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…
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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…
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…
Mobile (WAP) Sites and You
So I was grabbing a bite at a random place where people eat… while doing a little surfing on my soon-to-be-sold N97 when I noticed that “mobile sites” are getting heavier and heavier. Gone are the days when a WAP site meant plain text with a simple logo at the top eh? Sure the mobile…
@starintech : Locals forced to log on in graveyard
According to Star Intech: Locals forced to log on in graveyard: Irish residents surf with the dead…and you thought our broadband connection was bad. IMHO, ONE village in Ireland has “bad” Internet access… is this any excuse for pretty much our entire country (Malaysia for the international readers) to have bad Internet access? Using that same logic,…
The monopoly, the internet, and the prices.
So here we are heading towards the end of 2008 (almost), with the last mile still closed after some muted discussions (I had no doubt that it would stay closed). Today, I have chosen to spew forth much ranting with regards to the pricing for local internet in Malaysia. I’ve chosen to compare TMNet (largest…