I'm the first Time Fibre subscriber in my building and I decided to share my experience with Time from my first inquiry right to installation and activation.

So if you guys have any questions, feel free to ask in this thread so everyone else can be informed

Equipment used :

Linksys E1000 Wireless-N Router - very basic wifi-N router
Huawei HG850a GPON - the same as unifi

Photos :

Fibre distribution terminal


Supplied ONU and Cisco WiFi N Router


this is my own router, Netgear WNDR3700 Dual Band Gigabit Router.





Speedtest taken with Boost activated and using my own router as the E1000 was giving me only slightly above 30 Mbps.
i need to do further tests to conclude that the E1000 is giving me slower speeds

This post has been edited by ezinger: Sep 6 2012, 10:22 PM

cool,
so where the speedtest to oversea?
you know you have to watch things like that either oh
even if 40mbps
if ping isn't favourable..well it isn't favour-able then

Good lord with those speedtest results...

Wish i could i sign up lol... They're never gonna cover landed properties are they?

Pricewise how does it compare to TMNUT's Unifi? What're the limitations of the service (Any FUP etc)?

pergh ? where do u live. ?
how much per month ?

speedtests continued...






i've also added 2 photos of the fibre terminal and apparently has a maxis sticker on it.

I haven't discovered any limitations so far and most of the websites that are blocked by unifi are accessible(eg: rapidshare, megaupload, fileserve, etc)
There is a FUP policy but I have downloaded about 20GB in 3 days so far and my speed, as you can see is still at 100% throughput.

Damansara Perdana, i'm paying RM219 a month.

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Added on January 14, 2012, 5:39 pm
just quick screen cap of my download speed. as you can see, no throttling

This post has been edited by ezinger: Jan 14 2012, 05:39 PM

it seem that even time using same lines eh,
well good luck man
its good for downloading i guess
but the pings still need to be fixed

DP box is obviously owned by Maxis with the sticker shown.
How come? Is the fibre infrastructure owned by them?

My landed housing area in Ipoh here also now covered by Maxis fibre right in front of house.They run on TNB poles just like how they did previously in Bangsar Baru.

The fibre cable is green stripped





Refer to my previous dead thread and please help me bump it up once again by leaving a message with comments.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2102430/+60

This post has been edited by iipohbee: Jan 14 2012, 06:29 PM

nice .. but when time coverage to sabah? =(

i'm not sure what you meant by "same lines" but afaik Time runs their fibre entirely on their on infrastructure and has different routing table as compared to unifi. As far as latency goes, i ping 15-20ms on most singapore gaming servers, 80ms to japan, 40-50ms to hk and 70-150ms to australia. (tf2, bf3, quakelive)

what *i think* goes on here is that maxis leases their equipment to Time.

i am pretty sure once IPTV hits any part of Malaysia, you will get to experience true fibre optic connection. as unifi is still on vdsl.

1) Can you help do a trace route to a well known US website with your Time account?
I'm guessing their gateway is routed through Singapore somewhere in between unlike TM which uses the AAG.
Time's international carrier uses Global Transit which uses Singapore as its gateway. They are a shareholder of Unity that links Japan->USA

2) You're right. TM and Maxis lays redundant dark fibre for future needs and use.
In one cable there's quite a number of unused strands that they can leased for added revenues.
In excess of pair of 6..
In your case, Time could have pinjam Maxis's unutilzed strands for deployment by paying them rental.

3)Maybe Maxis should make an agreement with SESB like their TNB deal?

you're right!

Hop 9.That's where the latency spiked. I'm figuring it's peak hour now.

For TM, they route to US directly from Malaysia via AAG.

Also additional info:

Global Transit must be peering or sits on the same site as Asia Netcom which both have shares in Unity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAC-C2C

One of TM weakest link now is their connectivity to Japan. With my Streamyx, the latency is sometimes even worst compared to US servers. The problem is probably due to a missing high capacity link between Japan and Malaysia. Maybe the Cahaya Malaysia cable will solve that.The AAG does not have landing in Japan?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia-America_Gateway

do you know how AAG compares to EAC-C2C?

i get decent routes across Asia and Oceania in terms of bandwidth and latency.

i browse US sites regularly and youtube, so far i'm able to stream 1080p without a hitch

wah is time fiber available elsewhere?

You can refer to TIME Broadband for their coverage, it's mostly covered at condos/apartments and major office buildings, at present there is no roll out for landed properties.

Mostly offices building

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Added on January 18, 2012, 11:47 amHow about IP address - internal or external ip?

