I am using 1mbps Streamyx's package and the speed I usually get through DDL is 113kbps(averagely).

It's just some of you do not get the full speed of 1mbps doesn't mean all of us do not get it.

I also understand how much you guys hate Streamyx. To be honest, I don't like it very much too now.

My line often experience frequent disconnection whenever there's rain before or after so I cannot really play my games/surf the net.

However, I do not think Amax is better compared to P1. We just need some "lab rats" of Lowyat.net to try em' out and post the results here.

so any comment on Amax... i believe lots of people here eager to hear it.

How long do you guys need to check on the resident address? I PM my address to you for almost 1week by still no answer. 

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I think maybe that Area may be covered by P1 in the future
Well, i believe that Amax will be another survivor of Wimax too. At least, they are better than Red tone & YTL-E!
Probably Amax can also offer “nationwide mobility access”. It is only the beginning of the competition for Wimax companies in Malaysia! We will know in the future who will be stronger! Maybe in the future, there will be only 2 giants that lead Wimax such as P1 & Amax!!!  Similar to Maxis, DIGI, Celcom for Mobile phone service provider!!!

Hi everyone XD

I just want to share with everyone about Amax Wimax. My friend just subscribed for Amax last week. And he printed screen for me the Rapidshare download speed. He subscribed for rm99*/month package using the USB dongle modem. Both of us like to download stuff from RS & MU.


In this picture, I am using Streamyx. I wonder why so slow? Anyone can tell me why? It is Half of the speed of Amax Wimax Well, I was thinking of want to subscribe for either Amax or P1 too. But too bad, none of them cover my Area yet
If anyone wonder why I edited these two pictures. My answer would be because it is my friend and I privacy……

In the telco wars, usually the one with the most bullets will win. In this case, YTLE seems to be the strongest player.

WiMAX is not DSL, WiMAX is meant for internet while on the go (which fixed broadband can NEVER do), so if you compare the performance of WiMAX and DSL in term of downloading files, then you are on the wrong track.

WiMAX shall only be compared to 3G HSDPA and IZZI.

Currently, nada.

When i first subscribed to Amax, the sales person promised i will get at least 1600 kbps for download speed.
Recently i checked the download speed with speedtest.com again, it has dropped to 1490.
Upload speed dropped from 350 kbps to 240kbps.
The moral of the story is, DO NOT trust whatever the sales person say.

I wonder would it be the number of subscriber increase casused the download upload speed dropped or Amax purposely throttle the speed???
Any idea?

You can make a complaint to the customer service line tomorrow .... Bear in mind that every ISP in Malaysia might not provide such a good service for you... Also, i am not sure whether because of many subscriber or throttling. Well,  I wish you all the best!!!

I hope to hear from your response too

Btw, you are connecting to singapore server for speedtest. your Actual download speed is effected too? My download speed for torrent or direct server is fine at the moment! Just slightly slower than before... For example, i use the USB modem i can get 150KB/s in torrent and direct server before, now currently i only get 120 KB/s.... Hmmm, Youtube & watching Movies online are still fine for me as it has no loading/ buffering at all...

Why i use Singapore server?
It is because Singapore Server is my recommended server.
And my IP address location is Sarawak. I dont know why.
Can anyone tell me why?

Yeah, as you said it is depend on location and I would say that most areas in Malaysia are having lousy Streamyx speed. Don’t you get it? Many of us are suffering from slow internet connection and lucky people like you enjoying….

I am not really sure that the speedtest you used it is Streamyx. If so, congratulation! & tell me how many people can be as lucky as you?

FYI, my Streamyx 1Mbps connection only shows 887kbps DL & 340Kbps UL…. so it is under the limit…

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Added on December 18, 2008, 9:46 pmI just have something to share with everyone!

I saw there 2 videos in Youtube about WiMAX:

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp2MAtRRfx8

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_kO_ICx-NM

Bro hope u can answer my questions.

how long has u been subscribing to Amax ? have u experience any downtime for Amax? i'm thinking of subscribing it.
I heard they will send their technician to fix the wimax for you is that true?  where is ur location?

thanks

Bolehlah ittew...Youtube surfing ok? I'd use video streaming smoothness as my benchmark.

Hmm,   I believe there is a lot ppl who suffer from streamyx , and a lot others who enjoy it...
My advise is any ISP is OK, except MAXIS!!
not bad, where is ur location?

Yo bro, Nice Speed for Streamyx ( 1439kbps DL & 420kbps UL ) on speedtest. But it doesn't actually impress me at all! Why? Because those results may not be so accurate!

I am also another amax Wimax subscriber here and i am also still having Streamyx  at home. But the different between Wimax and streamyx i would say is Wimax has better advantage on any watching online video because of no loading so far i experienced and the download speed for torrent & direct server download is actually faster! Watching online video using Streamyx is like dying for me because of the loading, so frustrated to wait, wait, wait, until i give up most of the time! As for me, I take download speed & watching online video as my benchmark in comparison!

