KUALA LUMPUR: Maxis Communications Berhad has announced the upcoming launch of residential broadband services over its 3G network. 

Maxis is using HSDPA (High Speed Data Packet Access) technology, a high-speed upgrade of the 3G network, for the rollout of large scale residential broadband services.

HSDPA offers speeds that are 3 times faster than 3G and 20 times faster than traditional dial-up, allowing consumers to experience greatly improved Internet access to browsing, email, video streaming, online gaming and music downloads. 

Consumers in the Klang Valley and Penang will be the first to enjoy Maxis' new broadband services. 

Maxis chief executive officer Datuk Jamaludin Ibrahim said, "Over the last 18 months, we have spearheaded global industry development by adjusting the 3G network to residential broadband requirements and by developing an affordable home modem that offers both Internet access and voice."

Broadband access will be possible not only in the designated High Speed 3G areas, but also across Maxis' extensive 3G and Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution (EDGE) coverage. 

"Maxis is determined to become a major broadband player and we have already committed RM150mil to build up and launch this business. From a technology perspective, we see both HSDPA and WiMax as the key platforms for delivering affordable, reliable and mobile broadband services to our consumers," said Jamaludin. 

Packages, pricing and coverage areas will be revealed at the formal launch of Maxis Broadband, which is scheduled on Sept26.

Standard: RM50 per month for 384kbps

Premium: RM80 per month for 768Kbps

Modem rental: RM18 per month

Modem purchase: RM299

One-time charge: RM 188 (RM 100 for activation and RM 88 for installation

it is all good, but dont expect to use p2p on a wireless connection.

  2.  Unlawful Activities   
  2.1  In using the Maxis Broadband service and/or any other internet access service that may be provided by Maxis, you must conform to the laws of Malaysia and will not knowingly permit any illegal use or such use that will discredit Maxis. 
  2.2  This includes NOT: 
     
(a)  sending, receiving, publishing, posting, distributing, disseminating, encouraging the receipt of, uploading, downloading or using any material which is offensive, abusive, defamatory, indecent, obscene, unlawful, harassing or menacing or a breach of the copyright, trademark, intellectual property, confidence, privacy or any other rights of any person;
(b)  using for commercial purposes, unless you are on the Office Packages;
©  sending or uploading unsolicited emails, advertising or promotional materials, offering to sell any goods or services, or conducting or forwarding surveys, contests or chain letters;
(d)  knowingly or negligently transmitting or uploading any electronic material (including, without limit, files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs) which is known or likely to cause, interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware or telecommunications equipment owned by Maxis or any other internet user or person;
(e)  allowing activities that invade another's privacy, cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any person;
(f)  allowing activities that are in breach of any other third party's rights, including downloading, installation or distribution of pirated software or other inappropriately licensed software, deletion of any author attributions, legal notices or propriety designations or labels in any file that is uploaded, falsification of the origin or source of any software or other material;
(g)  allowing anything that may disrupt or interfere with Maxis' network or services or cause a host or the network to crash;
(h)  launching "denial of service" attacks, "mail-bombing" attacks, "spamming" or "flooding" attacks against a host or network;
(i)  making excessive use of, or placing unusual burdens on, the network, for example by sending or receiving large volumes of email or excessively large mail attachments;
(j)  circumventing the user authentication or security process of a host or network;
(k)  creating, transmitting, storing or publishing any virus, Trojan, corrupting programme or corrupted data.

They said that they will auto-disconnect you if you have been inactive for 20 minutes or 30 minutes. If I'm downloading a file from the Internet and it takes more than these periods, will I be disconnected?

name me the ISP that does not block or throttle P2P.

It's a trend everywhere in the world now.

I am talking about 3gigs download limitation. Most ISPs in the world doesn't impose such limitation and if there is one that do that, customers has many alternatives and change shop around and change to a different ISPs quickly, conveniently. what the fark are you talking about?

  Speed of service is on a best-effort basis.

my house is available....

Some interesting points in their terms and conditions

5.2 Peer-To-Peer and File Sharing Software 
    5.2.1 Certain software/applications which is used by a small number of customers to send and receive files containing very large amounts of data (including without limitation traffic from peer-to-peer software/applications (such as Bit Torrent, eDonkey, Gnutella) or file sharing software (such as Limewire)). These activities may cause network congestion and can negatively impact the speed at which other customers can access the internet.
5.2.2 Maxis does not guarantee a service level and/or connectivity to users of peer-to-peer or file sharing software/applications.

