This is about YTL's offering is it not? There are'nt any 4G/Wimax capable mobile phones in our market (like the HTC Evo) so I asked the question daaah. I have my doubts it will take off so soon. 3G is barely here.

Throw away your old TM Homeline.

I thought your customers usually get you on your mobile number more often then depending on fixed lines when you are on the move.
Why not turn your mobile number and make it your fixed line number instead?It only requires a change of phone equipment.
You definitely can't do that with your fixed line number.

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

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

*shudder*

after exceed quota
giv u 56k dial up speed

Currently Maxis 3G rate is "1 cent per 1kB" for pay per use, we will see how much YES will be charging.

I saw my bill monthly for my regular usage exceed RM1k if not with a package.

I just checked Maxis 3G website, they revise to become RM0.10 per 10kB. They claim it's the industry standard.

Note that "RM0.01 per 1kB" and "RM0.10 per 10kB" are not the same because per block is 10kB, even if you use 8kB, it's counted as 10kB minimal.



**Starting 16 August 2010, there will be new data charges based on the industry’s standard practice. The new charges are – RM0.10/10KB from 7am - 2am and RM0.05/10KB from
2am – 7am. The average price per KB will remain unchanged.

Really hope YES can do better than this.

hi all,

do we need a modem to use YES like P1? if a modem is needed then how do we use YES in our mobile phone? so can IPHONE 4 use YES?

according to their website www.yes.my , we can even use IPAD, IPOD TOUCH to surf net by using YES. if like that, no modem is needed, as IPOD doesnt have usb port. if both YES and P1 using same technology, WIMAX, why P1 need a modem whereas YES doesn't ?

http://www.yes.my/en/why-yes/more-reasons-...to-say-yes.aspx

"Now, you can stream high-quality videos on your phone, or send and receive SMS on your laptop – or make calls from either one. You can even use Yes 4G on other Wi-Fi-enabled devices, like the iPad, PlayStation Portable and iPod Touch! " --  this sentence was copied from the above link

so does it means YES is just like WIFI but the coverage is lot bigger? (lets say WIFI only covers radius 50m but YES can cover radius up to few km). as long as we switch on WIFI mode  on our handphone, laptop, ipad or ipod touch and detect YES, then just log on with YES id and password, and it's done ! am i right?

pls comment

The idea is like a solar power torch light in Stephen Chow's movie

they use internet to call.. jus like skype

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for pre-registering your Yes ID. On 19th November 2010 we will be launching the fastest 4G mobile internet with voice which is 3 to 5 times faster than the current 3G providers.

At the point of registration at our website, www.yes.my, you have successfully selected a 018 number of your choice which allows you to make and receive calls within our Yes network as well as to other network operators.

It is interconnect that allows us to make and receive calls to other network operators. Temporarily we are experiencing interconnect issue with these two blocks of numbers. Those number blocks are from the 018-331xxxx and 018-332xxxx series.

However we are pleased to inform you, this issue will be resolved by the first week of December 2010. Rest assured this interconnect issue would not affect the making or receiving of voice calls within the Yes network. These affected 018 numbers will be unable to make or receive calls from other network operators.

As such there are two options available;

Option 1:
We will be able to assist in either obtaining a different number whereby you will be able to make and receive calls from other network operators. If you prefer to change the number, the range of number that is available will be from 018-306xxxx whilst the last four digits will remain the same as the last four digits of your previously selected number.

Option 2:
You may retain the current number and enjoy making calls to other network operators once the interconnect issue has been resolved.

Kindly revert to us by Monday, 15th November 2010; by emailing us at yescare@yes.my If we have not heard from you, we would assume that you wish to retain your previously selected number.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you once again for supporting Yes.


Always at your service
Customer Advocate
YesCare

I agree that it's subject to the price per kB (standard way of charging for data is per kB not MB - kB is better for consumer if it's per block count).

For you suggestion of utilizing iPhone to make voice call on MiFi, i will say an iPod is a better choice (cheaper, slimmer and lighter).

However, I strongly believe it's cheaper to make a voice call using conventional voice plan than using a pay per use data plan considering the different of on-net and off-net call.

That would be sad. Skype calls, which are VoIP, are 60 min = 25.98MB which by your definition of 2.2sen/MB means a 1 minute VoIP call should = 0.9526 sen/minute!!! If they can pull this off the telcos are dead meat. Ok maybe they have to pay for interconnect fees to the Digis/Maxis/Celcoms of the world, add a few sen to that, you could get a price of less than 3-4 sen/minute theoretically, right?

How about SMS? An SMS is 140 bytes, again by your definition of 2.2 sen/MB the price of one SMS in an all-IP environment is..... 0.0003 sen!!!  So best case scenario YTL Yes gives us 3-4 sen/minute off-net 1sen/min on-net calls and 3 sen/1000 SMS if they stick to 2.2 sen/MB data....

Nah, it probably won't happen. They'd probably get sued if they offer that kind of ultra-undercut price, but Francis Yeoh did say that "voice-centric business models of the established telcos are not sustainable" (quote from here).

The technology is the same, I won't expect much difference.
Businessman do business not charity ... lol

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Added on November 17, 2010, 7:58 am
The desktop modem is very cool, better than the P1 Tower.

But the phone, lol ... it's 5 years behind other smartphone.

From what I've heard, it will be "slightly" below the current Maxis pricing for data... so you are most probably looking at about 3-4 sen. The premium is basically because the data charges are pay as you go (think along the lines of the call charges of Hotlink vs Postpaid) rather than a package deal.

Maxis currently charge 10cents per 10kb.

The most dangerous aspect is the password. If it gets stolen unknowingly, you'll going to be so sorry when your next bill arrives.

They better put a monthly maximum cap of RM250 to their bills or else if your password gets stolen, you're going to pay thousands for it.

The password should able to be changed if you lost it.

How often you see people steal password to use the internet? it is not worth the money. Unlike stealing handbags, you can sell and get cash.

And also depends on the speed, the data you can download is also limited per second/minute/hour/day, if you can change the password on time, I think you can cut your losses.

I do hope there is a log history to check your usage on the web, in case the password being used by other people without your knowledge.

My opinion is the username/password method of authenticating users are very convenient and it encourages multiple devices single account.

I'm just curious whether it allows multiple login at the same time.