If my calculation is correct, his EDGE connection will be about 108kbps to download 35GB in a month. Kinda possible.

This post has been edited by mengsuan: Sep 25 2006, 10:52 PM

This is what I was thinking too. I did experience EDGE at a Digi Centre and the speed was really terrible with high latency too. Loading Lowyat.Net Forum was like a 56k dial-up connection.

Automatically cut-off ... another ridiculous implementation.

Well, I somehow agree with David83. If a user uses up until 3GB of bandwidth that month and suddenly he needs internet connectivity urgent, that would be a hassle. IMO, Maxis should give additional charges for usage after the 3GB bandwidth limit.

Additional charges will be a better way.

By the way, last time the terms and conditions stated if we want to have more than 3GB and submitted the application, will be charged for anything? Extra bytes for some payment ...

I'm planning to jump into the wireless broadband too due to the lack of internet access at our school's hostel area.. but I'm still in the process of selecting a provider since they're all like having bones in their closet..

Bout the Maxis 3GB policy, I think it's like when you need more bandwidth, according to the policy, you should write in and explain why..

This 3GB policy really sucks.. I can download more than 500mb of data in approx 3 hours using screamyx sometimes and with the 3GB limit, I should be finishing my bandwidth within 18 hours..

Meaning you are a heavy downloader ? If you fear that you will finish the bandwidth very fast but you only use it for surfing, chatting and mainly you want unlimited access just go for Digi's EDGE. Just make sure your hostel area is within coverage area.

They do not expect users to download lots of stuff through 3G. Moreover, p2p does not seem favourable in Maxis 3G. How many GB of data can you download just through http?

erm.. 500mb using streamyx is a combination of HTTP & P2P downloads.. *at best effort*

Just checked with DiGi.. EDGE is not available anywhere near my town.. :mad:

but one thing I'm quite interested now is that Celcom is bringing 3G coverage to my town soon.. (Sarawak).. and the D99 plan looks interesting.. wonder how much for the data card though.. or do they provide monthly rental for it?

If you have enough budget why not go get the Celcom 3G promotion bundled along with the HP laptop ? It is worth it IMO. That is if you have a budget though. As for the D99 package you mentioned, Streamyx users get to subscribe that package for RM88 per month and that is cheap for a 3G service with unlimited usage in Malaysia. Data card is priced at RM888 though.

1 point I have to make is that the Streamyx connection wasn't mine, it was my school's.. they disabled the wifi link to our hostel due to some stability issues and some plain sh--ty explanations..

How about the celcom promotion? It includes the PC Card and a HP laptop right? But I think that is a 2 year contract if I'm not mistaken.. and do we get to own the laptop and PC card at the end of the contract?

Yes you will own it. The monthly fees of the 3G service is included in that package too. What's more is that you can pay for everything via 0% installment using credit card with participating banks.

did you forget to tell him that the laptop is a very rudimentary one.

The specs of it is still enough for normal usage such as word processing, chatting and surfing the net. 3G is all about mobility and there is not a need to have a powerful laptop for basic usage.

Lol.. so rm190 x 24 months = rm4560...

so the HP business notebook is the older model of nx6310.. should be around rm2000
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/my/en/sm/WF...C&lang=en&cc=my

3G Data Card is around RM900.. so that equals rm2900..

rm4560 - rm2900 = rm1660/24 months = approx rm69/month 3G service charge..

wtf.. so almost half of our monthly service charge is used to rent the laptop and 3G card..

2 years of contract is too long.. I'll probably be finishing my college by the end of next year..

Why not having D99 package (for 12 months) + a used 3G mobile?

D99 (RM99) x 12 months = rm1180 + ~rm500 (for 2nd hand 3G phone) = rm1680/12 = rm140 per month

For a direct comparison of 24 months,
D99 (RM99) x 24 months = rm2376 + ~rm500 (for 2nd hand 3G phone) = rm2876/24 = ~rm119.83 per month

much much cheaper..

This post has been edited by ATI.Bob: Sep 26 2006, 11:21 PM

So has anyone tried out this Maxis 3G home broadband thing? I wonder what happens if we bring the modem to area OUtside 3G/EDGE coverage, will it autoroam to gprs instead??

I'm not too updated on 3G handphones but if there were no new improvements on those 3G phones data download speed, I assume it is still 384kbps at maximum and still we won't be able to achieve until there.

you mean even with the slow speed of the 3G phones (at ~384kbps max.), malaysian 3G services still can't achieve that speed?

There is an overhead factor just like our normal ADSL connection, when they say 1024kbps but you won't be able to achive that much. I've read someone using SonyEricsson's k610i as a modem for the 3G service, he could only reach up to about 150kbps maximum. I'm not saying 3G can't reach 384kbps, you were saying that getting a phone to act as a modem is cheaper so I wanted to let you know that using a 3G phone to act as a modem is quite slow IMO. The 3G data card performs much better.

I wonder 1 HSPDA 3G base station can support how many users at once? 500? 200?