STREAMYX!!

For all us budding Malaysians out there, no matter where we are right now, if we have lived in Malaysia for an extended period of time we know of the acclaimed internet connection service known as Streamyx. Or Streamy X as my friend likes to put it.

I was reading dannychoo the other day and discovered something rather interesting about the Japanese internet. Obviously their internet service is ALOT better than ours, but by how much?

Danny Choo's high speed Hikari line costs 1,022 yen per month for the first year and goes up to 6,720 yen per month on the second without any setup or rental fees. That's about RM 37 and RM 243 respectively, rounded up.

Streamyx on the other hand, offers its fastest package at a rate of RM 268 per month. So, promotions aside, RM 243 compared to RM 268 - that's not that much of a difference is it? Well you know what, I haven't told you how fast the internet connections are for these prices yet.


image (c) streamyx

As you can see here, Streamyx offers us a connection of 4.0 Mbps at RM 268. Danny Choo's Hikari line however, comes at a whopping speed of 100 Mbps. That's right, we are paying more for 96 Mbps less speed than Japan.

Then again we have to commend streamyx, as its internet service has been steadily improving. I remember a few years ago that I had to live on 31.2kbps dialup internet, and so if it keeps improving it will only be for the better. I just hope the price stays down!

I was downloading a rar file the other day, and my speed dropped to 52 BYTES per second.

Stunner :)