Celcom 3G Internet Experience
Choosing the right broadband that suit your need and location is not an easy task. One that works great today may broken the next day or vice versa. I have no brand preference, as long as the service is good enough and worthy, that would be my choice.
I’ve started using Celcom 3G Internet on HTC Magic for almost a week at numbers of location such as Seri Kembangan, , Sungai Besar, Selangor and Teluk Intan, Ipoh Perak. As far as I can tell you, although not all areas are covered by 3G network, I never have the internet connection disconnected continuously. Coverage should be your primary concern, if you’re traveling a lot and need to stay connected at the same time.
In term of download/upload speed, here is the speedtest.net testing which I’ve run few times at few locations. Your result may vary, but this is roughly the average speed at Seri Kembangan and Teluk Intan, which is quite reasonable for me. Remember, this test was running on smart phone, which tend to have lighter version of website (without javascript, flash and etc), so the load is faster than full version website opened on notebook/desktop.
The frequently visited websites such Google Reader, Techmeme , Utusan, TheStar, Soccernet load reasonable fast. For new email to get downloaded into HTC Magic , it is lagging approx. 30 seconds to 1 minute behind my Blackberry device which run on EDGE connection (Blackberry is undoubtedly the perfect device for email).
Watching Youtube videos however far from satisfying, as expected.
The only thing that I wish is that, such speed should be maintained if it can’t be improved, or if it could go faster, that is more than the great bonus to all customers
Seri Kembangan VS Teluk Intan (Celcom 3G Internet on HTC Magic)
Beside testing the Celcom 3G Internet, I also run the speedtest.net testing on my Streamyx at Seri Kembangan and Teluk Intan using notebook and smart phone as the device testing.
Notebook perform slightly better than smartphone, although the result is opposite when I test it in my hometown, probably just coincidence. This testing is not so accurate as it was done only once, merely to see am I getting what I’ve paid off.
So how’s your?
HP DV2 notebook VS HTC Magic (Streamyx 1MB Wifi)
HP DV2 notebook VS HTC Magic (Streamyx 512MB Wifi)
On both
i use celcom 3g broadband…and it is too i mean too slow and always restart. i like to change to streamxy next or p1??? which is the best?????
I’ve been using Celcom broadband 384 package for 8 days and am very disappointed with it. It’s much slower than Streamyx, downloading email attachments take forever, I get disconnected occasionally. I dont know if its worth upgrading to the better package. I’m in Seputeh in KL.
@liz – sorry about that. My BB does connecting at 384kbps speed, if you browse internet at that speed especially on PC, it’s gonna be very slow. However, if you browse it through mobile phone, it is slightly better. My other phone, which is mentioned in this post is using 3G/HSDPA, so it is absolutely better.
My advice is, go get at least 512kbps package, because you won’t get full speed of what you subscribe.
I’m waiting for Digi to have their next promotion, and also to scrap the deposit for foreigners (I’m not Msian), then I will change to Digi.
But I heard a strong rumour that the internet providers will be deregulted this year, so there should be more competition………….?
@Liz – How long have you been here. The longer you’re here the deposit will be lesser in the case for Celcom & TM.
I’ve no comment about regulation, but with HSBB going to be here very soon in certain areas, I’m expecting the competition should be more intense.
Celcom have alrady stopped the deposit for foreigners for their broadband. That’s why I chose them. Digi are still charging RM500.
Regardng TM I’ve never heard of less deposit the longer you’ve been here. They still charge RM1075 for foreigners deposit for landline as far as I know.