This post has been edited by soul2soul: Jan 18 2012, 11:47 AM

Nice, but it's only for 30 hours per month.
How do you activate the boost? Like a switch?

If it launches here, I might take the value package, cheaper than TM Streamyx!!

Probably won't even thinking about taking it... LOL...

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: Jan 18 2012, 01:25 PM

ezinger,

Does Time Fibre BB have VLAN settings?

I noticed you could just hook it up to a Netgear router with little hassle.
There's also no additional worries about configuring IPTV and other stuffs like VoIP?

Do you still need a PPPoE account to login or it's DHCP assigned?

there isn't any VLAN settings, only PPPoE. VoIP is configured on the GPON.

ooi!brandon...ping to 58.6.13.3??

tomorrow go your house test test...too boring here...

Is TIME Fibre Broadband's service good?

Wow that means any wireless router or equipment can be used on it.

I wouldn't be bothered to use the VoIP anyway.

i use microtik to handle vlan on my unifi. So essentially i can use any router too, although time's solution seems far simpler

It's a shame though no residential areas like mine are supported :{

It saves you the hassle and space to place 1-less device in between the ONU and your computer.

No router equipment restrictions for worrying about 3-digit VLAN IDs.

Only weak point now with Time I guess is choosing Huawei brand for their ONTs. Should have went with better brands such as AlcaLu, Ericsson or Zhone.

For home gateway, you can probably supply a TP-Link WR1043D or a Buffalo for the same bulk price of the Cisco E1000.

Supplying good reliable equipment is one way to impress your customers.

who cares what ONT they use. you still get the bandwidth you subscriber, that's all that matters.

i'm not impressed with your logic.

Will there be Riger or Innacomm brand for ONTs for TM in future?

I don't people to be impressed with my posts.Keep that to yourself.

i will propose for a new brand of CPE and ONT for TM.

it will be called IPOHMALI. cheap one that's for sure.

To gain further reputation I suggest you should also inform the likes of NTT, Singtel, HKBN, and the other European ISPs of your great idea

u mean cisco its no gooding??

I'm not saying the brand is not gooding but it could have been better.

Just a suggestion don't get moved that easily, bro.

A suggestion for further improvement, that's all.

FYI, Google assigned ISP, Sonicnet also uses TP-link products for their ADSL2+ service.

the TP-link u pointing at is like CHEAP good or the product quality good

i tot cisco are the big brother in network industry for a long long time and TP-link just pop out of nowhere and pricing are cheap like ghey

iipohbee may have a point on better hardware because i'm getting slower speeds on the stock cisco e1000 as compared to my own netgear router. i will have to do further tests to confirm this.

why would i want to do that?

a CPE of your own desire will not have IPv6 support out of the box and will have to sign EULA not to allow cronies of whoever to use it.

fortunately, i think your favourite ISP can accommodate this.

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Added on January 21, 2012, 7:16 pmhello brother,

i have a private broadband speedtest server within time network, can you do a test to there with both netgear and cheeseco?

i have the same e1000 and also e42000, both can reach 100mbps to the server.

pm me for info.

This post has been edited by ihsan: Jan 21 2012, 07:16 PM

Just got the 2M Value Time Fibre BB package (without WiFi router) @ $99/mth - Free 10hrs BOOST to 10Mbps per month!!

This is a FTTH installation - even for high rise building!!. Unlike UNIFI, there is no VSDLv2 for high rise. As Time slogan says it's 100% fibre!! So, be prepared for minor drilling and fibre cable running from the floor riser closet into your living room.

The fibre optic cable terminates straight into the Huawei EchoLife HG850a (same model as UNIFI). There are no intermediary termination boxes (internal and external) like the ones use for UNIFI. Maybe, Time wanted to save on equipment cost

Personally I don't see any benefit of having so many termination boxes. Maybe, it is for clear demarcation of responsibility or for easy troubleshooting or replacement of any broken fibre cables inside your home.

Anyway, the activation was a breeze. Just use PPPoE on your WiFi router or Laptop to establish the WAN link to TIME. No complicated VLAN setting like UNIFI.

I use a cheap TP-link WR740N router ($49) flashed with DD-WRT for the PPPoE WAN connection and also as an AP

is it unlimited or got limited caps..?..

i'm considering this too...

here is a screenshot of my flashed cisco router that was given to me by TIME


there are not caps. it is unlimited and there are no plans for caps.

To clarify, there IS a FUP but they don't mention specific details. Quotas "may" be implemented in future, but as of right now, I'm hearing nothing about it. More info further below.

As for boost, there is a customer login page (reachable from both inside/outside the TIME network) where you click a button and magically get faster speed for X hours.

