I know what you mean. I really hate marketing speak.

All these P1 and YTL Wimax players keep selling their services as 4G. It's NOT 4G.

4G isn't even fully implemented in Japan yet. Let alone the rest of the world.

They're Wimax. They should just stick to the term Wimax. 3G and 4G run on cellular networks, such as Digi and Maxis. Wimax is essentially a Wifi on steroids. They do not run off cellular networks but run instead on a special type of wifi that extends a few kilometers.

That better not be internet rate (if mobile phone, understandable).

That's like RM10.25 for 1GB, ridiculously high.
10GB = RM103
50GB = RM513

*shudder*

you have to compare apples to apples 

In terms of pay-as-go structure, 9sen/MB is pretty much the cheapest you can get without any commitment. Hopefully this will spur the other providers to cut their stupid 1sen/KB model that has been applied since the stone age. With such a business model, Yes 4G is for the occasional users, not heavy users or smart phone (Android/Apple/Win7 etc) user, you can have Maxis/Digi/Celcom for that.

Come to think of it, what type of subscribers are more, data plan users, or occasional users. As such, it is highly unlikely that YES will crash and burn like P1 did. Same technology with P1, but probably 10 times less data usage, based on the monthly P1 data cap. With P1, subscribers want to 'maximize' their line by finishing their quota no matter what. Based on my half past six guesstimate, they are probably targeting the ocassional internet on phone users, or the ones that use their internet for web surfing and email only.

3G was made to carry voice, when it tries to carry data, it struggles. 4G was made to carry data.

In that case, your “4G network” should be wiping the floor with the 3G network right? Here’s an interesting one… the folks at YTL choose to demo their “4G network” against the Celcom 3G solution… and managed 11Mbps vs 0.89Mbps (CELCOM). Yes, ELEVEN MEGABITS, you read it right. Umm… check this other quote out:

The ITU requires 100 Mbps (mobile) and 1 Gbps (fixed) speeds, among other criteria, to qualify as true “4G”.

Unless I fail horribly at reading and require LASIK, I’m pretty certain that 11Mbps < 100Mbps. Don’t know about you guys, but in comparison to what the ITU requires, it sure looks like the YTL “4G network” is struggling like a Somalian kid trying to benchpress the Michelin Man.

Other useful links relating to the ITU 4G standard: The official ITU 4G Press Release, and the IMT-Advanced (4G) page on the ITU website.

i have already said NO to Streamyx, Maxis, Celcom & P1... only left Digi & YES... now, also says NO to Digi... therefore, just left YES only... (To be frank, i haven't tried P1 yet but ppl doesn't recommend it due to poor service)

Note: These are the 6 telcos available at my area... how pity I am. I just want a stable and reliable internet only.

YTL has RM30 acommitment every month on top of their monthly charges

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Added on November 19, 2010, 10:35 pm
this is YES Amazing 4G product can't even manage traffic on their website and worst they have no customer service to call! They seem to  be directing enquries to Lot 10 (walk in)!

Very expensive for downloader. 3GB quota for RM92+.

With this speed you will use up all the credit you have. Better stay with your current provider.

no point the speed so fast cuz cannot use for heavy download..512kbps is enuff for sure net,e-mail and fb..

has he been reading the forum ?? all i see is bashing and bashing upon bashing...

who are the ppl that say yes ? "validating" claim and "consistency" is different.. wait next year and see when a bucket of users registered...

see what then .... too bad CEO are all PR people and not tech savy ppl...

i still can't login to their yes ID portal, it show incorrect password and username but i'm already on yes 4g network using the similar logins info.

the coverage map show my area has the strongest signal.. but the fact is.. i'm getting the weakest signal.

speed test for ur reference... faster than HSPDA? i dun guess so.








but very good ping response if compare to others.

hellow fello sifus, i have afew questions, before getting their service:

1. Will there be a sim card inside the usb dongle? if no, what is the use of the number assigned to the account, and how do i make calls without a sim card?

2. what is the initial payment needed to start using the service? i read that the minimum usage per month must be rm30, but i saw from yes.my stating that the package is rm50.. kinda confused

3. finally, are there any contracts to it? means if i use for 1 month, can i terminate it the following month?

I am very confused.

I couldn't login to my username and password that I pre-registered.

So I went to a reseller, bought the Huddle and registered a new account with the same username as the registration username.

Now my Huddle doesn't work with neither the old pre-reg password or the new dealer-set password.

But I can login to the mail.yes.my webmail with my old pre-reg password WTF?

Can anyone tell me, in Huddle, set username to username@yes.my or just username?

That was fast!
How much in how many days before you ran dry?

Thought it's RM10 reload? What about stamp duty? RM10 as well I think..

i paid rm1199... for the huddle package. and i'm saying yes to no cox i still can't access their YES ID portal which keep stuck at the GateIn page, stating wrong username and password!

francis, are you listening? if it is not ready, dun launch it!

Think about business owners and companies. Do you think they will use YES, due to their heavy use of internet?

I am quiet confused...they show can do calls with mobile phone...but how? All i see is that you need to have their USB modems to be plugged into a PC...there's no SIM card or what. How to use the phone to make voice call or dial internet?

was at Lot10 yesterday and saw the pricing for both Zoom and Buzz. They are priced at RM599