Connected at last!

From home I mean

The last time I had this luxury called Internet was more than 5 years ago before I shifted away from my old house in Kajang to Beranang where I’m currently staying. I still remember the agony of being disconnected all of a sudden after routinely being online almost 24/7 daily. But I endured. Until NOW.

Yesterday I applied for Maxis 3G Unlimited which burns RM99 a month. A 3G line delivers about 384kbps data transfer rate at best effort, which I think means that it’s something we can never get. Was a bit skeptical but I HAD to try it. Why? I’ll list it out to these reasons :

• Cheaper than most other net ISP’s. Can’t use DIGI coz my handphone doesn’t support EDGE.
• Don’t have a fixed line at home to apply for Streamyx.
• Hates to be wired. Wireless seems to be a better option.
• Malas wana pay so much deposit and installation fees to fix Streamyx.
• Maxis 3G has no contract whatsoever. Which means I can cancel it off anytime I want should I be unhappy with the service. ( More like can’t afford to pay )
• Want to test how good can a 3G connection get. And last but not least;
• I WANT TO GET CONNECTED!!

The verdict :

• Line is pretty stable. Pages loads up quite fast.
• Feels like surfing from a wired line. Not so much difference.
• Got my download speed at a stable 45kbps. Can’t match Streamyx on a good day.
• Eventho they state 384 kbps at full effort, my house which has a full bar 3G connection only gets me connected at 115.2kbps. But the connection speed is still impressively fast.
• RM99 a month to burn is still quite pricey. Haih….

So peeps, interested? Check it out here. They have other much cheaper packages too.

So here I am now, surfing away happily. Such a blissful feeling…

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