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U Mobile broadband, unlimited broadband access?
24Mar2008 Filed under: Computing Author: Kitkat
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Have you heard of U Mobile? Obviously it’s the country’s newest cellphone service provider. joining the ranks of Maxis, Celcom and DiGi. According to Wikipedia, U Mobile was founded in 1998 as MiTV Networks Sdn Bhd, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of U Television Sdn Bhd which was formerly known as U Telecom Media Holdings Sdn Bhd and MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd.
According to the salesman at their booth at Bandar Puteri, U Mobile is now operating the new 018 prefix mobile network. As one of the 3G mobile technology license holders in Malaysia, apart from wireless broadband, it’s going to offer Mobile Live TV also. Instead of typical 3G streaming, the videos delivered via Mobile Live TV to subscribers should be of DVD quality.
Now, of course I haven’t tried their unlimited broadband service. But they do look pretty good. At RM78/month, you get unlimited broadband access, together with a HSDPA USB modem for free. If within 8 days, you are not completely satisfied with their service or the access, you can return the modem for a full refund – including the RM50 activation fee! 8-Day money back guarantee, what’s there to lose? 
However, since this is a new service, coverage is fairly limited now. Only certain areas in Klang Valley are covered so far and these include Petaling Jaya, Cheras, Subang, Ampang, Gombak, Kajang, Klang and Puchong.
What sort of speed you can expect. According to the salesman, up to 3.6 Mbps. All these craps are true or not I have not idea, I will leave it up to you to try and share with us. Go to their booth at the food court in Bandar Puteri, Puchong should you need more information or if you wanted to sign up.
You go sign up, test, and share with me how well it works. You can also take this opportunity and I might just pay you US$10 for it?
Anyone knows any news on WiMAX?
Reena
March 24th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Its new name for me. Never heard before… Maybe it is worth a try but, Im from Penang… so, need to wait how long to get it ya?
Jojo
March 24th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Maxis is better than Celcom for me. The price is a little higher if they want to compete with the major providers.
Ah Yuen
March 24th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Hehehe. Vincent Tan punya product. All those who trusted MiTV and sign-up their cable TV all ended up became King Kong (hitting chest).
I dun dare to try… waiting you guys to tell me the result.
Darren
March 26th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
anyway i think i went to a survey for it, sooner they might introdue along with the cabel tv which sumthing like the starhub in singapore, moreover they will introdue more services such as online capacities to store data, free phone call from a broadband to another and so on. need to go have a look i think should be have a booth in times square also since the place which to promoted the MiTV.
suicidalsam
March 27th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Where I live, I can’t even get a decent broadband connection for my PC let alone a 3G mobile internet . The max speed we can get is 256kbps and its quite expensive.
I wish I was living in your country.
Danny
April 6th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
I’ll try to get my hands on one soon.
ohm
April 17th, 2008 at 4:53 am
I live in gombak, just sign-up with u-mobile, all I can say is, this broadband is not so gr8, downloading only at 3 to 7kbp/s and uploading only at 10kbp/s maybe it’s brand new or maybe it’s just a craps like others BB. The salesperson told me that gombak has a good coverage, but I think maxis 384k is better than this. The good thing about this is only the tiny modem that considers a free gift after you complete 2 yrs contract n if you want to terminate the contract you have to pay a certain amount for the modem. in this case I think celcom is better than u-mobile n maxis (no string attached). However there is 8 day trial period 4 u guys to try, so grab the chance on day 6 or 7 go n take back your RM50.
p/s – good for browsing bad for down/uploading (very BAD).
UNLIMITED? check out their FAQ.
Jo
April 18th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Hi there, i have already tried it out. It’s utterly rubbish! Don’t trust the salesperson… what average speed is 1.8 , found that even in time square only provide 1.2 to 1.6 =( and ohm, unlimited access not unlimited downloads! =) well, i only get 50 kbps, nvm… i rather pay rm12 for star bucks instead of “so damn” slow connection.
Maggie
April 18th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Well… my advice to u all is DON’T EVER take that risk. Really damn slow! According to the salesman, the speed is same with streamyx but…….. A LIE!
So don’t try.
fitchrankin
April 20th, 2008 at 2:03 am
i just found out that multiple users shared the same ip address online. it’s too late for me to cancel without paying for the modem since it’s over 8 days. looks like i’ve fallen into the ‘if it’s too good to be true…”
anyway, i have to cancel and get stuck with a worthless modem which have to be reconfigured (which i dont have any idea how to yet), to work with another service if such is available.
yogi
April 21st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
So sad to hear all this bad feedback on u-mobile wireless… seems like it is no better than Izzi and malaysia broadband is actually narrowbad.
johan
April 26th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Let’s look at the bright side –
It’s far better than using two tin cans connected to a string….at least there’s no echo and eventually, you can paint your house when it’s finished downloading….
