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what broadband? what 512Mbps? I am still using 64kbps dialup becoz the damned TMNut streamyx does not cover my area!!!

jeff, a typo there at 512Mbps, should be Kbps ;)

Also, 100Mbps broadband means nothing really, just a fatter pipe between the exchange to your home. Singapore can pretty much do okay with it, since it's probably doing 30%/70% traffic (local/international) due to definitely higher local content available for Singaporeans.

Look at Malaysia, are there much local content? Over here it's probably 10%/90% and if tmnet wants to increase the last mile pipe to even 2 or 5 Mbps, they better start with backbone and international links upgrade from a cheaplak straw.

I tend to imagine that a lot of our lack of progress has to do with Ministers who themselves are not users of the internet. Without personal experience, the issue simply does not exist in their world.

for those of you who watch the series 24, u just hv to see the advent of technology adopt by them. in times of crisis, how internet can help speed up a search n resuce process. but of cos much have been fictional but we cant help but to think that if Jack Bauer is to operate here, he would hv been dead long time ago. I hv said this before, slow penetration rate for rural areas is bcos wihtout internet, most of these famous blogs wont be able to reach them. so rural ppl will still rely on local newspapers for their daily adulterated news.

Download 9GB dvd movie:

1Gbs ==> 72 secs

100Mbs ==> 12 mins

512Kbs ==> 1.6 days

40kbs ==> 21 days [my dialup, sadly:(]

Very outdated indeed, I was expecting Singapore to beat the 5Gbs barrier.

Internet2 Land Speed Records for IPv4 and IPv6

And yet... the higher management of TMNet would not consider upgrading their infrastructure just because they think that "it is an unfair action for those 20% who clogged the bandwidth'.

Too bad....

they ask rakyat" to change our lifestyles,
I will say these GLCs heads should be changed,
thus to improve our LIFESTYLES (internet, car prices, waters... etc..) to better!

I think TMnet will hike the price of their monthly charge which now at RM 88.00 to maybe RM 100.00 instead of giving us the 100 Mbps bandwidth... I guess so...

Stop whining lah! We are far better than Ghana..the garmen will say.

I don't think our Government is walk to talk to push for broandband penetration. If yes, they will force TM to deliver what they are suppose to, instead of "as is" basic.

Look at our people here expecially youngsters.They would prefer to spend "Available credit" on latest mobile phones,autos,soccer bettings and etc which could burn a big hole to their pockets.Rather than investing money on PCs,Laptops and broadband to enhance personal knowledge and self improvement.
When free,they would prefer entertainments like watching tv,go cinema,karaokes,clubs,mamak stalls,window shoppings and etc.Rather than allocating more time for sports,readings,surfing nets for infos and etc.
Since the broadband penetration rate is not that high among population,to TM,no urgency to spend much on system upgradings.TM prefer to spend big on take-overs abroad.

I beg to differ with those who advocate increased broadband usage and penetration.

We can guess what more users on the network will lead to: slower speeds.

It's already bad enough. Please don't make it worse. Let those who are blissfully unaware of our so-called broadband remain so.

There is nothing broad about our band.

Sorry, did I hear someone say that was a selfish remark? Well then, do you have a more constructive solution?

my source are saying that by end of this year streamyx would come under telekom and tmnet would only handle the content and application, blue hyppo etc.

this thing could go two ways:
- could be better due to the decision making process is central and more country wide expansion/upgrades could be made

- could be worse, as the support for above might be taken by a jack of all trades department and not be given priority.

Harry,

Ghana is playing in the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany.

Malaysia is not.

singapore also not in world cup yet. so we can rest a little.

for business users I do see some sense in getting 100Mbps lines. IMHO, I am using 24Mbps and it is fast enough to cater a SD TV shows across the copper. (i.e. your tube and google video). I am d/ling a dvd movie in about 45 min from telstra (legally paid content).

100Mbps and Gb/s is more of internet dick measuring contest for home users. What do home users want with 100Mbps? multiple movie and tv shows download? give me 10Mbps wireless connection over 100Mbps.

I think its quite unfortunate that we still dont have a 2Mbps broadband connection by now. Wonder why we cant implement it?

- MENJ

for all of you (just in case we need to illustrate why fast is useful):

http://tinyurl.com/qhg6b

Im commenting on nutz statement..

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100Mbps and Gb/s is more of internet dick measuring contest for home users. What do home users want with 100Mbps? multiple movie and tv shows download? give me 10Mbps wireless connection over 100Mbps.
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Are you saying 100Mbps is redundent?

In fact you said, give you 10Mbps wireless over 100Mbps wired. And can I ask you this, Can you find 10Mbps WIRED in Malaysia (homeusers package) let alone 10Mbps wired?

As mentioned, everyone need bigger bandwidth, no matter you are home user or office users, but the problem now is that we can't even get reasonable speed!

Nothing is ever outdated or out of fashion. I am using a pentium 166 connected to streamyx. Its works just fine. those who wants more megs must be the fashionable kiasu types who brag about their computers but seldom uses them usefully to its full potential.

Sydput,

do u use a calculator or still rely on a piece of rough paer + pen to do ur calculations? Am sure it still gv u the similar results at the end.

Wait a minute. Wasn't Stephen Lim that guy who appeared in Singapore Idol in a yellow underwear?

Hmm... dear E36, I agree that the internet is a wealth of information but some people would prefer their youngsters not to hang out on the internet as they find it more of an anti-social behaviour compared to lepaking in malls...

pigduck

that should not be a reason for stop progressing.

Sydput

Actually you have not put your pc to full potential! At 166mhz, your pc can process 322,000,000 bits of information on a single CPU thread in one second. That means your PC can actually eat in 322Megabits of data in one second, but you only feed it with 1Mega bits of information in one second. Your PC is actually still very hungry for more!