Those who already terminated astro service and posted the smartcard to astro to avoid fine, what you do with the decoder and dish?

A. Sell them for RM30 each to Electrical Shop cum astro installer?
B. Modify it to receive Thai HD channel or channel from other satelite?
C. Just leave it as it is collecting dust or rust.

i tought that the decoder is belong to astro?

Yeah, sold it to LYN-ners
Im interested to know about option B.
Can modify? Any links?
Thanks.

Lol..just sell it lar..got no use keeping them..only collecting dust..A

I cancelled my Astro back in 2001 and the disk is still sitting on the roof collecting dust... decoder and card still with me in the store room...

3 weeks ago, I also cancelled my father's Astro due to worn out after many years of service and there was no part for old Astro decoder and I was asked to upgrade to Astro Beyond with RM20/month more of which I refused since "wheather proof" problem still exist on Astro Beyond. This round I was asked to return the card to Astro but I ignore it, is it normal that Astro ask the card to be returned after cancellation? I didn't get that back in 2001 when I cancelled mine...

Holy shoot, astro beyond still succumb to weather issue!

This is annoying especially when you watch sports live broadcast!

Yup, over the phone the lady told me Astro Beyond better than the old decoder but not weather proof. That was part of the reason why I cancelled mine a decade ago... Can image after 10 yrs the problem still there and they don't even bother to do extra mile like doing cable TV etc...

ask someone to tke it off your disk and go sell it..easy way bro..
and i before use the old big decoder..when i upgrade bro,they took the away our old decoder..they said they need it..and i dunno why..

TS, i'll take the dish for rm30 or any other sellers?

What can you do with the dish?

The current market price is RM30 just for the dish? I thought it's more than that? What will you do with the dish anyway?

dish can do wat.
decoder is know is laku but asstro dish?

Wifi antenna boaster.

seriously -,-

keep your satellite dish, astro is going to launch Free-to-Air satellite TV

what is that..?

astro is trying to copycat UK's freesat, a Subscription free Satellite TV

Yeah

Sure they give fta ?

Possible I think. They give tv1, 2,3,8,9 ntv7.

welcome any info about this - any hint or link will do, tq!!

getting sick and tired of astro, beyond incl - nothing to watch after 1 yr. maybe unifi killed it. will terminate very soon.

rm30, please la... RM200 maybe i sell...

lol..rm30 for that big metal thing..-,-
yeah..maybe around that price can get

I dont think they can even near uk free sat,they may give thier family pack foc and some selected like tutor tv,astro ceria, etc !UK free sat deserves respect thats what free means!

LOL... Agree with you!

if u don''t return the card, they will charge rm80 to your account. just return it to any astro branch

haha if i m TS,,,i long time throw the assthrow parts in the dust bin long time ago dy...no questions asked

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Jan 11 2012, 07:02 PM

Wanted to terminate astro and subscribe to unifi but astro wah lai toi and channel 314 having an iron grip on mom. Only those 2 channels are watched but need to pay for whole dynasty package. no such thing for unifi, you pay for individual channel.

haha yeah...how i wish we can pay 4 the 1 separate channel instead of the whole crappy packages...i want STAR WORLD HD but i dont want the rest of the other variety channels which is y it sucks especially when channel V got suddenly removed 4 no particular reason

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Jan 12 2012, 11:17 AM

LOL, Ikr, i terminated a lot of things last December

Astro
TM
Maxis

And their cheque are coming in, yesterday received RM149 from TM, waiting for astro RM89 and maxis not yet send, im pretty sure there a deposit or prorated payment that they hutang me.

the b option, how to modify?

Can modify, but it's illegal and not free, but way cheaper than having Astro.

How to modify

u mean like dream box??

that's the only way that I know, is there any other way?

Full astro w/o HD Channel..free Truevision Thaicom5, free indovision SES7..can recieve NSS-6, ST1 Taiwan..and more satelite..
buy Multimedia player like Openbox and c-line..
Latest Openbox S12 HD PVR...

are this legal?

You become very rich already, u save a lot...

Ku-band wave length is 1.67-2.5cm equal length of rain drop that is why Ku-band signal can be easily absorbed by rain fall.

C-band is weather proof, because C-band wave length is 3.75-7.5cm and it will not be absorb by rain fall.
Now a day, the newer generation of satellite have more powerful C-band signal and can be received on 90 cm dish.
Wondering will astro start using C-band and let us have 90 cm dish so that no more "service not available" during heavy rain fall.

http://www.lyngsat.com/Measat-3.html

This post has been edited by tanhks: Mar 10 2013, 07:18 AM

Agreed. Let's look at the difference:

UK Freesat:
- Bring your own decoder- can pick and choose brand, functionality etc. Buying a decoder is like buying a TV set- you walk into a electronics shop and pick it up from a display of several units.
- No need smart card
- Can even receive other countries' channels, and is actually LEGAL to do so because of EU program sharing law.

