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wow...v2 already...

looking forward for Celcom BB "V2" enhancement speed oso...

I remembered someone saying that the speeds will probably improve on the 9th of May after some upgrading or something similar.

I'm really waiting for good speed after 9th May, if that is the exact day.
Though I'm in full HSDPA signal enabled area but I do not have chance to experience more than 400kbps.

Anyhow, congratulations to the birth of Celcom BB Version 2.

Well then you should get the D98 plan and perhaps you will fly with the speeds achieved with the D98 plan.

yep im also countin on that...9th may huh...its better have something

my hope is as high as celcom tower now

Well never put your hopes high on anything because you might just be very disappointed if it doesn't happen.

ahaaaa....wanna do the countdown?




nope..mostly are from oversea..i don't know if it's related but i'm staying near Menara Celcom

There are two reasons for not upgrading to D98.

First, budget kinda tight for every month, as a student I'm studying on my own expenses (with PTPTN loan), no pocket money from parents (as they are retired already better ask them to save for themselves), pay my own bills (telephone and Celcom) and rental.

Second, even on D68 I still can't achieve speed more than 400kbps, I can foresee if I were to upgrade to D98, it is not gonna have strong signal.

Though D98 is very tempting. By the way, does 7 days policy applies to D68 upgrade to D98 package? If yes, I might consider to upgrade when my financial is a bit loose. Else, I'll terminate D68 and straight apply for a new D98 package.

dude im already disappointed la

this my test speed for yesterday morning

Madness, that was like GPRS speed? Your connection got throttled already?

How about now? Mind to run a speedtest again?

wahhh this kind of speed so teruk
maybe u shud test it twice

yeah..worst then wired dial-up tmnet...

im still doubt whether my account was throttled or it was a network problem...as im only connected with 2 bar (-96dbm)

usually i'll get 4 bar with -77dbm, guess thats wht fluctuate the speed

n tonite speed is slightly better...lol



but browsing lowyat forum was fine, quite smooth...as my opera browser shows that its on 13-15 KB/s average for d transfer speed

aiyo.. i read all these stories about other users and celcom making me sweat..
at least most of you guys can torrent-ing

I think there is something wrong with speedtest.

Transfer rate around 13-15kB/s is quite acceptable. Mind to test using Firefox add on?

sorry fruitie,

i dunno why my firefox cant open up speedtest properly...it has an add on for dis? oh u speed tester freak

nvm i'll check it out later

Speed tester freak. I feel that I am.

By the way, this is the link to the add on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2360.

So you're working part-time now to cover your expenses ?

Anyway the 7 days return policy should apply only to the new subscribers.

Only selling things on Internet that also I'm kinda lazy. Well, PTPTN gives some extra money for our tuition fees so I just use that money as my pocket money. If really dry up already, I have to open my mouth to ask from parents but not much around RM 150-250 the most.

OK, thanks.

which means lucky for me.. im neither here nor there now,
anyone can tell me the advantages of celcom over maxis(besides the fact that it is able to torrent)?

coz right now i really dont see any difference lor... probably the hardware wise maxis has more advantage coz the bulky one im using runs on a rj-45(LAN) which can be hooked up to a hub/switch and shared easily.. these celcom usb modems are pretty neat if you travel alot and have a lappy.. but it gets rather complicated if you want to share the conn with other pc's using ICS sigh...

Then you shouldn't be lazy, work hard to get more income for the D98.

Anyway as a student I think whatever connection is sufficient enough to be used in the campus as long as it isn't a dial-up connection that costs a bomb when used frequently.

I think D68 is kinda sufficient to me now.

Yeah, actually I have free connection at my apartment but the connection gets slower as days pass.
Complained for endless times but no action has been taken, I can't take it anymore as I need to do my Final Year Project and lots of research articles and journals are waiting for me to read them.
So, Celcom 3G is the best for me as Streamyx is not so good, we have holidays and I go back quite often to my hometown, quite wasteful if I install Streamyx.

In my time as a student, there's no internet and i need to go to the uni's computer lab to do assignments. How time's have change.

