Our ISP is money bloodsucker. They focus how to earn money than their crappy services.

Anyone know whether TM pay more for international bandwidth than ISPs in Singapore? If that is true, any reasons?

Why its expensive? Like everyone been saying around here.. its the lack of competition. Plus Malaysia is still waaayyy behind compared to US or Korea. The net awareness among Malaysians is growing, but we are still lacking behind. There are still people in the rural areas that do not know how to use the computer.

The bad service like what is happening right now is partly due to poor planning by our government and Telekom Msia. They have been busy upgrading intranet cables for Cyberjaya, Putrajaya, and many other Corridors. But they fail to upgrade the international cable lines.

how about indonesia, thailand or other nearby country around us?any info? singapore is the good one is it?

myvi5949, any reasons for not upgrading international gateway? Too expensive relative to revenues? Conspiracy theory (Malaysia intranet) ?

Yes , it true. In Boleh Land.
Gov rules by 1 party. What it call Bx, but the true pwoer all rules by Uxxx.

On the other hand, It remember me other industry as well .
Like Example , our car industry.
It just because they want to protect the 2 "P" company.
We have to pay 200-250% import duties and 150% excise duties for all imported vehicle.

Therefore , a Japan Car where sell in japan is about RM 20k. But after bring in Boleh Land , will cost RM 50k-60k.
Let said if they lower all the duties, a Japan Car come in sell at RM30-40k . Who else going to purchase the car manufacture by the 2 "P" ?

To make this change, we have to vote them down in the next coming 5 years. So go SPR register today. Let us make a Better Land instead of Boleh Land.

lol i love your censored part.
It's damn true. Mxx and Mxx like no power to talk. Always diam diam aje.

What we can do is vote for the opposition and hope for a better broadband in BETTERland.
Not BOLEHland.

Monopoly is one thing. Chronic underinvestment in telecommunications infrastructure is another. Has no one realised we are still stuck with what Mahathir left us in 2002?

The problem with Malaysia is people want to see things. Like roads. Bridges. Tunnels. A new airport next to KLIA. Not fibre optic cables which are burried underground.

So the solution is a political one.

Anyone working for a ISP? Want to educate me?

Franky say, i using starhub 8mb speed but its abt the same speed compare with streamyx 512kb. B4 i apply the internet, the ppl say 8mb juz for normal surfing, wtf. If u wan for gaming, must well get 100mb, zzz. So for me, its nt much diff even it stat 8mb or wad.

lol i wouldn't know that unless i work wif TM CEO.

But i imagine that the government is pushing TM to upgrade its local cables so that to attract foreign tech companies to invest and put up offices in Malaysia. Upgrades on international lines is probably under progress..but i could only speculate.

Agree, heavy broadband users in Malaysia are still minority especially among people with power.

@ oumind
I think TM never even cared about Intl link nor thinking of UPGRADING them...

@ gensylo
Indonesia have BBPL.
Go here for more info.
http://www.indonesiabroadband.net/
Vietnam?
Heh! 2Mbps for about RM50 unlimited mau tak?
I got this info from a LYN surfer too. Working in Vietnam.

i dun mind them monitoring my downloads and stuff I'm a clean guy

I don't even think their upgrading their Intl line.

Plus their new T&C, it's impossible to imagine that TM actually upgrade their Intl. line.

I bet you guys gonna like this

It easy lor, later APPN undersea cable broken again.

shame to Malaysia........

even they got 8Mbps.

Prasys, you have any insight in this issue?

Yeahh... this type of package that i want. They mention speed for international line.