Yes they can and if they aren't...about time they did. Every single year, been reading about TM's growing profits. How long more would you like to wait? 5, 10 more years? 20? 50? after your death? Pray tell.. When is this best time that isn't yesterday for progress? I say, yes to a rocket from KL to Penang. If it can be done and cost effective? Why not.. Do it. Just like the HSR to SG and back. You may not need it, but there be millions of others who will. Tech must advance and not just for advancement sakes. But to improve lives.
Don't get me wrong, I understand where you are coming from.. But look at how Tesla blew up in just couple years. Don't tell me that the other car giants didn't know about or possess the tech know how that Tesla did. They did.. Just didn't care or thought the masses weren't ready.. Now, see how wrong they are and many are scrambling to compete on the electric front. Tesla hasn't turned a single profit and yet has billions of dollars on tap to move forward.. That's progress .. Also see Nokia... Self-explanatory..
To TIME, TM, etc...? Step up, innovate, lead or die. That's the age we are in now.
I'm sorry.. You were making sense until the bold part. Whenever, I see certain folks making such statements..

There was once a time when having 1GB RAM in computers were a dream and in phones? Too futuristic. But today, we can have phones with 6GB RAM easy and with faster, better and more efficient CPUs & GPUs. People are walking around with devices in their pockets that have more computing power than that used to traverse space at a time. The Acorn Electron only had 32KB RAM & 32KB ROM.. Now, if we had listened to the naysayers or the folks who'd be like.. Hey this is more than enough. We won't have the tech hardware and subsequently better software that we have today to make lives easier. So kindly restrict such statements to your usage. FYI, 1Gbps for non-commercial usage is nothing new.. I welcome it..

Hmm.. more than enough is more for my preference..
I did state I hope for price cut instead of speed upgrade.
TIME does give you the options to get 500mbps. Just pay abit expensive more. They are able to fully support with their current infra even to 2gbps I believed.