OMG , your signal is too weak...............Tooooo weak

-90 dBm...its very weak , bring it to -80 !

Dont you get charged for 3G Roaming ?

Anyway , I dont know why I can get good speed these days. The signal is also somewhat bad (hovering around -70 to -76 dbm)

Getting around 700-800Kbps. I think that should be enough for now. Hopefully I dont connect to another tower because the speed there sucks. Guess too much of people are connected to that tower

Merry Christmas and a happy new year !

Well if you notice there is somekind of notice that says 'Dont use in an event of thunderstorm'. Technically you should be *safe* if you have a surge protector (the cheapo ZTE does not come with it)

First of all , how did you get rid your maxisbb. I am thinking of changing it to I2G. My phone shows that i could get 1.3Mbps (after doing a speed test). This seems to be promising

I am feeling like dumping it.

My RSSI will hover around ~70-69dBm..After tweaking I could get around 300+- Kbps constant which is good enough !

Yes , how did you downgrade your package cause I am thinking of downgrading to RM 68 cause thats enough for their faces !. Seriously , now it sucks big time....But on the other hand the I2G package looks good , consistent speed even though they are connected to the same tower

Hey there,

Your signal seems to be okay. You might face inconsistency in ydownloading and things like that. To change to WCDMA only. You'll have to do this,

Go to your modem configuration and click Network Connect. Select Disconnect Internet and press Apply. Then next up go to Network Select and choose WCDMA and press apply.


The next thing you should configure is APN Settings. I've managed to find out that the default Maxis DNS Server sucks most of the time. Yes , thats why you are unable to your .NET thingy. In order to fix this you gotta change few settings


Firstly change the APN Dial Number from *99# to *99***1# , this should fix the disconnection issue at least !.

Next change from Auto DNS to Manual DNS and use this

Primary DNS : 202.75.129.101
Standby DNS : 202.75.129.102

Give it a shot and let me know ~!

Please do me a favour if you change this settings , go to Report and Check on Do not Report. I dont want Maxis folks to know what am I up to actually !

This post has been edited by prasys: Jan 6 2008, 02:43 PM

I guess its better on some hops. Anyway I'll see if I can do anything else or not. It seems that you are getting 700kbps on burst which is good !

WCDMA only will fall back to UMTS/HDSPA. It still keeps your connection alive and it shouldn't be a problem !

This post has been edited by prasys: Jan 6 2008, 04:44 PM

Yes just to 3G/HSDPA only. Dont use GSM. It seems that when the signal is weak , the thing automatically falls back to GSM and sticks to it !

Dont surf Google. Instead surf this site

http://58.71.141.14/maxis-storefront/connect.do

Its the connection script. So it sends keepalive connection to the cell tower and it always works. Trust me !

Guys , are you having high ping/packet loss cause I am facing it right now , even to the nearest base tower ! (This is on HSDPA)

Working great ?. Could you please kindly post ping results to www.jaring.my ! TQ !

Thats the Maxis connection script. It establish a connection and automatically redirects you to their maxis bb site. It works every time when you dc/reconnect and it will force back to HSDPA.

Its weird , you can get 200Kb/s (please post your RSSI) and I am getting sucky 40kb/s (my RSSI is 65 dbm)...There is something funny going on. Honestly, I think maxis is being bias !

Good news

I dont get redirected to that stupid maxis page. Nice job maxis !

FINALLY they did ,decency ? nah , finally they did something , phew

Wohooo

They are kicking me , disconnect and then it connects to MY Celcom 3G . Good eh

Maxis should rephrase their broadband slogan

"Maxis Narrowband , now all your money are belong us"

1) If you buy a switch then yes you can connect it to more then 1 PC. The ZTE Modem itself is a cheap router. So you dont have to buy a router. All you need is a switch

2) The modem is rental , dont think you own the modem. All maxis bb modems are in rental-based. Meaning that you dont get to own them

Well I called Maxis today. Yes I am with the same boat as our guy here. But they were soo friendly (well they made money by making me to wait for ~30mins). Anyway yes there is a 20GB cap a month (ewwww) , they will automatically throttle you back to 256Kbps (whoopie , 384kbps has no impact on this , 384kbps to 256kbps isn't a big deal).

Well , you have to live it up for a year. Now I dont mind if they start to throttle the connection , aslong they can provide me with very good speeds. thats all