I am definitely in the camp of throwing money into network because I like it. Just like how people throw money into collecting cards and figurines.
Just so you know SingTel's starting speed is 3 Gbps for SGD 40. They aren't exactly the cheapest telco in Singapore.
Here we cannot even sell 300 Mbps for RM 40. Don't you think we are being milked to the max here?
Let me give you some context about telco gear. You buy them with upfront cost. You then pay annual fee for maintenance contract.
There are various licensing fees (port speed tier, BNG) but depending on negotiation power, you can get many of those for free.
I used to negotiate with Juniper and got so many free stuff. TM is a national telco and they are buying from China company which are known for cut throat business model. I have to assume TM got them for free as well.
Let me give you one example of core network gear, the Juniper PTX10004:
https://www.juniper.net/us/en/products/rout...rt-routers.htmlEach line card has a capacity of 28.8Tbps. That's terabit per second. After you bought the chassis and the line card, that capacity is there, whether you use it or not. Maintenance fee is also the same. So is the cost of human capital. Is TM paying more in term of human capital compared to SingTel? I am sure their physical asset don't cost as much as well because land price in Malaysia is a lot lower.
Let's say you install 3 line card and keep one slot as hot spare, that's 86.4Tbps per chassis. What do you do with all the excess capacity? Just let people use them.
Then there is the IX cost, which basically comes down to port fee. You pay X per month for Y Gbps.
How much is X? The cost of a junior engineer in Singapore. This is for 100 Gbps port fee.
The only remaining variable cost is IP Transit, which is billed at 95-percentile.
Sure the population of Malaysia is 4x more than Singapore. That also means the market is 4x bigger. Even they charge RM 50 for 500 Mbps as base plan is quite a profit.
That screenshot clearly shows there is no SFP+ port.
wt .... 3/7 submit and receive call 10/7, I'm wait since 27/6 until now, bro still left few month contract right? I'm out of contract since dec 2023, morning must chat with them lol.
Even if convert the SGD40 to RM, still cheap. TM can't even sell 3gbps for RM132.