QUOTE(stringfellow @ Apr 12 2009, 07:10 PM)
then why the promoters in the exhibition Hall kept on pointing at theeir Dell laptops and that figure "8" on P1 speedtest and speedtest.net?
So is that how things work now? In fixed broadband it is hammered into our brains that you can only expect 70% of the promised speed, and now in mobile broadband it's between 0-100%?

God only knows why I still tolerate this!
Drop the 10. Stop misleading people. The REAL figure (3-4) by your claims, would have been more than fine,
SHOULD THEY ADVERTISE IT AS SUCH. Why do they have to out in the figure 10, I wonder? End users do not need to know the network ceiling, or hardware limit if that is the case. What other excuse is there left then, other than to lure unsuspecting potential subscriber to your service, and slap them with "Best effort basis" later once you're in their net?
See, if they straight away put in 3-4Mbps, and claims it as such IN THE FIRST PLACE, you wouldn't even see me here ranting. In fact, I dont even visit this section of the forum, check my post history. My point is that 10, and how it is advertised as such.
That's done in an controlled environment. When I went for the Media launch the other day , I managed to get around 3-6Mbps consistently , but the problem is the base station was inside the place itself. So i am guessing that 8 Mbps only occurs when you're few meters away from the base station provided that there aren't any other factors (i.e interferences)
Well , it all boils down to marketing. I don't care basically if you're not going to get 10 Mbps , but hopefully what I care is give us consistent bandwidth for international and local links. Now that is very important for us consumers.
We can only see hopes when we see radical changes if the government shuffles up on how broadband should be.