Probably the bit most people will be interested in - sharing of infrastructure. Assume all 3 (I think) ISPs that offer fibre services want to provide service in condominium X; it doesn't make sense for all 3 ISPs to invest RMxxx into 3 different sets of infrastructure. So, condos that already have Maxis infrastructure, Maxis will lease/rent their equipment to TIME/TM, and vice versa. Now, obviously, this is going to be a good thing for competition since customers will finally after 20 years in Malaysia be able to choose their wired ISP. However, based on current information - TIME will likely be most attractive to heavy downloaders due to the lack of "caps" - and because all these heavy downloaders start hopping over to TIME, guess what happens... they WILL implement caps. All this is based on current info, and subject to change of course!!!

EDIT: Also, I'm quite impressed with the load averages on the DDWRT router at those speeds. Must be some pretty swanky hardware on the inside of that router.

This post has been edited by biatch0: Apr 4 2012, 02:48 AM

Unifi vs Time Fibre

Unifi 10MBPS - 200RM
60GB per month Quota(you will get 2GB per day)
P2P/Torrent Throttling
Uses Copper line from Closest FTB
Govt. Controlled - Piratebay, and such websites blocked
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Time Broadband 12MBPS - 220RM
No Quota - Unlimited downloads (86GB can be downloaded in 24Hours)
no P2P/Torrent Throttling - uTorrent Speeds are around 1.2Mb/s
100% Fibre optic cable untill the Modem at your house
Private - No website is blocked
+first 5 MONTHS are free
+for 1 hour daily, you get 50MBPS Boost for free

I'd say F#$% Unifi

Anyone experiencing sloooooooooow torrent these few days? Geez!!!! Hate it hate it!

i'm currently pre-loading diablo3 via torrent at maximum speed(refer snapshot)

time broadband so quiet lately....

hi folks, thinking of subscribing to the Time fibre 2M Value (RM99, no wifi router) package.

Question is, i brought home my Netgear N3000 Wireless ADSL2+ Modem router (was using this when i was in australia).

Since no wifi router is provided, can i use my netgear wireless router with the fibre service to transmit wireless connection in my apartment? Will the configuration be pretty straight forward?

Many thanks.

Sure, why not.

Just set your Netgear to PPPoE and connect. The configuration are straight forward, not like unifi where there is setting for vlan etc.

Me myself change the linksys e1000 provided by TIME and replace it with MikroTik.

im a bit confuse here,
correct me if im wrong,
u told us that monthly u have to pay
"Damansara Perdana, i'm paying RM219 a month."
and im checking on TIME web site there is no package RM219

this 1 for business la.. go to the home 1..

ohhhh, so this one home plan package???



This post has been edited by mohdhatta87: May 21 2012, 11:34 AM

not bad, i can say

many thanks for the clarification. cheers.

Does anyone know the username and password for Huawei HG850a ONU?

if Time fiber also join broadband war for may/june 2012..that will be good... (read from newspaper, now they generate profits already instead making loss in the past...)

that is bcuz they r part of the astro broadband promotions...so 50% profit goes 2 them already haha n lastly 12mbps @ 198 bucks with no quotas is damm tempting wey

This post has been edited by skylinelover: May 25 2012, 02:28 PM

guys, i am getting time to my condo.
how to entice people to get time instead of unifi and maxis?

just let them be with their unibad and maxshit

no need to saturate the TIME network with more users...

time broadband , less user , faster speed ..

Hi guys...anyone of you who wish to know more about TIME Fibre Broadband (Residential) or TIME Fibre Internet (Business), feel free to buzz me...cheers ...

I'll b glad to answer your questions either from the following perspectives.

1) Packages
2) Building Coverage in Penang
3) Installation
4) Configurations

Cheers

This post has been edited by jjj2: Jun 26 2012, 11:21 PM

wow, Time comes to penang!

Yup...TIME enters Residential Buildings in Penang on last year June. Now expanding to about 40 Buildings.

Hello I would like to know if I apply for Time 2mbps now ,can I upgrade say 3 month later to the 6mbps package.Also what the total I have to pay for 24 month contract.

Hi...

Yes you may upgrade to 6Mbps. But if you downgrade, you will be charged RM200 for Penalty fee.

Anyway there is no penalty if you downgrade during the FREE Trial month.

For 24-Months contract,

1) FREE 1 Month Trial
2) FREE Activation
3) FREE Installation (15m fibre cables given for indoor, all outdoor cables will be covered by TIME.) (Additional indoor cables will be charged at RM45/3m.
4) Waived Equipment Deposit
5) FREE Dect Phone
6) FREE Fibre Modem
7) FREE Cisco Linksys E1000 Wireless Router (not applicable for 2M value package).