Assteruk "free" sat:
- Only assteruk decoder allowed. Assteruk will only supply very limited type of decoders. Dun like the brand? too bad.
- Still need smart card.
- Lock down to only assteruk signal.

Imo, it's not really free if you're forced to use assteruk's decoder and can only receive own country channels. To me, the definition of free is beyond "don't need monthly subscription". It means letting the consumer choose what decoder they want and what they want to watch with no restrictions.

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For me, I return the smart card but get to keep the dish and decoder. Apparently the contract states that if you have kept to the contract until past the contract end date, and then terminate, the decoder and dish is yours to keep. But the smart card must be returned no matter what. I recommend going to Assteruk building in person and giving it back by hand, and then take photo and name of person who received the card. I return the card by mail, but keep details and double check to see if card reached them, and in the end they still try to sue me for "not returning smart card". I placed one angry phone call to the lawyer who sent the letter, one angry phone call to Assteruk CS, and repeat the details given to both of them. They shut up from then on, but I already swear I'm never ever getting assteruk's service ever again.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jul 12 2012, 03:41 PM

Leave the decoder and dish because later you might decide to subscribe again.
But need to return the smart card, better go to a Astro branch near you instead of send the card by post.

http://support.astro.com.my/LocateBranches.aspx

i want to terminate astro beyond....was told must pay penalty due to 2 yrs contract. when sign-up that time promoter din say anything abt contract also.

so must return the card? what abt the decoder?

Well, to be fair, the two years contract thing is written in the form T&C. So sign the form and you agree to the two years lock in. Sadly, many people don't read the T&C or think about it deeply before signing.

Decoder and dish you can sell as besi buruk, or keep as bitter memory to remind yourself how horrible their customer support is. But yes, card, you must return.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jul 31 2012, 12:31 PM

went to cancel yesterday....but effective 27Aug....and kena pay penalty cos left 1 more yr contract.

you have to pay GBP145.50 per year to renew your tv license at UK.. GBP145.50 = RM700++/ year

But you must remember that their salary avg. around £2k-3k per mth. Therefore paying £145 is like nothing to them with alot of channel to choose. In Malaysia, we pay rm145, we only can watch this assberuk channel only. We cannot convert and then compare, which i think totally not correct and must based on standard of living of each country. Even at uk, you can still get a loaf of bread for 20 pence, where in here you can get 20 sen bread. My 2P only.

Don't convert. If convert, should also convert the income. Malaysia gov always like to convert making no brain people think wet paying cheap for many things. If want to convert how much are we paying for higher education vs PR local in UK paying higher education? How much we pay for cars? What public transport they have vs Malaysia?

This post has been edited by weikee: Aug 7 2012, 09:44 AM

peace all bro...nak tanya...saya ingat nak angkat skybox ni gak la......
saya dah ke astro utk terminate...tp salesgirl tu kata dia org akan amik balik decoder dgn dish (Byond) tu balik...
saya ada bawak smart card sekali, tp dia kata nanti ada org akan kutip semua sekali kat umah...

mmg mcm tu ke?

bagi balik decoder with power supply & card shj.
dish tu tak payah.....

yup..same issue.
i went to Assstruk CS at Cheras yesterday to terminate my asstruk account. End of contract.
They are asking me to return back all the item like smart card, decoder, remote control, adaptor, and also dish.. it's sound ridiculous for me.
i told him da i can understand to return the smart card. But is sound crzay that asking me to remove the dish at the roof top myself and return back. i told him that i had paid RM199 during registeration time and im pretty sure that is under my property. im damn angry that the service is bad for me. So i went to Damansara branch. the officer there said only return smart card. den i called to Call center. another officer told me the account had cancel n she told me the contractor will come to my house and collect all the items. I sounded her back as i wont allowed them to come over my house.. I damn angry agn. that's why i had run few email to them..but the problem is they cant give me the correct info. feel so disappointed with them.

dish pakai dekat skybox,openbox laa hehe

for my case - i have terminated a year ago and they only ask for the 'smart card' to be returned to thier branch. i was like wtf and they charge me on my last bill for not returning.

a_wei1319, are u sure? i've cancelled my astro beyond account in august/september and they just said ok..! just keep everything left in my house, next time if you want to subscibe for astro back, just call CS and they will charge me reconnection fee..

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Added on October 12, 2012, 4:15 pmits not legal becouse they collect yearly fee or 6month fee from every customer, as a return, their customer can watch astro all channel + (astro 1st & astro best) on weekend, it is like sharing the astro smartcard. like duduk rumah panjang in sarawak and sharing to pay the astro montly bills.

This post has been edited by dr_bun: Oct 12 2012, 04:15 PM

servis dah kene tebus songlap dari polis

itu bukan Durian HD tv ke ?

Yeah dunno what to watch now with no astro.