Future is rather dark here mates – I foresee legal issues if your’e not fast to return within the next 8 days….cheerio!
alan
May 9th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Can’t wait to try it. My maxis is crap cant connect at all. Now I’m using my phone internet to connect to the computer.
(my phone internet is DiGi EDGE)
Shane Dopewar
May 10th, 2008 at 1:17 am
Guys Guys..
I am on my second trial now. The first being the week starting 23rd April – 30 th April. And now running from 4th of May… I was told you can have up to three times trial, if you don’t mind the deposit. I paid up the deposits mind you!Both times at that. Now Guys, i am not after a freebie,but rather, i really want to give this U Mobile a try. Seems like the second trial is as bad if not worse than the first trial. Ok give these guys some credit. They claimed they on average 1.6-1.8 mbps. ( 12am onwards?) During the day it would be like 1.2-1.4 average. Sounds to good to be true?Its very good in fact, i would reckon. Do check it out the speed in your area of coverage. They are not telling lies at all.Its the truth.Check it out yourself
http://www.izzi.com.my/speedtest/
Now for the BOMBSHELL..These guys actually have the audacity to have upload speeds of only 50-60 kbps?Wats the catch here?
I will post my results here
Last Result:
Download Speed: 1799 kbps (224.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Sat, 10 May 2008 at 00:53:11 AM
Upload Speed: 59 kbps (7.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
What’s the deal here mates? I don’t wish to comment further. But i would recommend that you highly reconsider other options before committing to some deals which will set you back at several hundred Ringgit upon the expiry of 8 days
Cheers mate.
Catherine
May 16th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Hi.. I’m currently using digi data plan which I can’t really take the slow speed anymore. So I was tempted to try out the u-surf thing. How was it?? Goodd? not good? I can’t use maxis because the connection is really slow apparently because I’m living above the 5th floor. The maxis salesperson cheated me! And now my only choice is digi
Eric
May 18th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
The real fact about umobile DL & UL
Download average speed = 1800kbps = 225kBps
Upload average speed = 60kbps = 7.5kBps
Obviously, Umobile upload speed is extremely slow. I also noticed that umobile has been throttled or banned any download manager software such as bitcomet, free download manager, xunlei, etc.
If u use any of the mentioned software, you won’t be able to download files smoothly, they will lag you.
About the download speed, they actually achive the speed of 1.8Mbps but their routers are not configured to the optimum setting therefore everyone get jammed when browsing the websites, except izzi.com.my perhaps under the same internet cloud therefore we can surf this izzi pages very fast at 1.8Mbps!!!
Conclusion, umobile is sucking now but i do not know their future, and how long they will improve their congested network.
dauz
May 31st, 2008 at 10:05 pm
U mobile suck! heheh
File Size 62945927
Completed 62945927
Total Time 00:03:45
Average Speed 273.20 KB/s
Create Time 05/31/08 21:54:44
Complete Time 05/31/08 21:58:36
So far i love u mobile.. better than my r.i.p streamyx
I can easly download 50MB within 5 minutes with U mobile now…
1MB streamyx = rm 79
3.6MB U mobile = rm 80 (highest speed i have 2.8Mbps)
Average speed at my home (jalan klang lama) about 800kbps ~ 1.6Mbps
bob
June 8th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
u mobile is great..i’ve just signed up few days ago..the speed at my place in kajang is awesome..
dl=1400kb/s(average)
up=slow, 60-70kb/s(average)
very stable, even though i only get 1 bar..
download torrent and other p2p can reach up to 80kb/s..
direct link download can get nearly 200kb/s..
but there is limitation until 5gb only per month..
dont know what will happen if we xceed the limitation..
Alan
June 10th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Wah that’s fast for you guys….. The place i stayed is damansara perdana area. My speedtest using u mobile only got me 350+kbps for downloading and 80+kbps on uploading and this is the fastest I get so far on 1 out of the 4 days I tested during the free trial. The other days was going as slow as 50kbps to 90kbps on downloading. Sometimes it’s like totally no response. All these are based on signal bar of 2 to 3 bar. Was thinking at least I can bring with me when I go for travelling. Too bad, I have to go back to streamyx.
