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Celcom claims that they are the No.1 mobile broadband provider in Malaysia,in their website they claims that " we offer you the widest coverage (over 71% of Malaysia's populated areas), and most affordable plans. We also give you the latest, sleekest modems and hardware - and continuously implement network upgrades and enhancements. It's no wonder that our subscriber base is aggressively growing; don't miss out on joining Malaysia's largest and absolute best Mobile Broadband community."
There are many plan offer by celcom broadband, press the following picture to view the details.
DiGi launch its broadband services at 19th March 2009 with clear promise of value and quality internet to Malaysian. Digi also the first among Malaysia's Telecommunication industry which launch 14.4Mbps network.
The technology using by Digi is HSPA (High Speed Acces /3.5G) is a collection of two mobile telephony protocols, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA). Compare to other operator in Malaysia like Maxis and Celcom, their coverage are still limited.
Below are the promotion and package offer by DiGi.
Note:
Advance payment: 1 month of the monthly fee (non-refundable).
One month’s fee advance payment and deposit of RM500 required for foreigner registrations.
Usage volume is calculated based on monthly bill cycle.
All speeds shown are average speeds which can be higher during non-peak hours.
Fair usage policy applies.
Upon reaching usage quota, speed will fall to 128kbps.
Stamp duty of RM10 applies and will be reflected in the first bill. Existing customers subscribed to Extreme will be maintained at their respective speed and quota.
Maxis wireless broadband is one of the wireless broadband in Malaysia which cover most of the major cities in Malaysia, from Penang to Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur to Johor. No matter which package you choice, the speed is on best effort basis , up to 7.2Mbps.
Maxis had 4 different categories of broadband packages for different target of user,there are
(Press any of them to view the detail of the package)
Monthly Device package
There are 4 option in this package, 1.5GB,3GB,6GB and 12GB
In these package offer by Maxis, activation fee, handling fee, direct debit rebate & bolt-on do not apply.
Further more, if anyone interesting in subscribe any of these payment, they will have to made a upfront payment up RM150 to opt a free modem, else if they choose without modem, they only need to pay 1 month advance payment according to selected package.
Below are the terms and condition :
7 day satisfaction guarantee applies
Shuold you opt for the package without modem, a 1-month advance payment is required.
Should you terminate the Broadband service during the first 5 months of service, the free modem rebate of RM30 per month will cease at the point of termination.
Free modem is on"while stocks lasts"basis.
If you have exceeded the subscribed volume quota, your speed will be throttled. You can choose to continue the service at throttled speed, OR purchase additional data volume via MyAccount Portal to enjoy uncapped speed.
Bundled package
There are two option provide in bundled package:
They are "Home value" and "Mobile value",
in Home value package, Maxis will provided a modem which need external power sources to operate, this is suitable for those only require access internet in home only.
For Mobile value package, you have to pay more to get a USB modem, which allow your access internet anytime anywhere with your notebook.
Monthly No Device package
For no device package, there are "Advanced Lite" and "Advanced Lite Youth" package.
Maxis will give you a sim card which just for broadband access purpose only.
For the Advanced Lite Package, there are a bit conflict with its monthly device package, as RM68 in monthly package offer 3GB volume quota with free modem. But when comes to this package, user have to pay more , but no modem will be provided.
Advanced lite youth is specially for the youth adult group ranging from age 18 to 25 years old.
Weekly/Daily
This package is purposely design for very lite user, if you are not accessing the net frequently than this is suitable for you ,there are two option here, either Daily or Weekly.User are not require to sign up or pay any fees to subscribe these package. They can get it directly through their existing Maxis sim card, what they need to do is just to follow particular instruction than they will able to purchase the package and surf the net, they can surf over the phone, through their modem , and etc.
TIME dotCom Berhad is a leading fixed-line telecommunications company in Malaysia, they launched TIME Fibre Broadband at 3th of February, it is a high speed internet access that offers user access internet at speeds up to 50Mbps.
PenangFon and SentralFon are the services provided by Optical Communication Engineering Sdn. Bhd (OCESC). This company was established in 1992 by Rimbunan Hijau Group in order to produce optical fibers, cables and associated devices, accessories in Malaysia. Today PenangFon and SentralFon provide Fiber optic broadband connection respectively at Penang and Kuala Lumpur.
