Does the voice line via fiber work if there is no power in the house? Copper line phone works since there is power for it from the exchange.

I thought this was already in operation? It must be, because there has already been a problem on it a couple of months ago.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...1135&sec=nation

Maybe you can call TM and find out exactly what they mean in their FAQ.

They started with total of 60 installers.

http://www.tm.com.my/about-tm/media-centre...HSBBLAUNCH.aspx

The IPTV is "as if" being bundled in "free" in the package. For example, if RM149 included a IPTV charge, lets say RM49, that means 5Mbps HSI is RM100. That in turn means Streamyx prices have to be reduced due to the slower speeds.

Only if you say IPTV has a price to it, then you can remove it an substitute with increased cap. But IPTV is using local bandwidth. Increased cap means increased international bandwidth. That cost extra which cannot be covered by removing IPTV as there is no price attached to it as I say above.

I posted in another thread:

My guess is that there will be a cap either at the advertised limit or maybe higher to say its based on user feedback and usage. I doubt it will be lower than initially stated.

I also think they may charge more to remove the cap, eg pay RM50 extra per month and get without the cap. This will then come back to be the same as the RM199 BIZ5 package. So if you are a home user and you can get the BIZ5 package, this could be the reason why. The difference being in IPTV and voice call rates. It does not work the other way though.

Although I am not in need of such info at this time, I'd like to take a moment to thank rizvanrp for sharing his findings and info with the rest of us.

It is refreshing to see some being unselfish in giving out info when most of the time most of us act as "takers" and not "givers". This sort of sharing and learning is part of what Internet is all about. This sort of attitude used to be more common in the earlier days of the Internet here but seems to have been overtaken by our "kiasu" attitude later on.

Kudos to rizvanrp .

Not necessary here. Because the users upgrade and pay for higher packages on their own either because their current packages do not provide the expected speeds, or they want to download more or faster, or get premium IP etc... no need for promos from ISP.

The areas will be covered only after the exchanges serving that area are upgraded to support Unifi. Those boxes on poles don't really mean much. There are areas where those boxes have been installed on poles early this year but the areas are only supposed to be covered either in Q3 or Q4. Those boxes will be hanging around till then...

I think most likely what has happened is that all those box installation and cabling were sub-contracted out to many parties. All those parties of course have gone out to do their work as fast as possible so that they get their money for the work. This does not necessarily mean Unifi wil be at those areas soon though, not until TM upgrades the area exchanges. If not for all those sub-contractors, I don't think so many areas would have been installed with the cables and boxes in the past few months or so.

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Added on April 20, 2010, 12:36 amYou should be able to move to Unifi without any penalty. Call 100 or 1 300 88 1222 to ask your questions.


This post has been edited by mylinear: Apr 20 2010, 12:36 AM