The TP-Link Archer VR500V modem looks cheap and ugly and there's no unlimited call plan in the bundle. This is very important for the senior citizens who wants a fixed line at home for their love ones to contact.

It's quite a convenience if you want to have a fixed line. For a mere additional RM10, you get to have unlimited calls to fixed line and local mobile numbers.

Even TM can't beat that, their more expensive higher range plans such as 100M and 300M only bundle 600 minutes of talktime with their plans.

I guess they don't want an overlap of coverage with areas already served by TM's HSBB unless there's very high demand or new green field development that requires new infra buildout.

Once TNB wholesale open network builds up and get more popular than TM's HSBB itself, TNB might probably buy up TM's assets which is failing instead.That way they could expand much faster than to build an entire new network that overlaps the existing coverage.

TNB's financial book is actually healthier than TM's.Electricity is much more of an essential than broadband and their open network wholesale model is actually more promising to other players.

They like to compete instead of pursuing new areas where there's less competition. Stupid mentality if you ask me.

Celcom leases TNB's wholesale fibre network mostly as their priority. They have greater freedom on it because they get to hook unused dark fibre directly to their own equipment just like SACOFA in Sabah.

As for TM's HSBB network, they still need to use TM's routers as first hop before re-routing to their own network. On TNB's open network, the ISP leasing it can supply their own BTU/modem in addition to the router. That is how open networks should be.

Yes it's quite widely deployed in Cyberjaya already and it'll expand in time.

SACOFA/Celcom Timur is doing the same thing in Sabah, not sure about Sarawak.

In Peninsular Malaysia, TNB will be doing the same role as them.

Read carefully.
They don't allow you to run a P2P or VPN server out off your connection turning your premise into a datacentre not don't allow you to do P2P downloads.

Can try test with servers in other regions?

Mainland China, Europe and US?

Heard Celcom has excellent connectivity into China via China Mobile peering.

Try switching the test server in Ookla speedtest to Guangdong China Unicom/Telecom 5G test servers.
Beijing and Shanghai test servers too. Try selecting China Mobile servers.

Also try testing with servers in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Switzerland, London and Sweden.

Celcom got 50M fibre plan? I though that's DiGi's Home Fibre plan.

Celcom's plan is similar to Maxis. 30M/30M symmetrical

Same price as Maxis's RM89/mth but not symmetrical speed. 50M down / 20M up.

DiGi not too sure for provide public IP. Can confirm Celcom and Allo City Broadband only.

Got new subscriber here already confirm it. He requested for public IP and already granted it.

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5053686/+20