Wise business practice will tell you that whatever venture myrepublic is going to do here won't be one where they start from scratch. In all likelihood, they will come into the market by subsuming into a current established, but not entirely successful broadband concern like, maybe, Redtone or YTL e-solutions or maybe both.

They will get a headstart that way and use whatever presence and infrastructure the existing company already has. Think of how BP became BHP, Esso and Mobil became Petron, and Carrefour became Aeon.

It makes sense that way.

But in any case, I am not going to argue, debate or waste my energy speculating about what can, will or should happen. I'll just wait until the service, if any, becomes a real product in the market.

Kind of how I couldn't care less what Time Telecom were doing or promising until their Time Fibre Broadband service for consumers became a reality and were a legitimate alternative to TM-Unifi/Streamyx and Maxis Broadband for many people. The other bit-part players like ABNxcess and PenangFon by OCE need not apply.

Very true, but somehow because we are dealing with Malaysians, high bandwidth + quota = government's fault!

I think you mean MyKleptocracy?

In any case, while I am skeptical anything concrete and promising will be happening anytime soon, I shall try to remai quietly hopeful. If nothing else positive comes out of it, maybe the TPPA will force their hand. Then again, we thought that about the ASEAN free trade agreement previously, and what it would do to car prices, etc. But here we still are in 2015.