let's c...
i'm from the telecom field,but workin further south across the sea...

copper wire aka adsl can actually support up to 10M here.
but it's TM whose backend lacks the brain to do it.
cos it's a monopoly market in m'sia
so they can heck care...

here....optic fibre is not roll-out island-wide,...
if u r talkin abt starh*b,they r on cable, but,it's a shared media.
eg the pipe is 10M, if 10 person use and their paid subscription is more than 10M, the pipe will surely b congested if the ppl r runnin p2p programs.
online gamin like cabal,grandchase actually uses veri low bandwidth.
if u dun believe mi, try install a program call netpsec to check the bandwidth receiving n sending.
but going overseas, the latency is there, especially if the international pipe tat TM has,...well...is small in terms of capacity.