Malaysian, I do not wish to see our country continue to erode to the point where I am too embarrass to even utter where I was from to the outsiders. Even now I bet, they stop comparing our technology with Singapore but to Zimbabwe.
mamu
September 30th, 2008 at 1:47 am
ermm
always hang while using the celcom broadband. really annoying!!!
dimmur
October 17th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
hm.. many opinion now…. i wanna ask some question..
why streamyx is powerfull brodband in malaysia>? why no company can challenge streamyx for good business chalengger>?? why streamyx service very bad??
when i look people who use broadband in oversea like france.. whoooo 24mbps… very done…. why malaysia very slow upgrade internet speed?? they got rm billion for their income lol…..
why goverment dont want to build more brodband in malaysia?
why end why end why…. zzzzz
tired lol problem in malaysia.. please help make change…
radedy
October 20th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Slow than “snail”
goodevil
November 1st, 2008 at 3:47 am
maxis broadband 3g is really…really..really…SUCK…
i use for 3 moth..and i’m dont with dat…
they(maxis) say its speed maximun is 3mbps..
but what i get just around 300 kb…
what the hell…i’m in kajang which is good connection place..
i had try use it at kl..pergh..i get maximun 1mbps..
what the stupid liar maxis..
1 more things…my bill get up to rm2oo…
its ok bcause i used msg..but its also charge me when i not using internet..
what the suck..
i not using internet or msg but i must pay about rm10 per day..
why???
s/n:aq x pndai omputeh..korng bt2 pham la erk..
Firenze
November 6th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
try out deconnexion broadband..
Ivan
November 15th, 2008 at 2:02 am
Hi I’m Ivan from Singapore.
After hearing about the appalling bb speeds in Malaysia, I feel so fortunate that I’m living in Singapore instead of Malaysia.
Here in Singapore, we enjoy 54 Megabytes per second (using Starhub cable) and we can still hear people complain about how slow the speed is.
It is very frustrating to experience dialup comparable bb, frequent disconnections and rogue service people blatantly abusing their clients. Shameless CEOs and their boards sitting high despite their total incompetencies.
In Singapore we have the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) that works as the regulatory body to enforce governance in the Infocomm industry. Doesn’t MSC work in a similar capacity as IDA? I wonder what is MSC doing in the face these problems. MSC is supposed to be the body championing IT technology. What’s the use/relevance of MSC if it just feign indifference?
In Singapore, we can bring this up to our MPs (i.e. Information or Home Minister) and they will make our voice heard in the Parliament and this will be swiftly followed up with an action plan for problem resolution.
We could also lodge a complaint to the Consumer Association (CASE) where the consumer watchdog will seek the company out to discuss the problem and resolution. We could also make a report to Singapore Press Holdings(SPH) and SPH will send their journalists to investigate the matter and publish their findings in local papers i.e. Straits Times etc.
Do you also have similar avenues to voice your grievances towards a resolution in Malaysia?
God bless,
Ivan
Alan
November 20th, 2008 at 4:02 am
Slow slow slow Malaysia everythings also slow not just the internet connection, people working in malaysia also very slow and out date. One Word to malaysia MALAYSIA SLOW. But when talk to corruption this guys is the fastest in the world. People go to moon also want to follow what a shame of this country, follow like a dog still keep saying malaysia boleh. What the hell boleh, boleh follow like a dog. THE SLOW MALAYSIA ………….
Requiem
November 20th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Look, everything provided by our “dear” little government is f**king s**ks!! ok??
I’m one of those maxis victims. I use the power package (3.6Mbps) they offer too. but like wth, the morning is the best connection ever, I can have ar