Monday, March 31, 2008

Maxis broadband (sucks?)

i wanna share with you about this service. you have to be very careful when signing up for .. you know this wireless broadband because when it says that the speed = 3.6 mbps it does not necessarily mean you will enjoy that speed. instead : it is the best speed you can achieve.. which is hardly never. of all the time i have been using this service.. the maximum speed i observed is about 2.2 mbps. most of the time it is around 200 - 700 kbps.

another thing! the speed mentioned above is your download speed. your upload speed is very much lower. mine is only about 56 kbps most of the time.. so it will take really long time to upload data.

then there is the blocking of peer to peer download. what i mean is using torrent to download. i have tried and everytime my torrent download will not bulge, it will stay at 0. very frustrating at times.

some times you can also expect network error.. or time when its really hard to connect, so i have to bear with it.

the momment you signed the agreement you have to stay with this service for at least 18 months so be very sure when signing fo this or else if u wanna quit b4 the deadline, you have to pay whatever is the 18 months worth of service.

at $130 per month there many u can do. and there are better deals out there. for stability try wired broadband.

one last note.. ppl say that you cannot do more than 3gb a month. so think about it yeah b4 you make any decision.

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