There is NO hidden fee, you will just need to pay for the package price you subscribe.

Thanks.

So I just pay for 23 month ?

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Added on July 1, 2012, 12:38 amAlso is there a software that come with time fibre ,which let choose when to use the free boost of 50mbps

This post has been edited by startitan: Jul 1 2012, 12:38 AM

The FREE Trial month is not calculated in the 24 months contract

So I only Start paying for the second onward & how about the 50mbps turbo boost,Can I control the use or it automatic?

Yes Bro...the 1st month you will not be billed.
Eg. You activate your line on 3 July, until 2 Aug, you will not be billed.

For the 50Mbps, you can login to our website to activate from there.
Choose 1 / 2/ 4 /8 hours then click on Boost !

Can I also know the phone no.uses the 01x or 04 and will I be able to choose my own phone no.Also will their be a fair in penang island soon or a road show at my area Sri Wangsa 2.

Hi bro,

The Phone No is starting from 04-xxxxxxx , NOT 01x . The no will be generated by system to you, cannot choose no

We had some roadshows last 2 months at Times Square, Citibank building, BHL, Gurney Tower...
I'm sure more will come & remember to drop by & say Hi

QUOTE(jjj2 @ Jun 28 2012, 03:33 AM)
Hi,

The ONU is Huawei HG850a.

TIME is using Cisco Linksys E1000 for FTTH & FTTO Basic Package. For FTTO Plus package, Cisco SRP527W is used.

Yes, TIME setup all infra by themselves, 100%. FYI, in malaysia thr are only 2 TRUE provider, one is TM, and the other of course is TIME, but TIME actually owns the largest Fibre network in Malaysia.

For the dBm, TIME standard is not to be more than 24 at the termination point in customer premise.

Cheers

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linksys prod at least very much better than stock tm or maxis router. where there are so much users complain.

but point to say coverage for time for domestic is very limited. where most are monopoly by tm. whereby tm lease them to maxis & p1 to offer fiber to home to customers. well then good for them. any heat from customer they can offload to other providers ngiak ngiak ngiak.

ok let me elaborate on my tm installation. my connection from tm dp to outside of my hse is >15m. value is 17.63dbM. as for outside termination to end point is >10m from kitchen to living room is ~ 10m+. the value is 18.29dBM. according to the tm personal if total value >25dBM the huawei ONT will have prob to init. hence the link will be blinking rapidly longer time & slightly hard to get connected. he told me many installation can get away with 31dBM heheheheeee. the perfect installation is 16dBM which is hardly the case. but average for all homes >20dBM is where he noted throughout his career heheee..

so you mean to say for all while Time is focusing on commercial premises? as well provide it's fiber service to key players in telco companies.

want to ask im also time fiber internet user, now im facing i cant send & receive tm n streamyx mail. im using microsoft outlook 2007, is it i need to configure at my email there ah? thanks

Hi..yes you wont be able to send emails using Streamyx email account if you are using TIME Internet.

Why not use TIME webmail ?

can still get your mail via webmail.streamyx.com

Hello can I port my TM homeline no. to TIME homeline?

Hi,

u mean u want to use back the same TM number when switching to TIME ?

Nope, because TIMe has its own numbers.

Thanks.

Was in a dilemma between unifi and maxis fibre until I stumbled upon this and checked that my place has coverage for time home fibre. any feedback from users here? gaming / youtubing / ping / downloading all ok?

Hi...all the above mentioned applications have NO problem at all running on TIME Fibre !

May I know yr location ? You may PM me.

im use times at my office so my office still got streamyx n tmnet account to receive mail but sometime also will use to send mail as well. This is weird loh coz im use digi broadband np but times got problem, why leh ah? so mean cant do anything lah?

time webmail im not yet start use.

thanks.

need help.
i need to wire up my condo for time-astro,
certain customers need time, time+astro and astro only.

no issue on time and time+astro but those who only need astro is in trouble.

can supply time-astro without the broadband part?

Hi,

NO. Astro IPTV depends on TIME Fibre to power their channels. Without TIME Fibre, they would have to revert back to the Satellite dish or building centralized system.

thats y i need help lo.

Not possible to have ONLY astro without TIME Fibre Broadband, at least at this moment.

anyone i can ask/call for this option?

Hello I would like to know how long would It take from the day I apply to installation ?