Paul Tan
June 22nd, 2008 at 12:14 am
U Mobile has retarded network policies, they have blocked port 22, now i cannot ssh to admin my servers.
shan
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
At first day of subscrition, i’m very satisfied with the service but now seem to slower and slower. Even when i do speedtest i still show around 1mb but i still facing page downloading problem. when i click enter to search for a page i will show no receiving packets for around 20second than it will load the page.
orkidfa
July 4th, 2008 at 12:24 am
how come the u mobile speed everyone is not same?!
wasnt if u buy rm75 then the speed is 3mbs?y there is low n high speed?
so counfuse…
by the way,i’m live in jln klang lama..so…is it good i use u mobile?
kampar can use a not?
umobile man
July 8th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Umobile is cheating on consumers!
When u subscribe umobile broadband first 7 days u can surf up Internet very fast.
After that they will throttle your speed, block a lot of ports, block application and encourage u to unsubscribe!
When you cannot withhold with their bad service, during termination of service they will want you compensate RM800 for unsubcription!
It is true. I worked before with Umobile. Their technical team is limiting yr Internet speed.
zaron
July 21st, 2008 at 9:26 am
U Mobile…either want to believe or not?? cos the sales rep mention their coverage can support up to 10 level..and good coverage at puchong…but unfortunately…what they say based on assumptions i think…u mobile only hv 100++ speed at puchong permai…hahaha…after few minutes line will off..very bad…
Jessie
August 7th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I just signed up their U38 service, now waiting for activation..
seem like the comment here all not good…
luckily i still can cancel the line after 1 month trial
Thay give free broadband trial for first 2 months if u subscribe U38
khalid
August 25th, 2008 at 7:42 am
I’ve signed up for RM58 plan (without modem). Coverage at Equine Park is OK, can reach 4-5 bar… service sucks between 4pm-12 midnight… early morning 1am-7am, download speed can reach 2.1mbps… just downloaded 700MB++ movie within 10min.
Ace
September 20th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Am now using U38 plan for 2 weeks d. Not bad, the speed is far better than Fat Dumb Yellowman.
However, i do believe wat U Mobileman had said earlier, d management wants technical team 2 screw us up.
Perhaps, Malaysia is a good place for this kind of practice, Digi was one, Maxis was too, are they brothers of bandits? Am almost giving up hope of getting good connection here. Only hope is WiMax but not in Cheras yet.
How come Malaysia like this one? Apa pun BOLEH?
BOLEH tipu….?
ainun
October 6th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
khalid
August 25th, 2008 at 7:42 am
I’ve signed up for RM58 plan (without modem). Coverage at Equine Park is OK, can reach 4-5 bar… service sucks between 4pm-12 midnight… early morning 1am-7am, download speed can reach 2.1mbps… just downloaded 700MB++ movie within 10min.
——————
700 MB++ within 10 mins. R u sure? I find it very-very difficult to belive…
Thnks,
Ainun
Ujang Teruna
October 12th, 2008 at 12:36 am
I hv lost my data card. I went to berjaya square for a help. I came far away from Putrajaya. I went there on 11102008 9.00pm, but one indian girl at the counter didn’t served me at all. I hate this.. I just want to quit umobile.
Bayang
October 14th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
what about shah alam???? anybody ???
Vincent
October 20th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
I live at USJ 2… so want ask about the modem??? USJ 2 can receive more mbps??? and want ask how much per month for using umobile broadband???
sam325
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:05 pm
please guys anyone have the idea to try this crap wherever you are please save yourselves a hard and discusting time and go for something else
anything is still better than this crap company
its a trap the 8 days trial claimed by them is a trap you will have the best connection ever in these 8 days after that they already trap you to pay them 877 or pay them 78x24month
both are not good ideas so leave this company go to hell
misy
November 9th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Is tis so bad? i just subscribe wor…… waiting for actication…anyone from Puchong try this? How is the speed? i subscribe my u-surf in IOI Mall, Puchong. but i wonder why most of their saleperson using 016, not 018…?? Is this reflect anything??
nasir
November 11th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
i live in pandan indah. being Umobile user for 5 months now. one thing i hate is they lack stability. the download rate can be vary from 0 to 100 kbps. thats during daytime and early nite (7pm to 1am). normally needs to refresh for few times before manage to view the page.
however, after 1am until early morning, the broadband speed normally good, range between 0-200kbps and normally one click then can see the page already.
lately, the service is very poor. have to refresh for few times before can see the web page.
i regret that i terminate my digi earlier. even digi is using edge but the stability…i have to say is very good.
