Hi fellow LYN Users, I would like to know if any of you have any experience with this particular company and their services.

I live in an area with no fibre access. Well actually its right there in the main street before entering the small lorong to my house, but TM just wont do their job of pulling the fibre into the house that im living in. They have Streamyx, but it is just not worth it to install with it being expensive when comparing price per speed of that service to all other solutions available.

So I came across CONNECTme using satellite broadband. When comparing to services like TM or TIME, it's a bit expensive at RM138 for 25Mbps when other services are offering almost the same price for 100Mbps or same speed for less than RM100. But it does give a solution where the speed is still acceptable and giving the situation that im in, a much better option that Streamyx.

But since the company is relatively new, I want to get some insight on experience users who have use CONNECTme services before I decide to jump in. Any information would be greatful. Thank you for reading this post and I hope to get some responses.

I've no experience with ConnectMe but it being a satellite service, it'll be affected by weather, rain or cloud cover. Just like Astro and GPS. Latency (ping) is higher so probably won't be good for gaming.

Any contract or installation fees? If not, just give it a try.

Just had a look at their website. 24 mths contract. RM300 installation (WM). Option to throttle you after 100GB.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Apr 8 2019, 12:46 AM

its probably cheaper to get a friend/neighbour/bribesomeone to install across street, then beam wifi to you.

satellite you need a clear sight of sky, no trees blocking.

As other forumer stated, it's less stable and is prone to weather / obstacles around the house. IMHO better to get mobile broadband, satellite internet is more suitable for those working /staying in very ulu place.

Yes, in fact this is good especially offshore.

Dont mind contract and installation fees. I just want piece of mind that I dont have to worry about internet quota as I use a lot. Just want to know reliability of the service really.


Just moved in the area, dont really know anyone nearby.


Currently using Yes4G, big regret, will wait till contract end at the end of the year before switching to another mobile broadband. Any suggestions? Another thing to consider is I need a lot of quota, mobile broadband just doesnt give me enough quota for my usage.


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how about those unlimited packages like digi

I currently have a Zoom 4G LTE home modem from Yes.

Zoom 4G LTE Home Modem

Is it possible change the sim with digi infinite plan?

This post has been edited by excel_saga: Apr 8 2019, 10:49 AM

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/digi-inf...s649924235.html

get a 4g modem

How about Digi Infinite 150?

Cannot use this modem with digi.

Any users of connectme here? Im looking for alternative now. currently using digi unlimited 150 now, main issues faced now is in term of stability.
My dont have both streamyx or unifi

If you live in extreme rural area, you can subscribe to them.
For this kind of ISP you cannot compare pricing with other ISP that able to route cabling to your area. This ISP using sat-based which costs more to serve your extreme rural area.

u can try celcom wireless home broadband since they have 30 days trial/return policy..

Not realy rural, approx 200m from my house have unifi fibre. but they dont have any future plan to pull cable to my house area .Last time they do have streamyx but stopped due to high theft of the copper cable. they just installed the fibre cable last year to bypass this issue but they didnt do it up to my house since its a new area. Already applied but dunno when they will pull the cable

got quota. prefer unlimited thus the digi 150 but their connection is really not stable and terrible CS

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https://daftar-unifi.com/tm-unifi-fibre-bro...uides/#tab-id-2

As per above link, you can pay TM a few thousand Ringgits to wire 200m of Fiber-optic cable to your house. Over the long term(= > 10 years) this option may be worth it, eg if RM5,000 over 10 years = about RM40 per month. Basic Unifi Home Fiber 30Mbps Unlimited Data costs only RM89 per month.

A 4G LTE cell tower can cover a range of up to 3 miles/5km for Internet data and 10 miles for voice calls/SMS. It's signals are line-of-sight = can be blocked by walls, tall buildings, hills, heavy rain, etc. It can only serve up to 60 users at any one time.

Digi 150 Infinite and U Mobile P139 Hero phone plans are throttled to 5Mbps from about 30Mbps, once exceeded 1TB per month. The phone plans are allowed to be used with 4G modems. Other cheaper "unlimited" phone plans are not allowed to be used with 4G modems.

This post has been edited by lurkingaround: Oct 29 2019, 02:43 PM

what u means digi 150 not stability ?
it more stable than satelite internet

there will be days or week where the connection will be slow like shit. That streaming netflix will be a pain in the ass

if u watch review on youtube most of them giving bad review

My advise would be: Try other mobile telco's network first, while ConnectME shall only be your last resort.
How's other telco networks there in your area, like Digi, Celcom, Maxis and U Mobile? Try ask around your friends or neighbours that uses 4G on either Digi or Celcom network and see what they say about the network speed and reliability.

Not sure how good is the networks? Buy a prepaid SIM pack at your nearest convenience stores for about RM8 to RM10, try out their one-off "welcome gift" or "Starter Pack" mobile data. These are the prices of SIM packs:

Digi: RM8
RM5 preloaded credit and 300MB internet (7 days)

Hotlink (Maxis): RM10
RM5 preloaded credit and 300MB internet (2 days)

Xpax (Celcom): RM10
RM6 preloaded credit. You may use this RM6 to buy data addon, such as Ultra Pass RM6 of 500MB (7 days) + unlimited midnight YouTube streaming (1am-7am)

U Mobile: RM10
RM6 preloaded credit and 200MB internet (5 days)

If you're already aware that certain telco in your area now has very poor or no 3G/4G coverage (if it's many years ago, then not counted), then no need to buy that telco's prepaid SIM pack and try lo... Try the ones you haven't try before, or the ones that you know some people say its network is pretty good in your area.

Buy it, then use/test the network with the 200-300MB included "Welcome gift" internet data, such as stream videos, surf Facebook, etc.
and see which telco network satisfy you.

That is how you make sure that you'll make the right choice and decision for your rural area.