FYI, I am using 1 Mbps Streamyx package. The good thing about streamyx is they have low latency as compared to Wimax. However, the download speed actually doesn't give me the satisfaction at all such as 30, 40, 50 KB/s & the speedtest shows 1292kbps, the download speed is still slow! In contrast to streamyx, Wimax can reach up to 120 KB/s++ to 130 KB/s++ easily using the Wimax USB modem. Maybe my area for Streamyx has been overloaded of Streamyx subscribers. And even though speedtest on streamyx give me 1300 kbps, the smoothness for surfing internet still doesn't give me the satisfaction and i still find that Wimax have a better advantage on that!

So i would actually say that speedtest on the P1 website really doesn't give a accurate results at all! So i would really advise people to give Wimax a try at least especially you are a mobile user and not so much of a gamer. Btw, i haven't try Wimax on online game yet as i don't play online game! And one exprience i would like to share with everyone is i was having a very heavy surfing on internet, a few downloads and watching video at the same time during heavy raining day, i was actually surprised that my speed has not been decrease at all and i didn't face any disconnection! I thought that raining day will effect the wireless connection, but it actaully did not effect at all. Cool     
In my personally opinion,i think that Wimax actually has overcome/overtake  ADSL line already whether someone said that i can't compare wireless and fixed line. But the Biggest disvantage of ADSL is that if your area has too many subscribers the speed would actually slow down and also depend how far or how near the distance between the TM exchange and your house. Based on one technician experience, he told me that even if your house is too far away from TM exchange, even with good ADSL modem also useless.  The only thing that Wimax can't really compare with is Fibre Optic i guess. In Conclusion, I would still say Streamyx suck!!! Not worth paying RM88 for it, i am still using it because in case of backup use only...

here is speed test for amax using ftp server

download 1.5mbps:



upload 256kbps:


*from this 2 slide, you all just think with your own perseption about amax wimax. 

Hey, to all the brothers out there,

I have problem with my Amax 1.5mbps CPE modem.

Whenever there is heavy network traffic, my CPE modem will hang.
I guess their CPE modem can't handle huge amount of network data. Try bittotent or download movie.
Any of the Amax user have the similar problem?

hmmm, connection turns slow for 3rd days, anyone else around Sri Petaling facing same problem?

I was having problems yesterday morning in Sri Petaling but no problem when I reached office~ the slowdown in the speed could've only been Sri Petaling area~ do inform me if you have further problems so that I can raise it to the Amax management~
there is a coverage there but AEON is out of that particular coverage area~

Bandar Sunway and Sri Petaling confirmed having problems and I've personally tested Sri Petaling's connection since yesterday morning and is still problematic~ Cheras Bt 9 near Maluri could have similar problem as well from what was tested after 9pm tonight~

strangely, there isn't any problem at Bukit Jalil areas from my tests~

I've sent an e-mail to one of the Amax managers after 5pm today and will post here if there are any feedback on the situation~ I will outstation tomorrow in Malacca and will check e-mail after 9pm and post here if there is any reply from Amax~

mine still quite slow now @ Jalan Sungai Besi, speedtest only show download speed around 0.6mbps, and upload 0.08mbps.

huhu,

slackinux, mind posting your speedtest result?

mine still quite slow now @ Jalan Sungai Besi, speedtest only show download speed around 0.6mbps, and upload 0.08mbps.

huhu,

slackinux, mind posting your speedtest result?

Last night, I went to Cheras Suria Jaya and Miharja/Maluri, no problem at all but the Sri Petaling, Sunway and Maluri/Miharja area. I will call Amax now to lodge a Dealer report. The management may have missed the e-mail not have time to read the e-mail I sent yesterday and Miharja wasn't reported yesterday through e-mail as well. Thank you for your feedback. Appreciate it
I tested last night at Sri Petaling, still very low speed. Speedtest isn't what I use to test. I use direct download to Norton, Nvidia and rapidshare downloads because these are real applications. There is a problem for sure as the bandwidth is lower than normal by a lot~

I will inform everyone here once there is any news from Amax

Speed Test result at 9.31pmSpeed Test result at 8.04pm

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Added on October 23, 2009, 9:37 pm[URL=]Speed Test result at 9.31pm[/URL]

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Added on October 23, 2009, 10:13 pm
Strange. Bittorent Download speed extremely slow tonight at Sri Petaling area.
Speed Test result doesn't really reflect the real situation.
How about others?

Fyi, i finished downloading 700MB movie files in 1 hour 38 minutes.
I started in 11pm something and finished it b4 1am.
What do you guys think.