it seems that my maxis wireless broadband now faces frequent disconnection.

lol yong, u use maxis wbb too? i thought only prasys

well, im one of the earlier users of maxis wbb. i've seen their support going from best to good to bad to worse.

i still remembered the days where i posted about my torrent speed 100kBps here using 384kbps package. and that makes prasys want to use maxis wbb too but heck, it's not that speedy anymore.

reminiscence of old days (back in march~september 2007):

i wonder, why people comparing maxis WBB with streamyx?

wired VS wireless?LOL.

streamyx should be compared with maxis WIRED broadband, and not WIRELESS.

maxis WBB vs Celcom WBB is a better comparison.

maxis WBB got 18months contract right?

i'll be sure to terminate this service after 18months of usage.

darn, i had enough of maxis already.even their postpaid line (which i am using) sucks that i always get dropped call, cannot be reached etc.

it's wierd. im having a full speed connection. 2x fast than average.

perhaps they unlock all the bandwidth because of pc-fair?

anybody living around seksyen 4 bandar baru bangi?i would like to ask is the 3g coverage there good or not?

i wonder, today i've been kicked back to UMTS almost everytime i reset the modem.connected got HSDPA, after awhile go back to UMTS.

does it have anything to do with heavy rain yesterday or because of the 3GB limit (i downloaded so many linux ISO) or maxis is just plain ignorant?

i'm at bangi. speed at nite after 12 is 2x this.

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This post has been edited by cloudstrife07: Dec 3 2008, 03:07 AM

umts: universal mobile telecommunication system aka 3G

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Mob...ications_System

hsdpa: high speed downlink packet access aka 3.5G

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSDPA

in short, 3G is 3rd generation handphone tech. UMTS is one of the 3G techs and there are other 3G techs like CDMA2000, FOMA (used in japan). the 3G we always talking about in malaysia is UMTS that uses W-CDMA air interface/protocol (whatever they said)

HSDPA in other hand is a protocol designed to increase UMTS download/downlink speed.

so, it'll be:

UMTS (W-CDMA) aka 3G

and

UMTS (HSDPA) aka 3.5G

correct me if i'm wrong.

This post has been edited by cloudstrife07: Dec 3 2008, 03:21 AM

result as at 8.14am today.

well in the morning biasalah maxis wbb is blazing fast.

im taking 640kbps package.

im getting pretty good speed nowadays.

everyday was like 30~80kbps.though it fluctuates alot, it's currently better than my previous record of 10~60kbps.

Seksyen 4. i'm using the RM80 plan (640kbps).

@stimix

seriously the speed is REALLY improving right now. day time i managed to get over 50~70kBps download, which is really improved from 20~30kBps last time. probably because of the pressure maxis gets from consumers?

stimix, how much u paid every month for the internet2go?

also, how much is the starting cost to own one? including deposit, modem etc.

ah this reminds me why my fren got higher speed than my another fren although both paying around RM100+

iianm he upgraded his maxis wbb package to internet2go.

i dunno bout that, but he said maxis upgraded his wbb package to internet2go.that's all.maybe there are some other charges, but i didn't ask him about it.

maxis..the only better broadband from maxis is its Maxis Wired Broadband.

im using both, wired and wireless, and i can say it's like 2 different worlds.

to me, yeah. 24/7 constant 110kBps. but it's capped at that speed only. my fren's 1mBps streamyx managed to get up to 160kBps, but during peak hours the connection deteriorates till 40~50kBps with higher latency than usual.

well i was one of the early users during maxis propaganda of wbb (early 2007). the connection is awesome. i can play MMO that is hosted in the US (not WoW, cant remember what MMO). and bittorent download for my usual linux ISOs is always more than 100kBps, sometimes can reach up to 200kBps at night.

hmm, suddenly i've been capped. checked online that i've been using 2GB total bandwidth on 12jan, in which i guess im not downloading anything.

total usage is 5GB+ already.