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NST
Letter to the Editor
It has to be cheaper

2010/03/29


FOR months, there was so much hype about the government's initiative to provide more affordable and faster broadband service.

On March 25, it came as a shock that the so-called "affordable and fast broadband" packages for home users start at RM149 for five megabits per second (Mbps), and ranges up to RM249 for 20Mbps package.

To many Malaysians, this sum is a huge commitment. Many were expecting prices from RM50 onwards.

In Singapore, according to a report, one can get one gigabit per second (Gbps) package which is five times the speed of a 20 Mbps service for the equivalent of RM200. Most Singaporeans earn five times more than Malaysians.

Thus, RM200 for a 1Gbps line is small change to a Singaporean. But our mere 5Mbps at RM149 is big money to the average Malaysian. To some, it's money to feed the family for a week.

Clearly, the pricing does not take into account the purchasing power of Malaysians and the remuneration the average Malaysian earns, and the fact that the average person's pay packet is not in proportion to the cost of living in Malaysia.

In comparison, the six Mbps broadband in Singapore (offered by Singtel), with unlimited downloads, costs S$30 (RM70.60) per month and the 15Mbps broadband with unlimited downloads costs S$62.

The mobile broadband with a free USB stick and with a speed of 1.2Mbps costs S$14 per month with a 30GB allowance (offered by Starhub). Singaporeans earn far more than the average Malaysian and yet their broadband is much cheaper.

So, how can the average person afford RM149 for the service?

R. GANESH

Petaling Jaya

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Check out Singtel and Starhub


http://info.singtel.com/personal/communication/internet
http://info.singtel.com/personal/communica...obile/data-plan

http://www.starhub.com/broadband/homebroadband.html
http://www.starhub.com/promotions/broadban...obilebasic.html

I still remember some minister saying we have the cheapest Internet in this region.

This post has been edited by joe_mamak: Mar 29 2010, 11:14 AM

like tm cares..
rm149 is okay but 60gb is

they won't f**king learn their lesson until somebody kill their CEO!!!!!!!!

made it cheap stupid retard company shitmyx!!!!!!

c how is the response 1st. response good , no lower the price , response no good lower the price, and those who grab early can tumbuk the chest hard hard due to kiasuness

but its marketing gimmick? put a higher price so tat later can have "promotion" or "discount"

You need to take a chill pill.

To NST:



and

i will resort to use 28.8 kpbs

they can start by reducing streamyx price first to target the low and middle income group

they are going to realise the price is absurd when less ppl sign up.

but there are still some signing up anyways!

stopped reading at that point

tmnut go dai pl0x

They are in a strong position by virtue of being a monopoly.

BTW, didn't the government cough up some money for this HSSB initiative? That's our tax payers money.

If we didn't cough it up, I suppose the price would be even higher.

really, nst should give a perfect figure, not making up the figure. 1gbps is 5 times faster than unifi 20mbps? heh..

This post has been edited by soundsyst64: Mar 29 2010, 11:09 AM

Unifi doesn't have to be cheap. Heck it can be expensive as much as TM likes. Streamyx however has to be cheap but it's not!!!!

FU TM.

But you have to take into account that HSBB is Symmetric. So the download/upload speed is the same.

its already cheap..you already been subsidized with rm500 tax cut, but first have to pay tax first

Another one who does not know mathematics

i want to see the result first,

if around 2 - 3 months ok (speed, stability etc) then i subscribe

but if result same shit as old package, who wouldn't piss off???

I'll swear somebody gonna die if they won't change their stupid mentality over this matter.

speedtest say otherwise

I'm pretty sure that the monthly cap has been removed. I do agree though that internet here is ridiculously expensive, and it's all because of the monopoly that TM has on last mile cabling.