No, it also hints that the UniFi expansion plans for HSBB2 will not as ambitious as claimed and will not cover many areas for years to come.

If TM continues to keep its pricing at RM140 for 4mbps, with the introduction of GST and more of Malaysians feeling the pinch of economy hardships, there will be lots of subscribers who will cancel their subscriptions starting next year since broadband is secondary essential.

This plan is to lock up Malaysians to their overpriced plans for another few more years.

Just for comparison, Thailand already charging RM59 a month for 10mbps with line rental included.
Fixed voice line is optional and not forced upon its customers. The phone "dry" line is only used for internet access.

No I'm saying that with GST implemented many Malaysians will even find it hard to pay for food and daily living next year.

If they have to make a choice between basic living and broadband, many will choose to cancel their internet access to save for other more important choices.

You know what is a dry line?

It's a telephone line that has no dial tone. Only for pure internet access. No phone is attached to it. Your ADSL2+ modem is plugged directly to it without filter.

That's what most Thai users are doing... Their phones all share Wi-Fi and very few already make voice calls through traditional PSTN. I think Singaporeans also the same.

Just in time last month:

Thailand internet speeds got a free boost. ISP senyap-senyap upgrade all their subscribers speed without any fee increase and need to renew their contracts.

AUTO BOOST!



Many of them wondered why suddenly their lines like 50% faster until the made official announcement.

In Malaysia if TM upgrades, it'll force customers to re-signup their contracts so they get tied down longer and those who doesn't they senyap-senyap keep you at old speeds.

Contract how long? If 2-3 years ask TM to go sign up and keep back themselves.

Already overpriced, next year it's expected that many Malaysians struggling to cope with spending for essentials will choose to terminate their fixed lines as more jobs are going.

RM150 for a 2mbps just doesn't sound right. For most people that's even more than their electricity bills while internet is not a real necessity.

Malaysians please wake up and know your value of your money.

Try downloading a 90mins 720p movie and see how much your quota eaten up?

1GB+ GONE!

How much quota your DiGi data plan gives you?

Is there an official package like that by DiGi sold to the public?

If got, sure TM bo liao.

Got a suggestion to those FED up customers of TM paying expensive prices for years now.

Start of 2015, if you want to boycott this company, start terminating your fixed lines one by one.

Only with some pressure, this monopoly company will wake up and start offering competitive pricing once again to lure everyone back.

It's been over 10 years now. No speed upgrades, no price lowering. They are taking us for granted because their heads are up high in the air thinking that people can't live without their service.

Please show them that WE Malaysians CAN live without them.

This post has been edited by stren89: Nov 14 2014, 04:43 PM

That's true back in 2008.It's approaching 2015 now.

Government cannot afford to continue bailing them out with grants forever, and how long can they survive on it?

1MDB, Battersea Powerplant Redevelopment, MAS all needs more money than TM.

their staffs attitude beh tahan wan. Dare to scold customers instead of the customers scold them.Very rude customer service. They think the people owe them a living.

U using wireless to connect your PC or wired?

Still using WEP?

My most possible guess is someone used wired to connect your modem which has a default password assigned by TM to log into your modem router. After accessing your modem configuration page, most WPA2 can be attained by clear view.

So the person, noted it down and changed the encryption to WEP to make life easier for him in future.

Who is your biggest guess?

Your room mate? House mate? Family member? Neighbour?

He/she must have direct physical wired port access to your modem to bypass your wireless WPA2 before accessing the web configuration page of your modem.

Even budget not a problem, those Asus models are way overboard la

Considering it's only 4M Streamyx. Even 8M Streamyx not worth it.

Unless you have 1Gbps FTTH at home, probably you get to make full use of the added WiFi connection speeds?

Haha...

4mbps and 2mbps only difference of RM5...

You know why they still retain 1M and 2M packages?

That's because they still have many rusted copper lines around laid directly between the old long tube boxes and their exchanges which can't even deliver 4Mbps well.

Those who cannot stand to lose out because 2M and 4M only difference by RM5...

It's over 10 years already Streamyx came to existence, but till today even in major cities those old tube boxes many are not replaced yet with remote terminals(RT) to handle 24M ADSL2+ lines when ADSL equipments today are already almost obsolete with VDSL2+ and G.Fast already out.

WTF is TM thinking? Continue to use ADSL for another decade? Even Laos already selling 100mbps internet plans today(although expensive) catered through direct fibre.

Time should do rapid expansion into Penang Island and take away all TM accounts.

Why aren't they doing it? For landed they can always use fixed wireless fibre to cut cost of fibre laying.

Got to give that to TM!

Already selling among the slowest fixed line internet plans in the world with 1-4mbps ADSL, yet still tell you they need to throttle Youtube and downloads.

This is pure rubbish talk. Their Streamyx is priced almost that of 1Gbps plans in other countries(whihc is almost 1000X faster) yet they still feel the need to throttle.

What has the consumer association in Malaysia have to say about this? Oh no maybe SKMM has been warning them to zip their lips not to interfere in this ridiculous move.