@birain

Lol my streamyx 4 Meg can hit 40 GB in about 26-27 hours of nonstop downloading lol

@silverhawk

It could just mean he's one of the lucky few to be capped at 5 or 6 Mbps on streamyx.. it happens...

Anywho.. what's with this disturbing trend of TM and Maxis implementing caps on thier newest products? Not a good way to promote the product at all...

It's all about the compression methods used and the codec.

Astro uses the outdated MPEG-2 codec (DVD Quality) for its transmissions which is old, lossy, blurry and heavy in size for the quality of transmission

Unifi's IPTV on the other hand uses MPEG-4 Part 10 (.h264) encoding which is the best right now for space savings and quality. It's the same codec used in our favourite .mkv files that we get of the net from HD movies and TV shows and also Bluray discs...

TL:DR => Movie in MPEG-2 codec that weighs in at 4.37 GB would weigh in 4-5 times less on MPEG-4 Part 10 (.h264) codec and yet have the same picture quality!!!!!

Disparity explained!

Wow only 10% of the total speed after after capped, and DMZ and forwarding's a b****....

I know Maxis wanted to bury its own grave for this service VS TMNUT's UNIFI but i had no idea....

Draconian caps FTL...

Hahahahahah and people were b****ing about TMNUT's poor UNIFI and it's shortcomings.... UNIFI looks pretty sweet now eh?

Perhaps MAXIS and TMNUT are conspiring to pass on their customers to one another....

MAXIS:- I'll make it so hard for them to swallow and when they cannot take it anymore and blah they'll come running to you as saviours and take whatever crap you dish out to them!!!

TMNUT:- $$$$$$!!!!!!! PROFIT!!!!!!! THANKS MAXIS!!!!

I beg your pardon Vapeace, but in countries like good ol' Australia they're offering 1TB packages on nearly every major ISP they got.

First Iinet did it, then Iprimus then Internode.... all at ADSL 2+ speeds of up to 24 Mbps..... for the residential customer....

Granted they cost over 140 Australian Dollars on average, but customers are still given the option.... so yes in a way you are right... They provide up-to speeds that are only reduced the further you get from the DSLAM due to line distance, but they mainly sell quotas.. from the lowest 25GB to 1TB packages....

Here not only do we get the limitations of speed, but also quota... double whammy FTL...

The boycott won't be effective as in reality only very few can get Maxis HSBB to begin with lol... and it's not like they can switch to UNIFI if they want to, the areas of coverage are mutually exclusive.... Maxis and TM have done a most beneficial thing for themselves, carving up the market like that....

So to those on Maxis wired ADSL... stick to it for now, and enjoy the 24/7 uncapped 2 Meg speeds.. don't take the HSBB plunge yet!!!

Let's face it, we have the worst price/data ratio for broadband packages in SE-Asia with the exception of Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam (where 1 Mbit is the fastest package)..

Even Thailand and the Philippines offer better speeds at better prices...

/hangs head in shame...

@Jeremy_John

Those movies would have to be UNCUT, UNCENSORED and UNFILTERED without our lame ass Jabatan Penapisan Filem Classifications for me to even consider using IPTV to watch those VOD movies lol

Better off getting my kicks off the net lol... Untuk tontonan 18 tahun ke atas my ballz