26. Speeding Streamyx
It is high time somebody at TM did something to get the broadband (Streamyx) on its track in this country. Monopoly does not mean shoddiness. Finally something is being attempted. The report below indicates that the "last mile" solution is going to be fibre-optic. Let us hope that this is going to be done and it works to solve the problem i.e. that of congestion and slow speeds although each customer was promised more than three times the speed possible! For example, I live about less than a kilometre from a TM exchange. I subscribed for a 512kb/s broadband service to my house. A speed test by using TM's own meter now shows readings of 130 - 240 kb/s i.e. a third down. I hope that by using fibre optics we could at least hope for a 80% yield at the consumer's home. An better solution would be to upgrade all 512 kb/s to 1Mb/s for free so that at one third down the consumer gets about what he subscribed for! This would be to ensure standards and service to the consumer.
New Telekom Solution Expected To Reduce Broadband Cost
The cost of deploying broadband services is expected to be reduced by 30 percent when a Telekom Malaysia subsidiary rolls out its new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) solution next year.
According to Telekom Research & Development Sdn Bhd (TMR&D), its FTTH solution, a form of fibre-optic communication delivery in which the optical signal reaches the end-user's living or office space, will also be able to provide higher speed digital access for broadband services.
Its chief executive officer Dr Shahruddin Muslimin said the solution will offer a new dimension for broadband services, which were currently using copper wire technology in their deployment.
"The solution will provide better services and higher speed for broadband services compared to copper wires," he said, adding that the company was currently carrying out trial services around Mont Kiara in Kuala Lumpur.
"We will initially introduce the services in places like the Klang Valley, Johor Baharu and Penang," he told Malaysian reporters after the company signed a memoradum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore's Aztech Systems Ltd at the CommunicAsia 2007 event here Tuesday.
Under the five-year agreement, both companies will work together to promote research and development, and collaboration activities through joint research, training and industrial attachments as well as consultancy- BERNAMA.