May I know the voice plan for 15sen flat rate is for 60second or 6 second charging block and If I take the Home plan 10 is the 10 sen flat rate based on 60 second or 6 second charging block ?

HI...

The TIME Voice Home Plan, it's charged at 15cents/min with 6 secs block.

If you go for 10 Plan (add RM10 per month), you will b given RM15 credits to call. After this credits, you will be charged at 10cents/min for all domestic calls & 10cents/min for land lines to 10 countries such as Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, UK * USA.

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Added on July 9, 2012, 11:12 pmUpon submission to the system, it takes 7 working days to process, then TIME will give you a call to see which date & time you are convenient for the Installation.

The entire Installation usually takes about 3-4 hours (some buildings may require longer time).

This post has been edited by jjj2: Jul 9 2012, 11:12 PM

Hello I would like to know If Time will be Offering new plan soon as like what maxis is offering with their Rm 149 for 10mbps? and when will time bring in 100mbps spped into malaysia market like in singapore from m1.

This post has been edited by chastan1: Jul 11 2012, 08:37 PM

Hello? Can I ask some question?
I checked that there is a 12 month contract for Time fibre, is it true? Thanks

New package will be out soon in a month or 2 time.

Yes, 100Mbps is on the way. but not this year. The CEO did mention abt this when he's signing memorandum on one of the huge IJM proj in Penang last year.
Actually TIME Fibre Ethernet Leased Line is currently serving at 1Gbps, of course to MNCs or corporates.

So if I subscribe now ,will I be able to transfer to the new plan or not.

Hi...

Yes 12-Months contract is available.

With this contract, the following applies :

1) NO Free Trial month.
2) Installation Fee of RM249 applies.
3) Equipment Deposit of RM200 + 1 Month Fee (Refundable)
4) For Foreigner, a Deposit of RM500 applies (Refundable).

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Added on July 12, 2012, 12:14 amHi Bro,

Yes you can upgrade later.



This post has been edited by jjj2: Jul 12 2012, 12:14 AM

Would you be able to know if the new plan will be something similiar to what maxis is offfering rm 149 for 10 mbps .

Have not received details about that. But one thing for sure is TIME is not competing about price, TIME is competing in terms of stability, speed & performance.
With these, it makes us stand out among the crowds.

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Added on July 19, 2012, 12:02 pmTIME is working on 100Mbps for GPON ...

This post has been edited by jjj2: Jul 19 2012, 12:02 PM

when did this start? I used TIME dial up before previously, they were good and reliable

id like to know when will the service reach Bandar Utama area? particularly the housing areas n not just the condos?

Hi...at this moment there is no plan of serving landed housing property as the cost is too high when it comes to pulling fibre (with proper protection) into each house.

Hi,
If TIME is not competing price wise, how will it attract new customers?
Because fence sitters like me would judge from price & speed.

I am using a Streamyx 4mb though at only RM88.
Got it under the UniPack promo back in September 2010.
Now the contract will expire in September.

Now I need to either jump onto the Maxis Home or Unifi as if I want to enjoy a similar speed on Streamyx, I would need to spend >RM200! Which is crazy.
So I've decided on Maxis as it is much cheaper at RM118 compared to Unifi's VIP5 at RM150.

Now I've pushed my Maxis installment till September to give me more time to make decision and have a wait and see approach to see whether TIME & Unifi will have an offer soon.
TIME is a bit too expensive and their price & speed points are a bit off.

Maxis 10mb = RM118
TIME 2mb = RM119
TIME 6mb = RM159
Unifi 5mb = RM150

Why doesn't TIME offer 4mb?
I reckon it would cost around RM140 which would be awesome as it would be in between Maxis & Unifi.
I would definitely take up 4mb.

To go down from my current 4mb to 2mb (RM119) is too slow!!
To go up to 6mb (RM159) is too expensive!!

You said earlier that they will improve on speed.
Does it mean they will introduce different speeds?
Or increase the speeds for the current price?

I'm living in a landed property btw in Cheras Selatan.
Does TIME cover my area?

This post has been edited by barca96: Jul 22 2012, 05:39 PM

I think you need to consider that Time's 2 Mbps line also includes 30 hours of speed boost to 10 Mbps for when you want to download stuff. I've been on Time for 2 months+ so far and I only use around 20 hours of boost a month from 6 Mb to 10 Mb under the Astro IPTV package.

Likewise I only encounter disconnections only twice so far in 2 months+, in addition to having low pings (30-40ms to SG game servers), no throttling, no download quotas, it's stuff like these that makes Time an awesome internet service provider.

Hi Bro...stay tuned til Sept.. TIME FTTH wil have new package, it's on the way.