That's what UK is all about, fast, reliable internet speeds at relatively low costs. Today Virgin Media would begin testing for it's 200Mbps broadband service to selected users in Kent.
When will the broadband service in Malaysia wake up and smell the coffee? Malaysia is pretty relatively stuck with Streamyx 1.0Mbps. And that costs a whoppa too. The other rivals in the Malaysian broadband market are more or less the same, high costs at relatively reliable but still "slow" speed (when compared to neigbours like Singapore). There's Jaring & Time, but they are hardly worth a mention. Basically there's no other broadband alternative than TMNet's Streamyx.
Don't get me even started on 3G/HSDPA in Malaysia. That's even worse. Albeit for Celcom or Maxis. They are both plain crap especially in well populated areas like Kuala Lumpur & Petaling Jaya. The only one time that I had a decent uninterruptible 3G/HSDPA connection in Malaysia was during a visit to Langkawi, Kedah. Surprising? Well no one else on Langkawi island bothers to use 3G, so the good speed is due to lack of users.
Please unmonopolise the internet broadband market in Malaysia.
From BBC News UK, 6 May 2009
Virgin pilots 200Mbps broadband
Virgin Media is piloting broadband speeds of 200Megabit per second (Mbps) for a small group of users in the UK.
Following successful trials in the lab, 100 "lead adopters" in Kent will have access to the high speeds, believed to be among the fastest in the world.
Virgin will be using the high speeds to test applications such as 1080p high definition TV and 3DTV.
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