Malaysia Wireless Broadband Comparison (# 2)

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Now we have a better one..

Features	P1	Izzi	uMobile
Wimax	Yes	No	No
4G	No	Yes	No
3G (HSPDA)	No	No	Yes
Mobility	Yes	Yes	Yes
Extra Mobility (iBurst)	No	Yes	No
At least 1 Mbps connection	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wireless	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plug n Play (USB)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Free startup cost	No	No	Yes
> 1Mbps connection with cost < RM 100	No	No	Yes
Phone and PC	No (PC Only)	No (PC Only)	Yes

P1 Wimax

What I like about P1 is the theme (green, black, grey) and the much 'honest' speed test tool. Anyway, I still think that InternetFrog's tool is the most accurate of all.

iZZi

While iZZi is focusing on iBurst technology which provides uninterrupted connectivity even on fast moving objects.The biggest issue is power supply.But no advise has been discoursed to its potential users on how to charge the laptop battery on the bus or something.

uMobile

uMobile is focusing on the concept of 'u' for ubiquitous. The main idea is that uMobile (ex MiTV) has a 3G license and using the uMobile network, users can surf the Internet using either the phone or the computer with USB HSPDA Modem (which will use the sim card from uMobile). This is good for startup entrepreneurs, one-man-show entrepreneurs and etc who doesn't want to have some much commitment to many things, but you still need a good supply of electricity though.

Redtone

Redtone Wimax ? Nothing much heard about it.

Maxis and Celcom

Seemed to have disappeared.

Check out a good review here perhaps.

General Concerns

• All these wireless providers risk users with higher amount of unwanted telco radiation. TM streamyx seems to be the safest.
• People are still lazy to switch providers whenever they are stuck with Streamyx account (including myself). Even worst, with the financial market getting unstable, people are not willing to consider even investing to try out something new and presumably better.

These broadband providers should really give bloggers free accounts so that we can try it out and do proper reviews. For me, I would choose either P1 for its elegance and cool marketing campaign and uMobile for the idea that if the broadband doesn't work, I can still use the SIM card for something else (such as using it for the GSM modem).