Durian already busted.

Unifi just ended the Oct free view all HD channels.

Asiabox horrendous buffering on weekend is as bad not watch at all.

So last weekend i downloaded few movies :-

Ice Age 4 continental drift - fun

Stolen - typical Nicholas Cage movie

Episode 50 - crappy paranormal movie

Cosmopolis - crap

Hi all,

I have moved from landed property to Condo now and the condo already have the connection to watch Astro but not in HD, only in SD.

However, do I have to dismantle the landed property Astro dish before I sell off my house?

yah 2 durian tv pun kene jugak haha

dish can use for dreambox or something other meh.. i use astro dish+dreambox decoder and i recieve all channel..

This post has been edited by sepah98: Nov 2 2012, 05:20 PM

wat means all channel!

Really can, Bro? How, pls?
TQ.

1) u need to pay lah (c-line) but very much cheaper
2) not all astro channel (hd one still cannot received so far lah)
3) not all astro first
4) must accept scrambled issue (intermittent hang) but very seldom

Tks 4answers above!

1. How much? Monthly also? Pay 2whom?
2. No HD? Understand cos old Sat dish with smaller diameter...
3. Normal Astro subs also kenot UNLESS pay more!
4. Cause? Decoder firmware?

Wld b good as a 2nd source....?

all channel on astro you can get it.. just internet+astro dish+dreambox.. i've do it at my csin village at johor.

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Added on November 5, 2012, 12:33 pmyou must have:astro dish+the dreambox+internet=all channel(not hd and astro first) in cheapest price than buy from astro..

This post has been edited by sepah98: Nov 5 2012, 12:37 PM

Astro sent me lawyer letter for not paying the charges for unreturned sim card. Before the lawyer letter came, there was a letter from a debt collector...like ah long style saja

But I have returned the damn sim card more than a year ago, on 9th of July 2011! I remembered because I was stucked on the bridge going towards uptown KL from Subang due to the road closure. But the problem is I don't remember if i get back any receipt/ confirmation upon returning the sim card and I can't seemed to find it...can anyone tell me if they get back any receipt/confirmation upon returning the sim card to the centre??

Thanks!

I hate Astro!!!!

Astro still owe me RM90 because i overpaid after terminating few channels and after i terminated the whole service they don't even have any courtesy to send cheque to me for the balance unlike telekom or other service providers .

Anyway this c-line durian-like services like dreambox, skybox and openbox are unable to broadcast HD channels. This is such a letdown

i.e the last AIM 19 was shown in Astro RIA in SD but in Mustika in HD.

Furthermore nobody know what fate these boxes will ended up.

I just off phone with Astro CS due to my Astro Termination enters a new episode today when they shamelessly send me another bill stating that my balance RM61.72 that they suppose to refund by cheque long time ago now magically deducted and my bill will no longer have negative balance. All good and zero.

WTF!




With my patience level almost hit red, i called them and asked, after few line disconnections, sound problems and redialing (intentionally or not), they claimed that the department who received the smartcard that i sent one year ago only now notified their billing department. After 1 fkin year!

Long story short, they said they will send the cheque within 3 weeks from now.

So, need to send back the card if not will be fine?
Why Astro sent me this?




Btw, so relieved after terminating astro..now can watch more more more channels and hd lol..

This post has been edited by nyunyu: Feb 16 2013, 04:03 PM

After more than a year i terminated byond and started this thread, only now i received my balance in cheque form.

Thank you Astro, not that appreciated it but you guys are just pathetic!

Welcome to the club. I had exactly same problem as you. Terminated and returned the card, and yet get warning
letters regarding charges that the SIM card not returned. What I did was call them up and make noise. Then call the lawyer up and make noise.

Before that I was thinking that I may sign up again if needs be. Now I will never go back to assteruk. Greedy b@$+@£ds.

anybody know how do i check the balance month of my astro contract other than call them directly? any online method?

thanks

Termination is rm500 prorated by 2months. Meaning today if my contract end in another 2 month I only pay rm500/24 multiply 2?

My asiabox is now fail with blinking bluelights and my Netflix account already expired.

my day to day entertainment only Hypttv and youtube.

Call Astro to activate NJOI they said pay RM88 and free for life. If i want AstroRIA to watch Akademi fantasia pay RM2 daily.

Decision Decision.

called to terminate, do not need to return anything. not even smartcard, i double confirmed she say no need, as my contract ended already. now lets see the last billing.

Hi,

Anyone know any installer that provide astro b.yond dish together with installation service around ampang?

Thanks.

Astro byond dish and decoder for sell.
Anyone?

how much?
include smart card?
(planning to activate for njoi)

I've just terminated the service and the smart card is still with me.
But doesn't it need to be returned to Astro, else kena fine?
I have no idea of market price.
Subsribed for 10 months only, so the condition is still good.

150 for whole set?
can activate for NJOI.