Honestly, I have to say StreamyX service has been pretty good for me all these while. I have used it for 4 years and it hasnt let me down a bit. The proxification has dent StreamyX reputation for me, but not as much as Maxis has done to me. There is no moving back for me after getting used to broadband for so many years.

First of all, I dont think 100% of the speed is something that you can vouch for. Why was it so hard to accept the fact that 1Mbit StreamyX wont run at true 1Mbit speed all the time but we can accept the fact that Wireless G router and adapter doesnt run at 54mbps even when its running at best.

For me, the overall consistency of the services provided matter much more than the peak throughput you can get from StreamyX. Even when I cant get 60% or 70% of my 1.5mbps line, but as long as it works for me at acceptable speed and most important is it works all these while, I can accept it. When you compared the fix rate StreamyX to 3G/EDGE that charges RM25 for every 1MB of data, I dont think its really that expensive like you describe.

Besides, if all of us abide by the rules and stop downloading illegal stuffs from the net, this wouldnt had happened in the first place. So nothing is perfect.