Below are the package offer by PenangFon:
Residential Package For Non-Landed Properties (Condominiums/Apartments): Ethernet-To-The-Home Broadband (ETTH)
2 Mbps Upload/Download Unlimited Internet Access
Monthly fee of only RM60.00 for unlimited access @ 2Mbps 2Mbps Download / Upload 3 months deposit Minimum subscription of 1 year Speed of service is on best effort basis One time Service Activation Fee of RM40.00, and Installation Charges of RM80.00
TIME's Broadband offer by TIME dotCom Berhad, one of the telecommunication company in Malaysia, which offer ranging of service, from voice and data communications to broadband Internet, satellite connectivity, private networks, as well as other IT and communication solutions.
TIME broadband provided broadband access through ADSL(Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) or SDSL (Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line ) technology. Compare to other's company service , there is something special about TIME broadband, TIME broadband user are to BOOST their speed whenever they need it, currently the BOOST features still on free trial, once the trial period end,the existing user have to pay certain amount to get extra bandwidth.
As you can see, TIME broadband provided 3 different package, from 1.5Mbps up to 6Mbps.
To subscribe TIME broadband, user will need to pay:
RM150 installation and administrative charges (Waived for 24 months contract period) apply.(Modem included)
1 month advance payment. A minimum contract period of 12 months.
Maxis is another limited telecommunication company which provided DSL broadband service, compare to Streamyx, its only offer to Maxis Fixed line customer,which only available in limited places.
To subscribe Maxis Wired broadband : For existing Maxis Fixed Line user
Not require to pay any fees,as Maxis currently doing promotion
RM100 Deposit waived
RM100 Activation waived
RM88 Installation waived
RM50 Registration waived
For non-existing Maxis Fixed Line user
Only required to pay RM75 as a upfront payment to get a fixed line
Waived of 12 months telephone rental fees when subscribe for Maxis broadband which worth RM300 (1 month RM25).
Streamyx is the largest broadband service provider in Malaysia, and it is a subsidiary of TM Berhad, Malaysia main telecommunication company. Streamyx launch its broadband service in April 2001 at speeds of 384kbps by using ADSL technology, after that they continue upgrade their service, and today's the fastest package offer by Streamyx is 4Mbps.
These are the package offer by streamyx.
When anyone subscribe to any of this package,there will be charges those following fees on their first bills:
a.RM75 for activation.
b.RM88 for installation (if applicable)
c.First and 2nd months advanced subscription fee.
d.RM10 for stamp duty fee
Beside that TM also offer streamyx to those dont have a telephone line in their home, it known as Streamyx-combo.
Review of Streamyx
There are various of problem with Streamyx in connection, according to the information from Malaysia forum such as lowyat.net, cari, redesignmalaysia.com, many user are not satisfied with streamyx service, and the service in rural area is even worse, as some complaints that it is difficult for them connect to the internet, some claims that they got slow connection or frequent disconnection. Some wrathful streamyx subscriber even created different creative poster to pledge their dissatisfaction.
There is a testimonial found from internet,a guys who named Ranjit share his experience on a website:
What a horrible Broadband Service?
Hi All,
I recently upgraded from streamyx 1Mbps to 4Mbps service. I was hoping for a BIG change, but unfortunately, all I can say is that the Service and Support from streamyx Premier Division stinks. It is really really BAD.
Right now, my connection seems to be somewhat stable, but my speed is intermittent and Looooouuuuuusssssyh! I am only getting ~ 300 kbps and nothing more!
I have decided not to pay the bill until Steamyx gets their act together. I suggest that a load of us to do the same and put the pressure back on streamyx. If we do not do this we are going to be spending a lot of time chatting and talking and not getting our money's worth.
From a disgruntled customer...
Cheers,
Ranjit
from :http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22884476?hilite=streamyx
And the net friends sarcastic story：
You might be either surprised, or not surprised at all, but Earl’s connection speed is back to terrible again.
The Lowyat.net boys have their say on earlier visit here: TMNet CEO Visits Streamyx Customer, Earl-Ku’s House
Rigged? TC_Boy has this to say: “There was an article posted here (on Lowyat.net) before about how ISPs usually mark certain ips to be given max bandwidth & high priority because it belongs to broadband speed test sites. They have fooled the user and the press. The speed maybe for real too but only for him or his DSLAM.”
Hmm…
from http://www.redesignmalaysia.com/category/broadband-providers/tm-net/streamyx/page/2/
So, is there any streamyx user here? Please share your experience with us!Regardless its positive or negative!