5.3 Excessive Usage 
    5.3.1 Each customer's total usage per month shall NOT exceed 3GB of data volume transmitted (total upload and download usage). This is to ensure that no individual hogs the bandwidth at all times. 
5.3.2 If a customer wishes to use more than the volume permitted, a written request should be made to Maxis.
5.3.3 Maxis reserves the right to reject the said application or charge for any additional data volume transmitted from what is already allocated.

4.8 Maxis may, at its sole discretion, automatically disconnect the customer's internet session after a period of inactivity, which may vary from 20 minutes to 30 minutes. This automatic disconnection is to allow maximum network performance.
I am very concerned about the 3GB data transfer limitation. Is that is a warning or do they actually cap the data transfer to 3GB per month?

Did you sign up for it?  Wat is the service like?  Speed wise?

Wondering if DiGi wants to promote broadband via EDGE.

Labuan ... even Penang also hasn't got this service even there's Maxis 3G coverage in Penang.

I just called up maxis to ask about the 3GB limitation. According to them, once your total data transfer reaches 3GB, you will automatically be cut off and won't be able to browse anymore.

I just called up maxis to ask about the 3GB limitation. According to them, once your total data transfer reaches 3GB, you will automatically be cut off and won't be able to browse anymore.

How about write to them for request the extra limitation??? Is it got any extra charges???
Now totally dissapointted with Streamyx...keep on DC...

For nomal surfing and IM usage, 3GB is more than enough per month. The reason why they did this was to limit heavy download usage that may clog up the bandwidth.

I think 3Gig is a little bit too little. Fair value would be around 6 GIG.

For me 3GB or even 10GB permonth is not worth it as with EDGE I can download roughly 35-40GB per month. And how are they going to compete with streamyx which offers unlimited downloading?

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

I just called up maxis to ask about the 3GB limitation. According to them, once your total data transfer reaches 3GB, you will automatically be cut off and won't be able to browse anymore.

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..

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..

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?

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?

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

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..

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

My EDGE connection speed is usually around 20KBps. So in theory I could download about 49 GB a month.

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??

Yes, it will switch to GPRS.

can someone confirm this or not?

RM58 per month is not a bad idea for 56kbps , cheaper than digi EDGE which costs RM99

now you mentioning, it's kinda right too.. so what do we get for rm58 per month anyway? GPRS + modem?

how much can one download on a 56k line anyway?

Maxis should not had put up the phase "Unlimited internet access". with the 3 Gib  download limitation , It is obviously a limited access.Just wondering can  Maxis being sued for misleading consumer ?  Been sick of all this shits..
Is there an association in malaysia which takes care of  internet users  rights in this country ?? Can we have one ???

Maxis should not had put up the phase "Unlimited internet access". with the 3 Gib  download limitation , It is obviously a limited access.Just wondering can  Maxis being sued for misleading consumer ?  Been sick of all this shits..
Is there an association in malaysia which takes care of  internet users  rights in this country ?? Can we have one ???

It is unlimited in the sense of duration. No, you cannot sue them. It is stated clearly in the T&C. You can always read the T&C before subscribing and therefore it is not counted as misleading. We do have consumer's association in Malaysia.

DUration ? If the limited is reached within 3 days use of internet and the line is cutted off, its  still can called unlimted access ? That is called 3 days  unlimited internet access .

DUration ? If the limited is reached within 3 days use of internet and the line is cutted off, its  still can called unlimted access ? That is called 3 days  unlimited internet access .

Indeed, I do not see any "unlimited" word anywhere in their official site. And there is a section where they stated about their fair usage policy.

In Wired Broadband :
Enjoy unlimited broadband usage with these ADSL packages....

Source : http://www.maxis.com.my/personal/broadband/packages.asp
So now it is "unlimited broadband usage".  Obviously is unlimited usage.
Even for fair usage, 3GB per month is simply too low, I think  should be increased to 30GB per month, at least. 

C'mon, it just need 50 mins to download 3GB size for a 1.0M line.
Don't forget some of line might used by company, where 5 to 10 persons shared one line in an office.  In that case 3GB usage is just simply a toy. 

They should provide the rate for extra usage as well or maybe Maxis just like to have customers beggging them everyday.  "Please gime more bandwidth..."
Funny a limit within an unlimited package.