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Written by Hokkien Pirates Galactic Emperor

Saturday, 16 June 2007

Limpek has had enough of broadband crap in Malaysia. Initially they blocked Torrents, now they even blocked YouTube. Really damn celaka punya service. A 200MB file takes 2 farking weeks to download???(from torrent lah of coz)

Limpek subscribed to broadband mainly to download torrents and enjoy youtube stuffs. And they took away both. Then WTF is my 1 MB Download and 512 Upload bandwidth for?

Limpek wonders if their recently launched 4MBps package will be any faster than the 1MB package. Anyone here subscribes to it yet? PLEASE DON'T. It's just a marketing strategy for some lame service.
http://www.redesignmalaysia.com/2007/05/27/anyone-using-4mbps-streamyx-here/

See others' complaints about local broadband service lah. Limpek is so very the tulan and pek cek ar... http://vkyip.blogspot.com/2007/02/in-malaysia-if-you-wanted-broadband.html

This is the list of available broadband services in Malaysia. Limpek pay Jaring or Maxis also not so tulan ar.

Click logos for ISP main page, or text link for direct link to service.			Monthly Rates
Broadband Service	Type	Subscribers	Home	Biz	Comments
TMnet Streamyx	Wired	500,000 ^[ref]	RM20 - RM188	RM418-RM1188	Currently has the most users. More information:
Jaring Broadband Wired/Wireless	Wired/Wireless	270,000 ^[ref]	RM79-RM99	RM139- RM199	Limited coverage areas. More information:
Time Broadband	Various	1,300 ^[ref]	RM69-RM299	RM238-RM1199	Service satisfactory in limited areas that are covered. Many different packages available. More information:
Airzed WiMax	Wireless	100 -/+ ^[ref]	RM188-RM288	RM288- RM468	Currently rolling out in stages, website lists as coming soon.
DiGi Mobile Broadband	Wireless	Unavailable	RM99 - RM149	RM99 - RM149	Coverage is quite wide due to utilization of existing EDGE mobile network. More information:
Nasion 1 Wireless Broadband	Wireless	300 + ^[ref]	RM80-RM88	RM800-RM6600	Appears to be a boutique player for providing high-end corporate broadband services. More information:
Maxis Wireless Broadband	Wirelesss	Unavailable	RM79-RM199	RM199	Somewhat limited coverage. See discussion at USJ.com.my Bandwidth capping, not P2P friendly.
Maxis 3G	3G	Unavailable	RM120-RM149	RM120-RM149	Maxis vs. Celcom 3G coverage commentary available at MyPDACafe. More information:
Celcom 3G	3G	Unavailable	RM99-RM120	RM99-RM120	Widest 3G coverage so far. Maxis vs. Celcom 3G coverage commentary available at MyPdaCafe More information:
Smart Ku-Band	Satellite	Unavailable	RM150-RM888	RM350-RM888	Uses satellite dish receiver similiar to Astro, but bigger. Expensive. Competes with Streamyx in Sabah/Sarawak and low population density areas in Malaysia.
Smart C-Band	Satellite	Unavailable	-	RM998-RM???	Uses satellite dish receiver similiar to Astro, but bigger. Expensive. Competes with Streamyx in Sabah/Sarawak and low population density areas in Malaysia.
EB Technologies MyWave24	Radio/Wireless	Unavailable	RM30- RM100	RM30- RM100	Billed by hour using prepaid cards - this is a hotspot service, not a residential one.
EB Technologies Residential / Commercial	Wireless/Wired	1000+ ^[ref]	RM18- RM99 (No longer accepting new signups)	RM128-RM1288	Package structure is confusing. From what I can tell, they offer both Wireless and Wired versions of their service.
PenangFon	Wired	Unavailable	RM60	RM150- RM900	Seems like a good service, but its Penang only.
AtlasOne	Wireless	Unavailable	RM90	RM390	Limited coverage area.
MyKris	Wireless	Unavailable	RM48- RM88	Unavailable	Official website is quite useless, hard to use and doesn’t have information about the service. Price was gotten from an e-mail from a customer service rep. More information at this forum discussion. Service quality debatable - comments are either saying its very good or very bad.
ZapZone	Wireless	Unavailable	RM40	RM40	Extremely limited coverage - Only 20 locations throughout Malaysia.
GoLightSpeed	Wireless	Unavailable	RM40- RM85	RM150- RM250	Available in limited areas. Seems to be in pre-registration mode.
IM Wirefree Broadband	Wireless	Unavailable	RM75	RM75	Coverage available in Klang Valley. PC Card costs RM1000.