P1 Blackbox not stylish also

Maxis currently charge 10cents per 10kb.

Most who want to give a try would probably take up the Yes Go modem.

But the 2 top takers would be Yes Huddle and Yes Zoom.

The Yes Huddle is best for those who wants both mobility as well as an AP on the go.

Yes Zoom will be most appropriate for those who wants a fixed line replacement to ditch TM's HomeLine.

Wednesday November 17, 2010

YTL sees good demand for WiMAX service

KUALA LUMPUR: YTL Communications Sdn Bhd is seeing “dramatic” demand for its WiMAX service in Malaysia, with pre-registrations for the product exceeding expectations three times, said executive chairman Tan Sri Francis Yeoh.

Yeoh declined to give a specific target for the “Yes” wireless Internet and voice service, which allows users to pick an identification and number. The company is the telecommunications unit of YTL Power International Bhd.

“I would expect that the uptake of this service, when people get the hang of it, will be tremendous,” Yeoh said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. “When people have tasted mobile Internet, they’ll never go back to mobile phone; same as when people have tasted colour television, they’ll never go back to black-and-white.”

YTL’s broadband service is as much as five times faster than the already available third generation, or 3G, network, according to Yeoh. This would enable businesses to be more effective and productive, in line with the government’s plans to turn Malaysia into a high income nation, he said.

The company plans to spend RM2.5bil to roll out the service to reach more than 65% of the country’s population when it starts Nov 19, the company said in a statement. It will reach more than 80% by the second quarter of 2011.

YTL Power has advanced 8.2% in the past month, making it Malaysia’s best performing stock, ahead of thebenchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index’s 0.9% gain.

The utility’s “shares have recently surged on news that the pre-launch response to its WiMAX service has been above management’s internal targets,” Alex Goh, an analyst at AmResearch, said in a report yesterday. “But note that this is not confirmed registration or fee-paying subscribers as the current Internet bookings allow potential customers to choose their own numbers.”

The company is working with partners including Clearwater Corp, Intel Corp, Cisco Systems Inc and International Business Machines Corp to roll out the service, which will be “competitively” priced against present broadband access providers, according to Yeoh.

The “Yes” service charges the consumer what they use, much like electricity, the company said on its website. The rates will be revealed on Nov 19.

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I'm very interested in the Yes Huddle.

I have several wifi devices on me all the time. That would be awesome.

Does the YES USB modem work with Linux ?

If you're intending to use Linux, then get the Huddle so you can still maintain your Broadcom based wifi card in your setup.
Peace of mind and simplicity

very bad lesson learn from P1 ...

sked sked bout this...

I read that (unconfirmed) it's going to be 9 sen per 3MB
Goldfries blog

pay as you use 9sen=3mb/1min/1sms
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More details about YES from this blog
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About YTL Comms CEO Wing K. Lee
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Assuming the speed will eventually turn awry for all wireless broadband, let's look at the price per MB, I did a little comparison

Sorry, I only do for Maxis and P1 because I'm using them hahahaha ...

It seems that YES is a good choice IF AND ONLY IF you are a low data user but not when you go above 3GB.

MB /Maxis Android Data /YES Pay Per Use Data /WINNER
500 /RM58 /RM15 / YES
1536 /RM78 / RM46.08 / YES
3072 / RM88 / RM92.16 / MAXIS
* Maxis subsequent RM0.10 per 10kb

MB /Maxis Broadband Data /YES Pay Per Use Data /WINNER
1536 /RM 48 /RM46.08 /YES
3072 /RM68 / RM92.16 /MAXIS
6144 / RM98 /RM184.32 /MAXIS
12288 /RM198 / RM368.64 /MAXIS
*Maxis Subsequent free but throttled speed

MB P1 Broadband YES Pay Per Use Data WINNER
5120 /RM49 /RM153.6 /P1
20480 /RM99 /RM 614.4 /P1
30720 /RM139 /RM921.6 / P1
*P1 Subsequent free but throttled speed
**P1 Based on 400Kbps, 1.2Mbps and 2.4Mbps

MB P1 Broadband YES Pay Per Use Data WINNER
6144 /RM59 / RM184.32 / P1
10240 /RM89 /RM307.2 / P1
15360 /RM129 /RM460.8 /P1
*P1 Subsequent free but throttled speed
**P1 Based on 600Kbps, 1.5Mbps and No Limit(stupid)

This post has been edited by p4n6: Nov 17 2010, 06:05 PM

Maxis 3GB - RM68; Celcom 3GB - RM68; DiGi 3GB - RM68; YTL Yes 3GB - RM92.16

9cents per minute/sms is for local call and sms right?

I wonder what's the rate for cross operators like to Maxis, Digi and Celcom. Judging the number of users for majority of people (I will say ALL now), the cross operators rate is my major concern.

Umobile "unlimited" (5GB FUP) = RM 68
Yes 5 GB = RM 153.60

Umobile SMS = RM 0.08
Yes = RM 0.09

I was waiting for their launch with great anticipation but this is a great letdown. Cheapest? The only thing keeping me from writing them off completely is that they haven't launched yet, there could be more in store.

I'm currently on a "wait and see" mode.

There could be a revise on the rate or introduction of new packages very soon.

Let's let those who already pre-register to taste the water first hehehe ...

The next issue, coverage. Is your place covered? ^.^

what a major let down if its true.. how to watch mobile tv if the price like that.. all credit gone in a second

And if your location is covered, how strong will the signal be?

I notice that they are promoting themselves as mobile internet but I see they are catering to the home user too since they have that Zoom device.

Lets say you download 50GB a month on Streamyx 4MB, and pay about RM 140 a month.

Yes 50GB = RM 1536.00 ????


This doesn't make sense at all, they appear to be very serious about providing this internet service and have invested billions in it, coupled with all their claims on their website, so I'm still having some hope that on Friday all our questions will be answered and hopefully there will be logical rates. There should be...... right?


BTW what's the source of that banner/ad with prices?

This post has been edited by chris2k: Nov 17 2010, 06:50 PM

If the information is correct, then it might be expensive than other services

Broadband Price comparison?
Maxis ->RM68 |3GB about 3.6mbps (after throttling then it is like a snail)
DIGI ->RM68 |3GB about 700kbps (in between, some users said very stable connection)
Celcom ->RM68 |3GB about 512kbps (Awesome coverage but the speed zzzz)
Umobile ->RM68 |5GB about 3.6mbps (speed and data attractive but coverage are mainly in Selangor)
P1 ?????? (coverage problem)
Yes ->RM68 |2.21GB about 11mbps? (????)

P.S: Maxis existing customers will just have to pay rm48 for 3GB

This post has been edited by edwardng: Nov 17 2010, 07:07 PM

so user that use more than 3GB better stay away from Yes. Cheap my arrrrrssssss!!!