Talking

I’m waiting for the news about High Speed BroadBand(HSBB),but till now I can’t see any movements in my living area.Well,Streamyx,the ADSL service provided by TM,seems to be quite active recently.4 months ago,it just brought super upgrade deals and now it introduces BlockBuster deals which are not only for broadband services,but also for voice services.

I think TM had met some difficulties in past several years with the competitions from those mobile service providers in voice service sector.In fact,I haven’t made fixed calls for years because the calling rate from a landline to a mobile phone is too expensive,even higher than the rate calling from a mobile phone.

Finally TM realized it and resolved it.At least the new rate,10sen/min from fixed to mobile(in BB Deal 1/2MBPS and Voice Deal 68),is reasonable as it’s almost at the same level compared to the mobile charges.Also the new deal provides a free DECT phone that makes us more convenient to call someone at home through home line.By the way,I think the free calls to local and nationwide are the big points too.I believe that can reduce the communication costs for the consumers,less charges on the mobile bills.That’s great!

A free WIFI modem will be given by subscribing the plan.However,I don’t think that will be the nice one.Maybe I will just put it at the corner of the house and only temporarily use it when my current modem is dead.

The details are as follow:

The deals are available to all new and existing customers who are not binding with any contract.You could get more information here or visit your nearest TMpoint.Anyway,I’m still looking forward to HSBB.

I always talk about High Speed Broadband(HSBB) project in these days because GoMobile09 EXPO is just held in Malaysia and ministry of Info,Communications and Culture takes advantages of it to announce some good news during the press time.

According to the latest report from Bernama,HSBB will go alive in next June.Currently TM is doing upgrading on exchanges and core network,as well as enhancing on AAG undersea cable system which had completed the construction work 1 month ago.

Why did I say that ‘half confirmed’?Because up to now,I received a lot of different timelines of the project and all came from official sources,that confuses me.Anyway,it should come to service the sooner the better.

Recently a lot of rumors express that HSBB will be rolled out in any time of the rest of this year or the early next year.Many people want to figure out more details of this project and yes,they have something.

TM replied that the first areas designated for commercial HSBB roll-out in Q1 2010 are TTDI, Subang Jaya, Bangsar and Shah Alam.In the Q3,more areas will be available to the high speed broadband service.If the progress could follow this schedule,we still have to wait for at least one year for the service.If you are lucky enough that you are living in the first areas and are selected by TM,you may be entitled as a beta tester to try out the new service before the official roll-out,most probably at the end of this year.

For me,I only can stay at home to receive more news because I’m not that lucky.

The latest news about HSBB(High Speed Broadband) is the official roll-out in some areas will be initiated at the end of this year.The lucky areas are Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Bangsar, Subang Jaya and Shah Alam,which will be fully covered by HSBB access infrastructure soon.

The HSBB service will be slowly expanding and in 2012,more than 1.3 million of premises will have access to HSBB.

I’m now waiting for 5-6 months to see the comments from the first batch of HSBB home users.I think many people are waiting too.

Ok,the whole work of upgrading TM core network to NGN had been completed by last Saturday.As what I thought,there were no differences before and after the upgrade again.

In some forums,a few people said that it was perhaps a start of HSBB project turning to substantial phrase and thus,we can’t feel any improvements yet.Well,I hope that is the truth.

And I heard the news about AAG(Asia-America Gateway) which will be officially launched in coming August.This is a 2 terabits cable which will be linking the major countries in South East Asia to USA.Once it gets into work,it should provide a much smooth way compared to current congested one.

However,all things discussing here are assumed.I wish the long waiting could give me some wonderful impression in the near future.How do you think about it?