News & Reviews:   Malaysia Internet

Celcom have announced their Celcom Home Fibre service recently, offering unlimited high-speed fibre Internet up to 100 Mbps for RM120 per month and 30Mbps for RM80 per month. This should be enough to video stream UHD or 4K quality movies. It joins their existing Celcom Home Wireless service which offers up to 1000GB video walla and music walla at RM150 per month at average speeds of 30Mbps, making up their overall Celcom Home solution.

Telekom Malaysia Berhad or TM recently announced that a plan has been submitted to increase the overall coverage and Internet quality, while existing Streamyx customers can expect price cuts from RM160 to RM69 per month. New Streamyx customers can get an 8Mbps broadband package at RM89 per month while a wireless broadband alternative will be offered as well.

TIME dotCom has just announced that they are now offering 1Gbps Internet (1Gbps download, 500Mbps upload) for RM199 a month. Other offerings such as the online exclusive 100Mbps (100Mbps download, 100Mbps upload) package is being offered at RM99 per month while the 500Mbps (500Mbps download, 500Mbps upload) package starts from RM139 per month means price reductions of up to 53.5%. In addition, existing subscribers get free upgrades instantly with 100Mbps users going up to 500Mbps and 300Mbps + 500Mbps users getting 1Gbps.

It is hard not to notice the ongoing telco battle happening lately, where each and every telco is seeking to win by countering each other with better plans and promotions. However, according to CC Puan, the CEO of Webe, these marketing gimmicks are nothing more than just pure mind games run by telcos. Webe recently released five short videos featuring CC Puan, where he reminded consumers to not fall for anything fancy promised by any telcos, including Webe themselves. Check them out in this article.