More and more people these days are running about with multiple devices; smartphones and tablets in general are most relevant to this topic. I, on occasion, am one of those people. Every now and then, my iPad2 3G gets to see the outside of my house… strangely dependent on my Nokia N9 providing a wireless…
Tag: internet
Bandwidth Caps Today vs Yesteryear
Here’s an interesting thought I had about bandwidth quotas recently… Ever since the dawn of “broadband” (xDSL or its variants) way back in the mid 90s (approximately?) there have always been users who would attempt to maximize usage of their connection. Why is it that only recently quotas have conveniently popped up? Early xDSL started…
Yes 4G & Best Effort – Convenient Coincidence or Shrewd Master Plan?
Here’s some food for thought at 5:42AM on a random Monday morning. Our good folk in MCMC/SKMM have been so kind to “protect” us recently with the “requirement” that Internet connections sold should be able to reach 80% of the subscribed line speed. What this means to the random subscriber is that if he/she signed…
2010 in Malaysia according to biatch0
So, yet another New Year is upon us… big whoopdedoo!!! Here’s a quick round up of what happened in 2010 according to the Gospel of biatch0. Telekom Malaysia (TM) announces UniFi – The FIRST Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) solution in Malaysia. Obviously, it isn’t so cool when you take into consideration that no other ISP could possibly…
Yes is to 4G as UniFi is to HSBB
Something odd I thought of last night (this morning) as I decided to take another nap… Yes has been receiving all kinds of flack lately with regards to their use of the term 4G. Personally, I did not approve of shady gimmicks like that… and as such, I saw fit to also demonize them for…
YTL in The Star 23rd November
And they’re in the news again for the wrong reasons… Starting to feel a little sorry for them!!! There are also some other interesting “rumours” floating around, so the next week or so should be exciting!!!
YTL Yes 4G “Leaked” Pricing Info
OK, maybe it isn’t leaked… but anyway, I’m sure everyone has seen the camera phone picture posted online by now. Since the info didn’t come from me, and that information is now public record… time for me to break it down for everyone. According to the image: 9 sen = 3MB or 1 min voice…
YTL Communications YES 4G (Softlaunch Review)
So, the long awaited YTL Communications wireless broadband solution had its soft launch tonight. The actual product launch will be on the 19th of November 2010 (barring some major catastrophe or other). Let’s have a quick run through of what little information was released tonight: We will be three to five times faster than existing…
Unifi Yay/Nay?
So I heard an interview over at BFM about the new Telekom Malaysia UNIFI service. A number of things occured to me: Method of delivery; the guys over at Telekom Malaysia decided to lay brand new fibre to deliver the new UNIFI service. Why? Sure, fibre is more future proof compared to copper but it’s…
ISPs and Contracts in a country with monopolies aplenty
I’m slightly unclear on the logic behind binding people to long (or any) contracts at all; especially when, the majority of the time, the customer has absolutely no (other) choice if he/she chooses to terminate the contract. Malaysia seems to be full of these people who seem to be unclear on what the main purpose…