Comments on: P1 Wimax Shah Alam Review

By: Dante

Dante — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:34:58 +0000

It’s a monthly threshold, eg 20gb for a month
No you don’t have to pay anything extra when you exceeded, your speed will drop fro promised speed eg 1.2mbps -> 800kbps
you can check by applying an account at the p1.com.my website with ur modem serial number.

By: kazi

kazi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:45:08 +0000

in the brouchere it says dat my threshold is 5gb..
is dat 5gb monthly or weekly…n if i exceed that 5gb..what happens next? do i have 2 be paying extra..?? sum1 pls reply..n hw 2 chek my threshold

By: Gallivanter

Gallivanter — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:18:50 +0000

Thanks Peter for your feedback. I never had problems with my P1. The streaming capabilities is certainly way better than Streamyx. It’s been serving me well so far. Well, one man’s poison is another man’s food.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:53:13 +0000

Galivanter,

What happen if the bandwidth reduce to 150kps after the threshold ? Paying extra $50( compared to $49 package) for downloading 15g of data at 1200kps and continue receiving data at 15kB/s. I still remember those days when I used 56k modem internet account, the download speed was 55/15 Kb/s for normal/peak hours.

I am retired, I prefer spending a few hours per day enjoying online or downloaded entertaining programs. I’ve heard people complaining about streamyx but inevitably streamyx had provided me tons of data for my happy hours.
I have complaint to p1 careline that they should provide me a reduced bandwidth of 400kps after I reached the threshold download limit, I have requested p1 max to allow me to terminate their service without binding by service plan I signed but receive no reply.

I signed up the service plan because p1 careline confirmed that the reduced bandwidth after threshold will be 800 kps. I am getting 400kps then 150kps, really sickening experience.

By: Gallivanter

Gallivanter — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:04:47 +0000

Peter – Yes, they do have a bandwidth threshold of 20GB per month, and after that, they do reduce your usage. But, I rather face that than the unreliable crap that Streamyx puts out.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:49:24 +0000

Sorry to comment on P1 Max now.
During the 1 week trial, everything was fine. Once I sign up the plan, 5 days after the trial period, the careline emailed me a notification of fair usage, telling me that I have far exceed my threshold and bandwidth conrol will be implemented, my download can hardly exceed 30 kB/s.
I am a p2p user and I like p2p online entertainment materials. Switching from 512K stremyx Wimax 1.2M package ($99) because most of the online entertaining programs requires higher bandwidth. I have checked with the careline personnel and confirmed that after the threshold achieved the bandwidth will reduced to 800kps. Now, what I get is 400kps which is lower then 512k streamyx.
my advice :
if you always tune to p2p programs, stay with streamyx
if you like to download heavily video/musical collection, stay with streamyx
Please clarify with p1 Max what will happen if your download exceed the threshold.

By: Gallivanter

Gallivanter — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:09:29 +0000

riz – I’m on the RM99 plan, and I enjoy 1.6mbps on average, but lately, it’s back to 1.1mbps thereabouts, still solid. The connection does look like it uses a shared IP unless you get a more expensive package.

By: riz

riz — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:51:47 +0000

For P1 wimax,
If im not mistaken the cheapest is only RM45/month, isn’t it?
And with that u got 1mbps, that’s bargain.
But my area Kajang is not covered yet, guess I have to wait.
But I wanna know this, is the connection uses shared IP?

By: Gallivanter

Gallivanter — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:33:30 +0000

eb – Let’s see.

Joe – No idea, check out their website.

eyeman – who said it’s expensive?

By: eyeman

eyeman — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:37:15 +0000

i know it a bit expensive. But i don’t care if the speed really like what people says..

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:35:20 +0000

Hai, I am in Bandar Utama (BU12), do P1 wimax have the coverage here.

By: eb

eb — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:44:33 +0000

pssttt.. REDtone WiMax coming soon…

By: Gallivanter

Gallivanter — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:57:33 +0000

Albert – Nice one – screw streamyx!

By: Albert

Albert — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:17:42 +0000

Hi,

I am trying out Wimax on a 15 days trial basis. My area is out of Wimax coverage. According to the technical team, if your home within the 300 meters zone from the boundary, then I should get the connection. I tried that, and it works. After trying for 5 days, the signal seldom disconnect. I have made up my mind to sign up with Wimax and say goodbye to streamyx.

The funny part during the installation is to find the right location to put the modem in order to get the signal. The manual advice us to place it near the window.

By: Gallivanter

Gallivanter — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:56:03 +0000

JL – Cheers!

By: JL

JL — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:48:56 +0000

Hi, I’m new here. Was reading some of your posts until I came across this post. I also agree with you strongly that P1 wimax is really good, as least for now. I believe my blog post here is worth sharing with you. And yes to the customer service, it’s much better than streamyx too.

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By: Gallivanter

Gallivanter — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:38:34 +0000

fairul nizam – True on P1, but untrue on Streamyx because they are plain rubbish. The thing about P1, in a year’s time, if it becomes congested, there will be 3 other Wimax services to choose from. Why hang on to Streamyx when you can switch to P1 and enjoy it while it last? Besides, their customer service is WAY better than the fucked up Streamyx will ever be.

By: fairul nizam

fairul nizam — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:43:23 +0000

hai all.. i’m new in here.. i’m in telco industries. For streamyx, TM is upgrading thier backbone and also their ADSL system so after this all subscribers can browse smoothly. But the only thing that can cause a problem when using streamyx at home is the quality of the copper wires as it effect the link quality to your house. If you live in new developed area, then its ok (because of new wires).

For P1, currently no problem on browsing as users are not as many as streamyx users (the link are not crowded yet!). Wait until there are so many users, then u’ll know it performance. If it still can serve u at subscribed rate, then we can say it really good. P1 is coming to tmn desa real soon. Hopefully by mid year, more than 100 sites will be up in klang, shah alam, pj, kl.

By: Gallivanter

Gallivanter — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:53:41 +0000

amresh – Dude, it’s better you do more research. Don’t trust streamyx, it’s still crap no matter what. I did my upgrade too when I used streamyx, and guess what, the crap that comes with it is upgraded too! I don’t know what planet your friend is on, but Wimax works. He’s probably an affiliate of streamyx. LOL.

By: amresh

amresh — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:57:01 +0000

Oh thank God I read this. I myself was debating on the P1 vs Streamyx thingy. Cause I was all set to get p1, then my friend comes and says that since P1 doesn’t use land line (it depends on satellite or smth), it isn’t that reliable. He asked me to upgrade my Streamyx to the RM 100+ one per month, and it’ll be better.
Bleh… I don’t know. You’re making me think otherwise.