TIME broadband quality report at Vista Komanwel 2011

After previous report of degradation of TIME broadband service at Vista Komanwel (December 2010), quality of TIME broadband service is back to normal since early June 2011. May be it is due to competition from
Vasseti DataTech

Plan : 2Mbps
Date : 13 June 2011 and 14 June 2011
Time : Around 10:40 p.m.

  Singapore

  Jakarta

  Sydney

  Hong Kong

  Taipei

  Tokyo

  Seoul

  Mumbai

  London

  Stockholm

  Johannesburg

  San Francisco

  Dallas

 New York


What is your download speed?

What happen to TIME broadband?

Before (October 9 2010)
  Singapore
  San Francisco


Now (December 9 2010)
  Singapore
  San Francisco

For the past few days, download speed for US server is much slower after 6pm. No change for download speed for Singapore server. What is your experience with TIME broadband lately?

22/12/2010 It is confirmed! Everyday after 6pm, TIME broadband users in Vista Komanwel may need a Singapore proxy if they want good experience in term of download speed for browsing international websites.

Vista Komanwel Broadband 2010

Plan : 2Mbps - TIME broadband old package and old price :-)
Date : 09 October 2010
Time : Around 9:30 a.m.

  Singapore

  Jakarta

  Sydney

  Hong Kong

  Taipei

  Tokyo

  Seoul

  Mumbai

  London

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  San Francisco

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What is your download speed?

An update of broadband services in Vista Komanwel

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Celcom broadband download speed from Visualware CA server on 24/03/08 17:40
Note: Top download speed I have experienced from Visualware CA server is 1.2Mbps using StarHub cable broadband

I was stunned to get 600kbps download speed using Celcom broadband on 24/03/08 around 17:40. However the excitement wear off after testing Celcom broadband for the next few days as I am not able to get that kind of download speed again. It seems more than 300kbps download speed is only possible if I can get a HSDPA connection. Nowadays I usually can get normal 3G connection using Celcom broadband which mean the download speed is between 50kbps and 300kbps. The range of download speed is too high for me. Is this normal for 3G broadband?

Anyway, from various sources, e.g. forum, road show, iZZinet is providing wireless broadband service to Vista Komanwel using iBusrt technology. From my limited experience using iZZi broadband in Low Yat Plaza, the broadband service is pretty good, e.g. 300kbps download speed from Visualware CA server, 300ms ping time to US server which is not bad for wireless broadband. Any iZZi users in Vista Komanwel would like to share their experience?

For NetLynx/TIME dotNet, I believe consistent 500kbps download speed from US servers is not a lofty goal for a tier-one network provider such as TIME dotNet. In addition, RM 79/SGD 35 per month is not considered cheap using international standard. Malaysia broadband users have been 'patient' for the past few years. It is time broadband providers in Malaysia to treat their 'kings' fairly :)

Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, please enforce Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. One of rules is throughput must not be less than 70% of subscribed level(uploading and downloading) for 95% of time, e.g. 700kbps download speed for 1Mbps plan.

10Mbps broadband for Vista Komanwel?

Based on TIME dotCom press release and a short discussion with a marketing guy of TIME dotCom on 14/9/07, 10Mbps broadband may be available to residents of Vista Komanwel. The not-so-good news is I may have to wait for at least 6 months. However that is still something to be excited about. My worry is TIME dotCom international gateway capacity which the company is trying to improve. After all, I do not want another intranet because I already have one :)