hehehe.. im a beta tester myself... i think tm is on schedule in deploying HSBB.. my area is scheduled for Q3 2010, but got my trial line install 2 weeks ago...

This post has been edited by dr3nchippo: Feb 17 2010, 09:30 PM

yeap, almost a whole day.. kinda depends on the amount of wiring needed for ur house.. the installation of the hardware (modem, router and btu) itselft should take little time.. pulling the fiber cable from the tel. pole should take quite some time since the fragile nature of fiber optic cables.. my installation took 2 days.. 1st day they came and did all the drilling and hardware fixing, the 2nd the pulled the fiber cable...

they chose me, mainly because of subscribing streamyx for a very long time (practically since it's been out) my area has at least 3 ppl testing out hsbb..

i got a letter HAND DELIVERED to my house by TM staff.. the letter says congrats on being chosen to have a FREE trial of the service for a few months time.. u dont really have to do anything once u got the letter, just wait for TM staff to call u.. in my case it was 2 days after i got the letter... installation was approx 1 week after the call..


goodluck! btw, u sure it's 1997?? if im not mistaken, streamyx was rolled out in 2000...

Trial speed as advertised by TM is 20Mbps, even from the 1st day of installation I was able to hit 18-19Mbps on local sites..

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International speed is a bit slow though, and the high ping is definately not gonna help with online gaming. Hopefully TM fixes this when it rolls out HSBB to the public.

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I got my trial "invitation letter" delivered to me personally by a TM staff. 2 days later they called to set up and appointment for installation. Installation, in my case, took them 2 days to complete. The 1st day they installed the hardware stuff (Fiber modem, BTU and router), the 2nd day the pulled the fiber optic wire from the telephone pole to the house and did some wiring to the house.

Actually the installation shouldn't take that long, it all depends on the layout of the house AND/OR whether or not any extra wiring is needed. It's actually a pretty straight forward process..

To those that waiting for their installation, these are some of the things that u should expect to be included

1. fiberHOME Modem (Fiber Optic Modem)



2. Dlink DIR-615 Wireless N Router (or as TM calls them RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY)



This is not the exact one, the one TM provides is white and orange, with TM branding.. Also on the front is a USB port.. Not sure on the functionality of it, maybe the Dlink SharePort functionality.

3. Aztech Cordless Phone (plugs into the fiberHOME Modem)



Aztech E210-P2

4. A goodybag (Some instruction manuals, brochure, limited edition Bunkface CD and Headphone

pingtest.net results.. obviously the test to kl server is very good.. tests to other servers shows relatively high ping... with 0% packet loss and almost no jitter all TM have to do is deal with the high ping time.. and they're all set!!

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section 19 pj.. near tropicana city mall..

yup all free... btw dun gatal2 and go hard reset the router.. all settings will be wiped out!! if u need help configuring the router pm me..


the fiber optic cable will terminate to the fiber modem.. the router & DECT phone connects to the modem... not sure about ur router though, if im not mistaken tm is using vlan in the router for troubleshooting purposes...
besides the router provided is not that bad, heck its even free...

hmmm must be on ur end then.. my upload is fine.. try calling hsbb's cs..


yeap, hopefully the technician that did my installation was right.. pricing is around the same as streamyx..

This post has been edited by dr3nchippo: Feb 19 2010, 03:34 PM

sec 19 pj..

some pics of the hardware and freebies that i got..

im sure u've seen this.. FTTH box.. located right infront of my house


FiberTerminationBox - the fiber optic line pulled from the tel pole goes through this thing before going into the house...


FiberWallSocket - something like the normal telephone socket.. u need a fiber optic cable from here to the modem..


FiberHome Modem
Dlink dir-615 wireless n router
aztech dect phone


next post will be the freebies...

freebies bag


contents - a folder, faq, quick service guide and headphone..


from what i can speculate from the FAQ given, there's a chance that TM will provide 100Mbps package to consumers... maybe 10/20Mbps is just a "teaser" of what's in store for us?? hahaha
also, beta testers would have "special" price for the service?? hope so... ques no 16.. seems to me hsbb won't be throttling p2p.. at least not now... hahaha

its the old copper wire + new fiber wire.. both have black protective shielding...

i guess so yes... since they've got all the settings hard coded into the router... unless u can get ur hands on the settings mayb u can set up ur own router??

youtube streaming or any other video/sound stream for that matter is very smooth here... even on youtube hd the video would have buffered all the way while its playing 1/4 through...



hahaha lets hope so.. no point in having 20Mbps when u can download at 1Mbps...

This post has been edited by dr3nchippo: Feb 20 2010, 12:52 PM

not necessarily, u could always use it as an access point and extend ur wireless coverage

that could work, provided that ur router has VLAN and TR-069... TM uses that to ensure the CPE is up to date with the ACS... also remote troubleshooting uses that..


from the router level still using PPPoE.. a bit like streamyx, username@hsbb and password... my last chat with hsbb technician says set top box will be connected to router..


router custom made for tm with custom firmware.. usb port maybe for dlink's SharePort feature... hsbb tech told me.. so if he tipu me, then i tipu u.. hahaha

really?? i've been getting at least 600-800kB/s download speeds with utorrent, and that's with the download speed limited!!
no problems torrenting with it so far...

yup.. im able to reach same speed with G-based network and my wired pc... unless of course they started offering 100Mbps speed.. that would be a diff case.. hahaha

thanks for the heads up dude!! the rg and onu was placed separetely right after the pic was taken.. and yes it was hot... lol

it's been almost 3 days since i've been getting slow speeds with hsbb... mostly slow connections to international sites hosted in the states and some parts of europe.. anyway some speedtest during the "slowdown" hahaha

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