Astro Subscription Rate Card - October 2022


Too confusing/complicated to understand the rate card above?
Here are my version of their rate card:


Channel List


Do note that the rate card you see above, are the original/retail price of Astro packs.
The "heavily discounted prices" you see on Astro website ( https://product.astro.com.my/TV ) is likely offer to targeted customers only, such as new Astro customers.

The problem with this statement is no one really will read all the fine prints and personally I find this unethical.

I also experienced this a few days before, where during the games it lags kaw-kaw. This is a rough diagram how Astro's streaming setup works.

Player ==> Reverse Proxy (AWS Cloudfront) ==> Streaming Server

During the games, reverse proxy that is located in MY and SG is overwhelmed with users watching the games. So what I tried to do is, to change the domain that resolves linearjitp-playback.astro.com.my to resolve to reverse proxy in Japan.

Seems to work.

Tracing route to server-18-65-148-80.nrt51.r.cloudfront.net [18.65.148.80]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     2 ms     1 ms     1 ms  192.168.254.254
  2     5 ms     5 ms     4 ms  175.142.143.254
  3     *        *       13 ms  10.55.51.31
  4    15 ms    14 ms    11 ms  10.55.52.31
  5    11 ms    15 ms    16 ms  10.55.100.118
  6    10 ms     9 ms    12 ms  10.55.209.55
  7   170 ms     *        *     ix-hge-0-0-0-22.ecore1.esin4-singapore.as6453.net [180.87.107.134]
  8   250 ms     *      251 ms  if-bundle-33-2.qcore1.esin4-singapore.as6453.net [180.87.107.224]
  9   250 ms   244 ms   243 ms  if-bundle-19-2.qcore2.svw-singapore.as6453.net [63.243.180.64]
10     *      243 ms     *     if-ae-33-2.tcore2.svw-singapore.as6453.net [180.87.84.128]
11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
12   248 ms   246 ms   246 ms  if-ae-1-2.thar1.e14-osaka.as6453.net [180.87.181.46]
13     *        *        *     Request timed out.
14    99 ms   101 ms   103 ms  150.222.91.152
15    91 ms    91 ms    91 ms  server-18-65-148-80.nrt51.r.cloudfront.net [18.65.148.80]

Tracing route to server-13-224-163-115.hkg54.r.cloudfront.net [13.224.163.115]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     2 ms     4 ms     1 ms  192.168.254.254
  2     5 ms     5 ms     5 ms  175.142.143.254
  3    50 ms    48 ms     *     10.55.51.31
  4    47 ms    60 ms    47 ms  10.55.52.31
  5    12 ms    11 ms    10 ms  10.55.100.236
  6    48 ms    48 ms    48 ms  10.55.209.63
  7    56 ms    50 ms    54 ms  amazon1-lacp-100g.hkix.net [123.255.91.218]
  8    50 ms    51 ms    45 ms  52.93.35.118
  9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
10    46 ms    47 ms    47 ms  52.93.35.183
11    50 ms    52 ms    52 ms  150.222.114.5
12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
13     *        *        *     Request timed out.
14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
16     *        *        *     Request timed out.
17    50 ms    52 ms    51 ms  server-13-224-163-115.hkg54.r.cloudfront.net [13.224.163.115]

The installation fee for Satellite can potentially be avoided if you take advantage of the Astro's Big Thank You campaign BEFORE you switch to the new Astro One packages.

You highlight this point because you got friends or family still on legacy pack and using HD/PVR box? If yes, what pack are they currently on?

What is the contract period for subscribing to the Astro One packs?

The contract period for TV packs will be 24-months upon sign up. In addition to the TV packs, if you would like to also sign-up for Broadband, the contract commitment will be 24 months too.