According to Malaya Communications and Multimedia Commission, Malaysia broadband defined as
i)Providing internet service beyond existing PSTN/ISDN or 2G cellular networks.
ii)Data transmission rate more than dial-up speed(56 kbps in PSTN or 64 kbps in ISDN
There are two main categories of broadband service available in Malaysia provided by different company,
there are wired broadband and wireless broadband.
In Wired broadband it can be divided into different categories again since different ISP implement different technology ,the common technology using in Malaysia broadband service is DSLand Fibre Optic,
For DSL,the main ISP are the following
TM
Jaring
Maxis
Time.
DSL known as Digital Subsriber Line, it use the existing cooper wire in a telephone network to transfer the digital data. In a telephone line, the voice communication only occupy certain frequency , and rest of the frequency were actually useless, therefore DSL technology is introduce and uses a second,higher frequency band for data communication purposes.
While ISP that provide Fibre Optics broadband service are
City broadband(only in Cyberjaya)
Metrofon
Penangfon.
Fiber optic is a cable made by class or plastic fiber cable that carries light which allow transmission over a longer distance and at higher bit rates. In Malaysia most of the ISP which provided Fiber optic connection choose FTTH (Fiber-To-The-Home) or FTTB (Fiber-To-The-Building) as their network architecture.
For the wireless broadband, the major telecommunication in the country such as
Maxis
Digi
Celcom
U Mobile
They launch mobile broadband through various types of device, such as cell phone, portable modem, and other device. Different standards are used to ,such as WCDMA,HSDPA,EDGE,GPRS and etc. These mobile broadband companies, they can easily provided wireless broadband service by only doing some enhancement or upgrading work on their existing mobile network. 、
However there are several arguments about "Mobile broadband ", because the QOS(Quality of Service) itself doesn't meet the international broadband definition. Therefore, some said its just a wireless high speed internet access , but some still claims that it is a broadband.
Meanwhile, in order to boost the broadband penetration rate in Malaysia. MCMC has release 4 WiMAX license to those companies.
Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
YTL e-Solutions Bhd
Asiaspace Dotcom Sdn Bhd
REDtone International Bhd
WiMAX, stand for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, an alternative way provides wireless transmission of data by using ussing different modes. This technology able to provides up to 10Mbps internet connection, it also known as IEEE 802.16 standard.It also an alternative for last mile connection.
Today Packet One Network in Malaysia has formed one of the world’s largest mobile WiMAX 2.3Ghz network.
This is a small clip, briefly explain about WiMAX.
Beside these technology, the iZZinet Sdn Bhd introduce and provide a new alternative mobile wireless broadband service to Malaysia public, the "iBurst" technology.
iBurst also known as HC-SDMA(High Capacity Spatial Division Multiple Access), it is a wireless broadband technology, it operates on a similar premises as GSM or CDMA2000 for mobile phone.
This is a small clip, briefly explain about iBurst technology
There are also some companies introduce VSAT （Very Small Aperture Terminal)broadband service through satellite, those companies are:
H-Vision IPSTAR Satellite Broadband
Maxis VSAT
TM Mobile Satellite Services
VSAT is a ground satellite station with a dish antenna smaller than 3 meters, it can be use to transmit data,voice and video signals. Although VSAT can easily provide broadband access without pulling any cable to your home, but the equipment itself is costly, same as the access fees. This technology mostly used in cooperation building, petrol station and also rural area which don't have any telephone network.
You may wondering what is broadband, broadband is a high speed internet access, unlike the traditional dial-up internet connection,which require a dial-up modems while the bit rate is limited and not more than 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) which also require a full use of telephone line. However, with a broadband technology, the bit rate is double than dial up connection and avoid the full use of a telephone line. In 2006, the OECD define broadband as having download speed equal or more than 256 kbps. But in 2009, the United States Federal Communications Commission defines broadband should have a data transmission rate more than 768 kbps, in at least one direction.
There are many broadband technology being used in today's world, there are are DSL,Cable modems, wireless broadband, fiber optics,satellite internet and etc.
Welcome everyone! This blog will discuss anything which is related to broadband! Covers all about broadband technology,issue ,broadband ISP in Malaysia! and so much more. Many links, news will be adapted from different website to build a blog with a lot of broadband information! Hope you guys enjoy reading my blog,and please leave your comment after reading a post if possible!Your support and comment is much appreciated!Neither positive or negative, you are welcome!
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