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Added on May 2, 2008, 12:39 am


Most probably there a whole lot of users connected at your area. I'm getting my normal speeds and also in penang.

thx fruitie for d add onn link

n heres my result using speedtest ff add onn



lol its even worst

only 14kbps!!

imo speedtest web base version is better n accurate...

Yea luckily Celcom Broadband works for you especially when you are getting decent speeds with the D68 plan, some unlucky ones are getting around <100kbps and that's bad.

having constant speed >100kB/s on xunlei now

My goodness. 14kbps?! Madness to maximum level.


Yeah, luckily. Thank Almighty God!


I only use XunLei for big BT files, more than 500MB. It hogs up a lot of bandwidth and I hardly can surf the Internet though I have put the limit for download and upload speed.

funny, i can still surf net although using torrent of >14gb

try limit simultaneous ur connection and see

Woo, be prepared Celcom comes after you if you are on D68.

Hope you can share your settings with me.

Im on D98

my xunlei setting:

原始下载线程数 5
每个下载任务最多可用的线程：45
连接管理的最大连接数：70
当前连接数：256

on celeron m 1.5ghz, 1.25GB ddr ram. windows xp pro.

After all XunLei is known to be a "selfish" torrent program so it is no surprise that it hogs up the bandwidth, however limiting a lower connection value and also the upload speed will help.

Oh, then you would have no fear for that.

Thanks. That's all I need to change?

that is the settings i used for more than 1 year

Appreciate it.

Just noticed that you are a Celcom BB agent. Any chance to share D50 package with us? Desperately in need for this package.

just wanna share my celcom bb speed this morning @ 5.32 am...



but i wonder why my BT performance is not good.... i think celcom starting to throttle BT & other p2p....

as i got from the celcom people, celcom and streamyx dun share the same pipe within malaysia. they all join at MYIX, then go out of malaysia on the same pipe.

so, those bt mysteries could be that, those seeds/shares within malaysia will get a good speed, whereas overseas gets stuck.

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Added on May 2, 2008, 8:37 am(WTF) looking for the magazine some time ago that compares the broadband speed between maxis and celcom around malaysia. Need it to do my report.

Is this add-on only for XP users?

I can't install it because I'm using VISTA and it says that the add-on is not compatible with my version of Firefox.

wanna ask, if I want to apply Celcom broadband, I need a Credit card? Or just pay per momth?

The only advantage Celcom has for me is more UMTS and HSDPA coverage area.

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Added on May 2, 2008, 9:22 am

Pay by cash lor.....why need credit card for?

How about USB modem? have to pay full?

use credit card to pay also can

No credit card la...

Celcom got package where can pay installments mah. You have not been reading from the beginning rite?
Do read through the previous pages and you get a lot of info.

Yes the installment is just an "installment", it is not those easy payment plans you get from your credit card. It is just that they will include the modem's fees into your monthly fee and you will be paying it like an "installment".

in case ur cant effort to buy the modem in full then celcom got option plan for those,,just bear in mind that u need to tied with contract..i think its fair enough...

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just now the signal dropped from -73 to -101.dBm, down to 1 bar only...now gone back ok...weird

just call celcom centre and they admit they got network problem from 30/4 till 9/5.. it mean they still testing their network.. so for all user will be facing unstable internet connection during this period...

My question...
Y i can't surfing although im connected when im in UMTS but if my signal is HSDPA.. no problem.. Other problem is my signal not consistent.. always show UMTS and sometime go to HSDPA where i can surf internet than can't surf when it back to UMTS...
I live at Bandar Baru Bangi and my house just 500m from big telekom building (and I expect they got the transmitter too)... and celcom centre confirm my area should get HSDPA but what i get is inconsistent signal from celcom.. weeird..

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Added on May 2, 2008, 11:59 am

How do u check signal measurement?..
mine usb huawei e220 doensn't have signal measurement.. just using bar strenght

used AT+CSQ command...not sure whether it works with huawei e220 but for datacard type is working..

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this add onn is compatible with vista...im using it now

btw which ver of FF did u used? it sounds related to browser problem not ur OS