Wrong choice. both download and playing games are not Maxis BB strong point. Reason, for gaming, u need low latency. 3G broadband (or any wireless broadband for that matter) have higher than yr typical adsl (streamyx), between 100~300ms. Adsl latency typically is lower and therefore, less lag or the usual term for online gamers is delay. If u play latency sensitive games like CS:Source or WC3, you'll understand latency importance perfectly. So, i cant see yr reason to use Maxis for gaming.
For download, assuming u are running BT (i dunno xunlei, since i am half chinese retarded), Maxis blocked most trackers at all time, except from 1am until 6am (not sure, usually sleep and let it run on its own). SOO...what blocked tracker means is that, unless the torrent file u are downloading allows DHT or public tracker (most sub-bers block this, example dattebayo), yr download probably wont move at all until 1am. But if the torrent allows public tracker and DHT, then no problem. my maxis experiance has seen stable speed faster than typical streamyx. 50+kbps with only few seeders, and most of the time exceed 100 when private trackers are unblocked at 1am.
conclusion, i think u r trying maxis for the wrong reasons. if i could use streamyx back, for your two same reason i will use back streamyx. (but unfortunately i cant becoz phone line KO-ed).
fyi, the capped speed is 0.06 mbps, that is equivalent to our old 56kb modem. the only way to bypass this has alraedy been shared by other ppl, but it is a tedious task of try and error. what i can say is, already been there, done that. its not worth my time so i rather make a long complaint to waive the termination fee.
usnig other ISP now, which also have a long list of haters, but at least for me its the closest competitor to streamyx right now. Maxis would be among the best if they did not enforce 3GB as their FUP, becoz at full capacity, the stable speed is best i have used so far, at least at consumer level.
Thanks for your opinion.
I also noticed that the latency is high for gaming. Although the downloading speed is high, the game still lags at times. one of the reason that I want to swtich isp is that Streamyx in my area is awefully slow. I could only experience smooth gaming and downloading at midnight. Normal browsing is also slow. (only google is fast).
I was thinking of dropping maxis broadband since i know im going to be capped sooner or later. Today is my 2nd day of using it and i have reached 0.67GB already. Normal browsing and downloading ( 2 files , each abt 60mb)... the rest is streaming at youtube.
Would you suggest that I try to download heavily until 3GB and see if there is capping before I return it to them? If no capping occurs, like others (areas which have little maxis users (my area most ppl are using streamyx, not sure about maxis though), I think i would continue subscribing to it.
Jul 6 2009, 07:07 AM
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.But I'm interested to know, if I exceed 3gb , how slow will it be? Will it be slower than streamyx 1mbps ?
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