Last week, DiGi officially introduced it Digi broadband service, hence become the latest player to join the fray of internet service providers in Malaysia. With tag line ‘Broadband Done Right’, it promise to provide the greater broadband experiment to Malaysian.

DiGi broadband run on 14.4Mbps HSDPA network infrastructure, although the advertising only mentioning 7.2Mbps as their fastest speed  . Digi also claim that their broadband can achieved 2Mbps download and a 1Mbps upload .

DiGi broadband offer the service in 3 different packages, consist of Discovery(RM58), Explore (RM108) and Extreme (RM180) with maximum usage in the range of 3GB to 20GB. Download speed ranging from 700kbps to 2mbps, while upload range from 200kbps to 1Mbps.

The first 2 package use modem cost RM30 monthly, paid on installment for 12 months period, while Extreme which using different model, cost RM50 monthly, in 12 months period as well. All modem will be owned by customer when the subscription end.

Customer bound no contract on all packages, but they have to pay the remaining balance of modem installment, upon termination of the service. More comparison among the ISP provider can be found here.

Considering this service is just rolled out recently, DiGi broadband coverage still limited to certain locations in Klang Valley, although Digi plan to cover all population area in Malaysia, on the later stage.

DiGi will also be introducing its 3G voice and data services for mobile phones this year.

Interested?Use plan recommender to know which DiGi broadband package works best for you. For instant, if you get online daily,  more than 6 hours per day, for the purpose of internet surfing, email , download and entertainment, it will suggest Explore package, cost you RM108 per month + RM30 for modem (12 months installment).

However with only 10GB limit, and my family run 3 notebooks  consecutively for almost 16hours everyday, this package is not suitable for our need. Check out the coverage area too, before subsribing.