Summary
- Key Broadband Players: TMNet, Jaring
- Main Access Technology: ADSL, Wireless
- Price of bandwidth per megabit: RM88 - RM125 (USD$23.34 - $33.15) per month (excluding equipment cost)
- Average Speeds available to consumers: 512k - 1024k
Main Providers
- The main broadband provider is TMNet, a subsidiary of the privatised national telecommunication provider, TM (formerly know as Telekom Malaysia).
- Jaring, owned by MIMOS (Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems)
Coverage Areas
The service area is not 100% yet. Mainly some low demand areas or competitor-covered areas are not serviced.
It only services some areas in the Klang Valley (area around the capital Kuala Lumpur).
ADSL Package Choices
- Streamyx
- Basic 512k - 512/256 - $17.50 per month
- Basic 1.0M - 1024/384 - $23.34 per month
- Soho 1.0M - 1024/384 - $39.25 per month
- Enterprise ADSL 1.0M - 1024/384 - $110.89 per month
- Enterprise ADSL 1.5M - 1.5M/1.5M - $163.95 per month
- Enterprise ADSL 2.0M - 2.0M/384 - $182.51 per month
- Corporate ADSL 1.0M - 1024/384 - $163.95 per month
- Corporate ADSL 1.5M - 1.5M/1.5M - $278.02 per month
- Corporate ADSL 2.0M - 2.0M/384 - $315.16 per month
- Jaring
- Basic Home Package - 512/? - $26.52 per month
- Standard Home Package - 1024/? - $33.15 per month
More package details available here: Streamyx, Jaring
Minimum Contract Duration
- Streamyx - 1 year
- Jaring - 3 months
Other Cost
The users may purchase/rent the equipment from the service providers or purchase their own from third party.
- Streamyx
- Fixed land line - $6.90 basic rental per month
- ADSL modem - $2.65 rental per month
- Registration fee - $19.90
- Activation fee - $13.26
- Jaring
- Wireless station - $397.93 purchase price or $5.31 rental per month
- Registration fee - $13.26
Other
For new apartment buildt in the last few years, broadband services is provided through middlemen who purchased the line from the main broadband provider. Details and restrictions vary by location and company and the data is seldom released.