too bad then my argument is not valid anymore. If they are going to cap the bandwidth then confirm every month break one.

yea man, i'll only get mine in Q3.

as long as we are in different location it should be fine right? or at least I hope. currently stimyx tak stim konektion speed erratic!

talk crap.

when streamyx was launch its fast and its still is just as fast nowadays. since hsbb is run by the same company, it safe to expect such a thing would happen.

go to www.tm.com.my for more FAQ

I want official pricing.I want to hear it from tmnut's mouth.

you will, later somewhere between morning or in the afternoon

More @ here

If it's going to be in the newspaper tomorrow, then a lot of people already know. The ad had to be at the newspaper office today (Wed 24) or earlier, and many people there would have seen it before it went to the press this evening.

not up yet

1) Because Streamyx 4mbps for RM160 was already very expensive compared to Thailand and Singapore

2) Because HSBB is rumoured to come with a less-than-generous bandwidth cap, whereas Streamyx has none.

Isn't government did looked into 'expensive broadband' issue? How do they define "affordable broadband"?

I don't see effort made by any party to bring down the cost...

Will lodge complaint to MCMC ask them to reduce RM 160 to a lower price

This is just an opinion, which may not be popular with most....

Maybe they should just sell additional data usage packages instead of capping speeds.

1. Package should be at a low price entry point, eg RM90 with say 60GB limit.
This will help increase broadband usage due to the lower pricing.

This should be enough for most light to medium users.

2. If you want more data usage, you pay additional for it, say RM30 per 50GB block. So if you want to use say 200GB a month, you would pay a total of RM180 or so. This should be enough for a heavier user. Even heavier user will have to pay even more.

This will help with fair usage while not affecting connection speeds. It may help with network performance and improve quality of service for all users. There may be no need for throttling connections if the network is not congested.

The above is just examples. The point is pay per data usage method.

As I've said before, if they decide to have data transfer limits, its going to be the heavy downloaders that are most affected. If Unifi has data transfer limits (either straight away or in the future), it is likely that Streamyx will also have them. There is already indication of this in what is said in the Streamyx users FAQ.

To cover the cost of launch ceremony featuring an endless succession of boring bands, and then a fireworks display that woke up my baby sleeping halfway across town.

problem with that, 90% of users are most certainly going to go for the cheapest block, rm30. why would they allow that when they can fleece the users of 5Mb for rm160. regardless how much data they use.

all the excuse about massive data users is just BS... its just excuse to charge high prices and oversell their lines and blame someone.

agred with u

no. i live in bangsar and its not available for my condo :S

In case I was not clear, in my example, the base package price is RM90.You have to pay that minimum. Each additional 50Gb you want, you pay RM30 on top of the base price. So there is no RM30 package.

Reasons for doing this way could be:

1. they are serious about increasing broadband usage in the country.
2. they want fair usage for all users
3. they want to curb online piracy
4. they want to ensure less network congestion
5. they can earn more from heavier users (ie pay per usage method) and hopefully improve their network or international link capacity. As time passes, they can even consider increasing the quoatas depending on how much capacity they have

You cannot even begin to compare.

With FIOS you can actually use the high speed for international destinations. I have a client on FIOS who needs to access one of my servers in Europe. She consistently gets close to full speed in transfers to and from that server. With HSBB, testers are getting international speeds to most destinations that are the same as I get with Streamyx (i.e., dog slow).

Now, the "value-added" services.

TM IPTV includes what, 20 channels? Of which maybe two or three I would ever even consider watching. Then look at the FIOS TV lineup: http://www22.verizon.com/Residential/FiOST...annelLineUp.htm (enter zip code 20812, just as an example). Can you even count all those channels? And how many are HD?

FIOS includes unlimited free phone calls throughout the country plus Canada. Last I saw, TM was charging RM0.15/minute on their VoIP line.

hello.. if you not already know

RM90 for 60GB is just tooooo good to be true, they will go bankrupt if they charge at this tariff, consider the amount they spent in deploying FTTH

RM88 is the normal price for 1Mbps Streamyx, now you want RM90 for this Fiber connection? not in Malaysia bro...

This post has been edited by dattebayo: Mar 25 2010, 02:26 AM

No idea bout condo but I saw hell lot of those ftth boxes on the phone poles outside my house in lucky garden. Almost every pole has a box attach to it.