fc
November 26th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
U mobile…….. be very careful free trail period is valid if you hav e not downloaded more than 1GB…otherwise no refund if you want to return within trail period…this is the catch…many people kena like this… it is ridiculous you can only test and know the performance after many GBs of trying…
ahmad nazir
December 13th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Before U Mobile was born, I used Digi. I checked their website that they are under MiTV networks. U Mobile is also under MiTV Networks. When i check back Digi’s website now, it doesn’t say a word on MiTV Networks (maybe they quit from that company or they keep it secret). The point is, both Digi and U Mobile are under MiTV Networks…so the question is…are they under same company with different clothes? Like ‘misy’ posted above,…”but i wonder why most of their saleperson using 016, not 018…?? Is this reflect anything??”
malaysian explorer
December 16th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Wow lucky i checked here. i almost subscribe to them.
Cheers!
nick chan
December 17th, 2008 at 11:53 am
i live at metropolitan square damansara perdana. the streamyx 1mbit works like 128kbps isdn. cannot load youtube smoothly at all. always kena banned in starcraft battlenet.
seems like umobile also no help. i’m gonna wait for 3G from Digi, they will put real competition in the market.
what3v3r
January 18th, 2009 at 12:30 am
u mobile is a crap.ive been using digi edge more then a year n the speed is not so fast like 3g but still i can surf n download better then u mobile.luckly i only use it on trial period.1st few 2 days of trial the speed is awsome but after that,my edge is faster then them.im living in kelana jaya btw n its 1 of they sed a good coverage.
U Mobile Suck!
March 21st, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Avoid this U thing. I live in Kajang. The line is kind of dial-up and when ping, will always get request time out
Brosmen369
May 11th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Broadband Umobile… is Ok time night only 6.00pm u can get this …
Last Result:
Download Speed: 2514 kbps (314.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 58 kbps (7.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
in 10am or 3pm cant get dowload speed better right now.. .
Brosmen369
May 11th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
In Umobile Broadband in ight ok laaa
u can try on moning can get like this ..
http://www.broadband-help.com/tools/speed-test/
Speed test statistics
———————
Download speed: 1771288 bps
Upload speed: 60392 bps
Quality of service: 18 %
Download test type: socket
Upload test type: socket
Maximum TCP delay: 255 ms
Average download pause: 6 ms
Minimum round trip time to server: 353 ms
Average round trip time to server: 1561 ms
Estimated download bandwidth: 4000000bps
Route concurrency: 2.2582438
Download TCP forced idle: 91 %
Maximum route speed: –
usuck
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:41 am
In Gombak, trial – very fast! Great!. A month later, u always failed to connect and very slow.. slower than dialup. now.. cannot connect at all since yesterday.. faking u!
Eric
June 5th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
hmm…i have try Maxis 3.6=SxcK
i borrow U mobile from ma friend to try=good!!!
(i only use it after 6pm, because it’t the time i back from work)
Andy
August 26th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
now i have try celcom ,can i change to 018 Broadband ?if change ,so no need to buy 018 Broadband modem right?
just use back modem celcom ?
U-Mobile is a big scam company
November 16th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
U-Mobile is sucked.
U-Mobile is a conn company.
U-Mobile is the lousiest broadband company in the world.
Problems:
1. speed, hardly go up to 50kbps (promising 3.6Mbps)
2. lousy support
3. billing slow – 3 months back dated
4. very efficient terminate your connection even bill is not out.
5. can’t do auto-billing (unless you have time to go all the way take the fucking auto-billing form)
6. can’t refund.
7. connections always down. I got 2 months no connections, they agreed refund. Waited 1 year. Wrote to press, they AGAIN agreed refund but obviously is conned case AGAIN.
NEVER TRIED U-MOBILE. IS A VERY BIG REGRET.
tanhks
December 13th, 2009 at 4:03 am
I am using U mobile. Very happy with the speed (1500 – 2000mbps download speed).
shan
February 4th, 2010 at 1:07 am
Hi, i just came to know about this U mobile broadband.
I’m thinking of getting it so i need some feedbacks if i should get it… I’m staying in subang (opposite sunway pyramid)… and i need an unlimited plan as i’m a very heavy downloader.. thanks..
BruceBroham
April 25th, 2010 at 6:44 am
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G Web
May 11th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Good grief! This post is over 2 years old and you were getting unlimited mobile 3G broadband, with a free modem to boot. No such luck here in South Africa, where we pay some of the highest prices in the world on our mobile broadband services.
