P1 Unveils ‘Wiggy’ USB WiMAX Modem

Last year P1 announced its plan to launch a USB WiMAX modem in Q1 2009.

Packet One Networks (P1) gave members of the media a sneak preview of its USB WiMAX modem called Wiggy at Packet Hub, its headquarters in Petaling Jaya on 6 April.

Wiggy expected to be officially launch at PC Fair in Kuala Lumpur on April 10.

Wiggy was designed and developed locally by P1’s parent Green Packet and manufactured by Taiwan’s OEM company.

Specifications :

Model number: US 230
IEEE 802.16e 2005
2.3Ghz - 2.4Ghz
MIMO enabled for better QoS
Auto Installation- Plug & play
Modulation- OFDMA, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM(DL Only)
Modem Max Speed: DL- 30Mbps UL- 7Mbps
Power: 5V through USB
Weight: 50g
Supported OS: XP & Vista. Not available for Mac or Linux.
Price will be between RM99 - RM199 (around USD27.84- USD55.95).

Meanwhile, P1 launched its WiMAX service in Penang on 2 April, with coverage at launch of Penang’s business and lifestyle areas, such as Georgetown, Gurney Drive, Jalan Burmah, Jalan Kebun Bunga, Jalan Free School, Penngkalan Weld, as well as key areas on mainland Penang state including Butterworth, Kampung Jawa, Kampung Perlis and Kampung Bengali.



source:
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This post has been edited by jasonhor: Apr 7 2009, 01:46 PM

FYI. Another announcement update from p1w1max official site:

Dear Valued Customer,
Kindly be informed that P1 W1MAX will be performing network upgrade activities on April 9, 2009 from 3 AM to 8 AM. During this period, you may experience service interruption. P1 W1MAX apologizes for any inconvenience caused.

Dear Valued Subscribers,
We have received feedback from customers of intermittent service interruptions in this past week. Regrettably, the fault is attributed to lightning that struck several of our base stations during the recent thunderstorm. The rectification process is well in place and should be completed in phases with customers experiencing service improvements within 72 hours. Additionally, we have been carrying out a lot of upgrading work recently to further improve our network’s resiliency and overall performance to serve you better.

Once again, we regret any inconveniences and thank you.

Celaka sial.

Everytime rain, the speed slow like hell!

I really hope and pray for this upgrade will improve my bad connection

aku cucuk je kat ps3 dapat nat2. but if Im not mistaken la, nat2 cant go to psn store eih?

nways



just now but my utrorrent download speed 80kbps 1 hour to pirates!

everyday slow.

today call the cs he said push the reset button.

but i still get the slow conection

why p1.

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This post has been edited by lagolago: Apr 8 2009, 11:59 PM

only until 8am right? this upgrade is killing me. so bored

same situation here..speedtest result sux but download using thunder dl manager can hit 100kb

8:30 AM - Lots of sites have problem loading (Facebook, Slashdot, Digg). All getting network timeouts. But I don't really believe it's the sites fault.

Lowyat is okay though.

i think the network upgrade that P1 did this morning solved the connection speed problem that we faced recently. around 8am i did a couple speedtest and it was clocking at 1.2Mbps - 1.3Mbps.

Fixed

This post has been edited by IIIaZer: Apr 9 2009, 10:54 AM

Kbps or Mbps?

the line is back but i think it is not fully recovered. about 20% less from my last best connection before the "thunderstorm".

anyway, congrats to P1 team....

Oops.. correction Mbps.

Kudos to the P1 team. They are taking our complaint seriously.
Not like Screamyx which "tai chi" all their problems away.

This post has been edited by IIIaZer: Apr 9 2009, 11:25 AM

i went to check speedtest to see if my speed is back to normal and was suprised for it to only hit 0.4-0.5Mbps only but turns out i've already passed 25gb downloads in 9 das. aiyo.

Oh my god, At last i got my full speed back. Damn missed my speed. It changed my IP address too
Some international link still a bit slow. I hope it will improve either.



I wish this speed can last forever = )

This post has been edited by Acrisius: Apr 9 2009, 11:22 AM

Nice Shoot P1, keep improving. Please don't disappoint us!
I was seeking long term ISP, hoping that P1 is deference then others.



This post has been edited by owc: Apr 9 2009, 11:26 AM

So for you guys all sites loading okay? This morning when I was trying some sites didn't load.

Anyway I'll go home and test again this evening. Hope I get back good speeds like you guys.

uihh....last time i cucuk and checked the network connection settings it showed NAT3...I cucuk my P1 directly to my PS3 too...have to try and check later today.

I don't think there's any problem connecting to PSN Store with any kind of NAT...I'm NAT3 but I could go to PSN Store just fine

Go home BT?

Actually my BT wasn't really affected in the past week. Downloaded 2 movies the past 2 days
But what has been affecting me is the slow loading of websites.