23Jan Using Celcom and Maxis broadband because Streamyx suxs
I couldn’t be bothered to call TMNet or find out why my Streamyx broadband keeps getting cut off. It is a complete waste of time. When I read that our Penang Chief Minister promises us island wide free broadband, I only wish to tell him to just keep it to himself. Right now, I am paying RM88 and I get connection that sucks. What more free wi-fi? Don’t try to be too ambitious, Mr. C.M. I am not impressed. We are limited by the overall capacity, ok? I know ‘cos I used to work in a cable manufacturing company and my hubby worked with Marconi/Ericsson dealing with installation of those fibre optics lines.
The Streamyx line has been so slow or getting cut off so often today. Lucky I still have another Celcom Unlimited Broadband line. I pay RM68 for this and I must say it has keep me very much occupied because I can surf from anywhere with my Sony Ericsson P1i. The speed is nothing to shout about but at least I get connected all the time.
Blek, I hate it when our broadband is slow like turtle or all the pages load only half a page. Hear another Penangite rants about it on chunglingstudent.com.
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Yayaya, who cares lah. I have so many lines to use and three pcs n lappie to hook up to, lol. Sigh… one line down, more on standby.
January 24th, 2008 at 2:21 am
I am facing the same problem here in KL too. Web surfing to US sites is damn slow. I have Celcom Broadband too but 3G signal here is weak. It often jump to GPRS, :(
January 24th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
good for u ppl all with backup lines
i only have one
and if our dear streamyx fails
which seems to be getting more often these days, i have zero internet connection
which pretty sucks for a teenager
January 24th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I wasnt ever been to Malaysia. But one of my friends live there. He said Maxis is the best for both of calling and internet service.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I use both Maxis and Streamyx. In my opinion, Maxis is no better than Streamyx. Connection is slow most of the time. Hard to get connection especially after 2am. Only good as a backup. My place in Bayan Baru is supposed to be smacked right in the middle of a 3G area and but connection is still bad. Anyway, not fair for me to compare these two because Maxis is wireless and Streamyx is wired.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:28 am
well, celcom is under TM group anyway, now you know why streamyx& celcom broadband they want to keep different features with both of them, they wanna target a different range of users, no matter you think which one is good or bad, they’re still earning yr money though…
the onli thing you can do is go for their competitor Maxis broadband..
July 11th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Sorry to hear about the connection problems with your broadband service. Are there any other ISP’s available to you?
July 28th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
A warning from one consumer to another:
DO NOT SIGN UP TO MAXIS BROADBAND!
If you love your kids, don’t let them use Maxis broadband.
Kids who surf slower, learn slower and with the added pressure from having an unstable internet connection and constant disconnection could lead them to having suicidal tendencies at such a young age.
IF YOU LOVE YOUR KIDS, SAY NO TO MAXIS BROADBAND!