I wanted to share my personal experiences with reader on three of Malaysia’s major telco provider. Let’s start with number one.
Celcom broadband
I have been using Celcom broadband for the longest time, from 2008-2010. It was a costly move from me having spend RM400 for the 3g modem alone. The speed if I’m not mistaken is 512 kbps and download speed was never above 60kbps. The allocated data volume is 3GB and after that you will still be able to surf at slow slow speed. It was a painful experience because when the bandwidth throttling is active, it will hit you hard. Youtube rarely loads smoothly with celcom and sometime it makes Facebook look like Picasso.
Maxis broadband
Maxis broadband offers the same package setup as Celcom which suits me well. It was tempting because it comes with free modem made ZTE. Plus the usage is free for the first month. For a moment I had a blast because it was so fast and i am very enjoying it so much. The speed is achievable as advertised but in the end of second month it stopped working! Apparently I hit the 3GB quota mark and when I open browser, it keeps asking for me to buy some data volume. And I thought my package is uncapped! I could be wrong with the package selection but at least Maxis should allow me to surf a capped speed. I don’t understand what is wrong and thus I dropped Maxis name from my list.
Digi Broadband
I have seen this short advertisement about Digi Discovery Day broadband package. It is really cheap -RM38 and so I thought it would make no harm for me to try. The caveat is that at nighttime, the speed will be capped. Honestly, I could not feel any difference in day and night. It’s also as fast as Maxis but more consistency. Followed by this, i have switched completely to Digi by subscribing to Digi Smartplan package. It is the perfect plan ever, RM68 commitment+what ever you use for sms and calling. Like Maxis and Celcom, it also got some problem on its own and I have to compensate for it. There is not enough Digi 3G cell tower for coverage in Malaysia. For instance when I am at Jitra Kedah, there is no 3G line at all and even EDGE is not used in GSM 
So there you have, my short stint with Malaysian telco company for the last three years. I would recommend Digi to the reader if you are looking into wireless broadband. I’m sure in the future all our telco will improve in service.
