What download speed do you get for speed test eg at speedtest.tm.com.my ? Around 6.6-6.7M? Or higher ?

How about andyng38 ? Do you get more like 8.5-8.6M ? That will show the difference.

Well, based on andyng38 reply, you can see the speed difference. No harm trying to get them to check on your port speed. Though they'll probably use the 80% argument. Its also possible that the lower port speed provides a more stable connection depending on your line condition.

Isn't that just the old Unifi VIP5 5M package? Those users are supposed to get speed upgrade to 10M.

Is this a free upgrade? Or you pay to upgrade package? Did you get 8M at RM140?

Those Unifi VIP packages were stopped a year or so ago when they came out with higher 30 / 50M packages. However old VIP package users are supposed to get double speed, for example 5M goes to 10M etc. The price of VIP 5M was RM149. Same as shown in your brochure.

Although Unifi is fiber, for high-rise with copper lines, the fiber goes up to the high-rise but within it, last section to user is still copper. Maybe your area has got some new fiber exchange and will use existing copper line as last mile. Maybe this is the 100K non-Unifi users they mention before.

You could check if your area is covered by "regular" Unifi now, if not this could be something new in your area as above.

Now that does not make sense... If your area is covered by fibre lines for Unifi, then it should be for the new 30 / 50 / 100M packages. Why that brochure shows 5 / 10M is not clear. Can't be an old brochure as the date shows 2017. Maybe its targeting specific Streamyx users.

If you happen to call to find out more details about that brochure, please update here.

I think this will depend on what technology is used. The 1km distance is not really a problem if it is fibre to a cabinet nearby in the area and then copper to the house. Now with Streamyx, I think we are looking at the copper distance from house to exchange. If using FTTC, this distance is no longer valid. If the cabinet is placed a few roads away or or some centtral location in the area, the last part of copper line distance would be reduced a lot, maybe down to 1km or less. Even if it is more like 2km or so, you can still possibly get higher speeds than current Streamyx. This is what I think, please correct if wrong.

You need the DSL splitter or phone filter at each physical port in your house which you want to connect a phone unit to. This is to filter out the DSL signal noise when using the phone.

BTW, how much was the 4M package offer? RM130?


This post has been edited by mylinear: Feb 10 2017, 04:59 PM

I think this follows the pricing for 2 / 4 / 8M = RM120 / 130 / 140. Is it a 1 year contract?

Does your area have Unifi? Just wondering why they don't make Unifi offer.

I think you may be more like 2km away from the exchange, not the box across your road. What does that look like? Unless there is something wrong with your line, you should be getting higher attainable rate.

What speedtest result you get now? Around 3.5M? Ask them to set data rate at 5120 and you should get better speeds.

Yes, you are on a 4M package. But what result do you get doing a speedtest eg at speedtest.tm.com.my ?

Could be that so happened you just got a better line condition after you disconnected and re-connected the line. Or you got a connection with a different modulation mode and annex type.

From my observations...

Port speeds are set at:
1024 = 1280
2048 = 2560
4096 = 5120
8192 = 10240

It is based on 1.25 times.

The modem status page sometimes shows rates that are slightly less by 1 to 4 bits. For example:
5120 could be shown as 5119 - 5116.
10240 could be shown as 10239 - 10236.

Long time ago 1024 was set at 1024 which means you get about 0.8Mbps speedtest. Later port speeds were set higher to get about 1.0Mbps speedtest results to match package subscription speed.

Some 1024 were also set at 1536 (1.5 times) which results in about 1.2Mbps speeds.

For 512 uploads, the port is mostly set at 512 itself (511 - 508). This results in about 0.42Mbps speedtest. However, there are some cases where it is set at 640 (639 - 636) which again is 1.25 times. This results in about 0.52Mbps which is the more accurate setting for the subscribed 512 upload package.

Will be interesting to see the package details. Seems like the old VIP5 (upgraded to 10M) for RM149 which included free local calls. Maybe the RM129 one does not have free calls so less RM20? All current Streamyx packages come bundled with free calls, so must include that when comparing prices, even if some people don't use the local calls.
Also there must be some difference or else those paying RM149 Unifi package will complain. Anyone who gets more info please share.