Wilson
July 10th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Hi,
I’m just signed with UB68 – 3.6 Mbps Unlimited Plan.
My area is Taman Pelangi, just border of 3G zone, but still able receive HSPDA & WDCMA.
That day I signed, the staff actually wanna free me USB modem, but my Win7 Home Premium was NOT supported, sial…
So all I need to pay is only RM68 as advance pay, that all!!!
No registration charges, admin charges, contract term, activation charges or what so ever boring rules at all!!!
Only RM68??? Then I got the 3G Sim Card but I can’t surfing without a modem, luckily I got Starhub E1550 modem to unlock so that I can surf with Umobile. But this modem max. D/L capable 2Mbps and U/L 384Kbps only.
So my result with speedtest is D/L 1.5Mbps and U/L 0.33Mbps, wow that is AMAZING speed I got, but I was limited by I’m living in border zone and only max 2Mbps modem, sial again…
So my conclusion is Umobile is still better than other, free from contract term, unlimited usage(speed reduce to 384Kbps after 5GB usage monthly), now price down to RM68 only, but disadvantage is limited area coverage and sorry No for Penang yet and it’s backbone is provided by Celcom.
Why I’m going to pay Celcom youth RM50 for only 384Kbps but I can go Umobile Unlimited Plan???
Share you experience…
Eng.Cabuk
September 2nd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I think if your home or you browse from less distance to the transmission tower, definitely you’ll get extreme download except during major network outage. But if your home only served for 2-3 bars, or far far away from the tower, the quality will going bad.
What you should do?? Suggested before you sign up for any package, it’s better to study the operator tower location.
You can request the map from the operator service center.
But I think, we should try to U-Mobile, because sometimes new brand with new service is much better than the old timer. They’ll learn from the past and start with the fast !
My 1cent …
Brosmen369
September 15th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Bagus nYa Broadband Umobile Ok… Bergantung pada Tempat bro.. klu boleh cari Modem better use e220 atau speed Modem (7.2Mbps) .. I try play GG-arena .. No lag and delay …. celcom play games very suck use pakej 68 and 98 mmg senggal … delay and lag … … Bila laa Umobile nak Update all coverage… Klu Boleh 1 malaysia ade wireless broadband .. speed 3.5 ok laa.
Rebirth
September 30th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
I’m a U-mobile user.. I’ve been using it for few months now… Well.. it started good.. unlimited download and stuff… but now.. after I pay RM68 for the month… It goes up to 2mbps for the first week… then drops to 300++kbps and stay constant there… well i think its becoz of me heavy downloading…. after 10gb for the first week… it becomes crappy… So much for unlimited download…. =.=
mustafa bin jamar
November 7th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
please sent me a package price and i want to try this umobile bband
EmiliaS
January 13th, 2011 at 10:29 am
Thanks for the info,bookmarked and saved
KC Lim
January 13th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
So, now i plan to get a boardband for playing facebook game, and download some heavy document, what is ur suggest me to do? Umobile or Yes? I’m staying in Puchong, Taman Prima Area. TQ
Again, r u sure Penang Umobile is not available? That is a bad news for me to make decision.
KC Lim
January 13th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
So, now i plan to get a boardband for playing facebook game, and download some heavy document, what is ur suggest me to do? Umobile or Yes? I’m staying in Puchong, Taman Prima Area.
Again, r u sure Penang Umobile is not available? That is a bad news for me to make decision.
TQ
zul
March 7th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
My experience with Umobile at Seremban
I using CSL Modem and guest what…It reach 3 – 3.6mpbs DL and 500kb UL and its constant and great for gaming because no lag at all…
and I do have YES4G… The speed is really impressive I. 15mbps for DL and 5mbps for UL. but pitty, its not suitable for gaming because you will face lag issues. Try ping to cyberjaya and the mstime is more than 160ms…zzzz…for me, Umobile is the best at my area.
Celcom-SUCKS
Maxis-good enough but lag!
Digi-haizz…stable but slow speed
malaysia1
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Dun use u mobile, im at Johor area keep getting connect and disconnected issue. Not worth $$ to get crap 3G broadband postpaid RM128. Never use or u will regret
nadia
October 14th, 2011 at 12:34 am
Why i can’t connect my u mobile broadband for 3 day reedy!!!
used tires
October 16th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
For most purposes, wireless broadband is a good solution but for gaming, you’re better off with some sort of wired connection like DSL, cable, etc., otherwise the ping and quality may jump around so much that smooth gameplay is rendered difficult.
-Jean