Any isp which is willing to come out with 4-6mbps is enough to nail them of their plans.

Believe me.

P1Wimax, DiGi, Jaring, YTL, MetroFON if they were to start offering 3-5mbps services with similar/lower pricing is enough to dent TM.

There's a serious flaw in TM's packages.They are very fresh in this broadband business.

They just can't compete due to the high initial setup costs.

At what expense? They don't even have enough bandwidth for current Streamyx users already.

Lol 10% that's 512k for 5mbps users, 1mbps for 10mbps and 2mbps for 20mbps users.

You've got your HSBB downgraded automatically to Streamyx.

How remote to be deemed rural?

We are referring to areas located within city limits.

How about Ipoh Central, Gunung Rapat and Pasir Putih?
Even more exact this is known as Ipoh Timur.
Tasik belongs to Ipoh Barat

Well if TM is only planning to cover very limited areas such as within Klang Valley that would only mean plain publicity to tell the world that we have fiber but the real truth is that it's just the face of things.
No different from salesmen who puts the best and nicest looking goods on display but the things you get turn otherwise!

The lame excuses they make can only fool themselves.

You think people are stupid enough to believe them? Investors invests blindly without doing deep research into what they venture in?

Just like a worker trying to tell his employer all sorts of excuse to try avoiding doing any hard work but he assumed that his employer is unable to see through his lazy attitude. It's plain obvious right?

I'm trying to speak with a very frank opinion.

We live in a civic minded society. Don't have to bakar to get things moving.Just a good pen, public awareness and exposure will do wonders.

By the way, plastic and glass cables are much cheaper than copper metal ones.

I can't see the reason why TM is not replacing their bulky metal cables with thin ones to switch boxes for future use.
The very least you can do is to replace the ugly tube shape switches around my area.