Analysis Poll Week 4

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From the poll that we have created for week 4, you can see that both Unifi and Time Broadband are both tied at 50%. While PenangFON is at 0%. That is probably because PenangFon is not that well marketed or advertised. Also because PenangFON offers only fiber optic connection to only businesses. Unifi is definitely more known that the rest and I must say that Unifi is probably the most known high speed broadband service provider in Malaysia. That is because they can market very well and they know how to sell. But Unifi's prices for the amount of speed offered is quite high and that is probably why it was tied with Time Broadband. Now with Time Broadband, they offer up to 50Mbps and I believe is the only service provider in Malaysia to do so. The pricing for Time Broadband's 50Mbps is exactly the same price as Unifi's 10Mbps at RM199 per month. That probably also tells why Time Broadband had a higher vote than expected.

References
http://www.time.com.my/consumer/time_fibre_broadband.asp
http://www.penangfon.com/pricing.html
http://www.unifi.my/unifi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=206

Google to Test Ultrafast Broadband to the Home

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Google plans a test that will provide 50,000 to 500,000 people with fiber-optic broadband internet access with the speed of a gigabit per second soon this year. They said that they are planning to test the ultra high speed broadband in a small number of trial location across the states. The speed they delivered is more than a 100 times faster than what Americans have access today. Their goal is to experiment with new ways to help make internet access better and faster for everyone. They also said that broadband is a major driver of new jobs, businesses and high speed internet access must be  much more widely available. Google suggested trials of gigabit per second Net access in comment to the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan, but Google then realize that itself could be a catalyst. Google will offer the broadband access "at competitive prices," Kelly said in the video about the project



References
Internet References

• Cnet News, Google to Test Ultrafast Broadband to the Home[Online], Retrieved 29th September 2010, URL: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000061-264.html

RM1.3 Billion Spent on TM’s High-Speed Broadband

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Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has so far spent RM1.3bil of the RM11.3bil allocated for the high-speed broadband (HSBB) project. Most of that was spent to develop the core network and to secure international capacity to prepare for HSBB. The next stage will be rolling out fibre optics for the last mile at targeted geographical locations, which are high density areas within the Federal Territory and Selangor. the total HSBB investment, the Government will contribute RM2.4bil, which will take the form of disbursement, on a one-to-one matching basis. In other words, the Government will give RM1 to TM for every RM1 that it invests in HSBB, up to a maximum of RM2.4bil. datuk zam isa, the Chief Executive Officer, Malaysia Business, TM said that by the end of 2012, about 1.3 million premises would have access to HSBB services, in accordance with the completion of the first phase of the project agreed with the Government. TM currently has close to 1.4 million broadband customers. TM is experiencing a smaller growth in net additions for its broadband service, while WiMAX operator Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd has been enjoying high subscription rates.

References

RM1.3 Billion Spent on TM's High-Speed Broadband [online], Retrieved 29 September 2010

URL-http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/30/business/5005858&sec=business

1Gbps in Malaysia!

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References
Internet References 

• The Star Online, Telco: '1Gbps is Speed That You Can Hardly Fathom ... it is Like Having a Billion Dollars[Online], Retreived 25th September 2010, URL: http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/8/27/business/6926541&sec=business/

Analysis Poll Week 3

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This analysis is show that fiber optic is better than DSL. Most of people vote for fiber optic because it is faster than DSL.

South Korea to get super High-Speed Broadband (Bruneian podcast)

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Transcript

Msa ni d South Korea, uang-uangnya binjoy labih kuang kapantasan kalajuan muat tuun 43.3Mbps. kalau dbandingkan sma America sa ni 8.9Mbps ganya tu. Di masa kan datang South Korea ani kan mamplan mambuat infratruktur super broadband yang mangapuld sama muat tuun kalajuan 1Gbps sabalum 2013, nda g batah uang2 sana atu dapat tia muat tuun pilim cita yang panuh 2 saat ganya. Prujek ani baharga labih kuang jua 24.5 billion dollar. Dah tah kana galar tampat yang bawayar di dunia ani, Servis barunya ani ada di Bandar-bandar basar sama kalau dbandar damit connection nya atu 50-100 Mbps gnya tu

Analysis Poll Week 2 (Malay Podcast)

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Podcast



Transcript
Saya harus mengatakan bahawa saya tidak begitu terkejut dari 42% suara TMnet sebagai khidmat pelanggan terburuk. Aku yakin banyak dari kita yang telah melalui pengalaman melanggan perkhidmatan Internet TMnet hanya untuk menerima perkhidmatan yang sebenarnya satu bulan dua hari kemudian, beberapa bahkan lebih lama! Saya berharap hal ini hanya akan meningkatkan di masa depan, sehingga kita Malaysia akan dapat menerima high perkhidmatan yang kita bayar. The 29% dari suara yang memberi perkhidmatan TMnet props yang pasti 'berjaya' yang. Saya tidak mengatakan bahawa semua perkhidmatan ini buruk, tapi proses penerimaan itu yang mengerikan. Adapun 29% lain, saya berharap bahawa kamu akan menerima perkhidmatan yang lebih baik apabila anda melanggan untuk perkhidmatan Internet TMnet's. Dan kepada orang yang tidak mendapatkan kesempatan untuk memilih, apa yang anda fikirkan tentang khidmat pelanggan TMnet's?

DSL VS FIBER OPTIC ! (Indonesian Podcast)

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Podcast




Transcript

Serat optik jauh lebih baik dari DSL. Kedua teknologi ini sering dibandingkan oleh orang banyak orang. DSL atau Digital Subscriber Line ditularkan melalui kabel telepon yang terbuat dari tembaga. Kecepatan DSL mampu hingga 8 Mbps untuk men-download beberapa file. kabel fiber optik terbuat dari kaca. Kecepatan koneksi serat optik menggunakan kabel serat optik adalah gigabit per detik, jauh lebih cepat dari kabel DSL. koneksi Fiber optik adalah enam kali lebih cepat daripada koneksi DSL. Fiber optik adalah yang tercepat dan kecepatannya sampai dengan 50 Mbps. Tidak seperti koneksi DSL yang mudah untuk digunakan oleh setiap orang karena serat optik yang melibatkan menginstal semua kabel serat optik yang baru yang terbuat dari kaca. Sementara kabel DSL lebih mudah digunakan oleh setiap orang karena kabel DSL adalah internet lebih mudah daripada serat optik. DSL dan serat optik menggunakan peralatan yang sama untuk berkomunikasi dengan komputer. Mereka menggunakan router atau modem untuk berinteraksi dengan komputer atau perangkat internet lainnya., serat optik lebih baik dari DSL karena ia mempunyai layanan yang lebih mahal dari layanan DSL. Itu karena serat optik tidak tersedia ke semua daerah dan sangat mahal untuk satu perusahaan untuk mengatur semua jaringan ke semua daerah. Materi yang di gunakan oleh serat optik lebih mahal dibandingkan materi yang di gunakan oleh DSL.ternyata, memang benar bahwa serat optik jauh lebih baik dari DSL.

South Korea to get super High-Speed Broadband

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Now in South Korea, citizens enjoy an average download speed of 43.3 Mbps. The average American download rate, by comparison, hangs around8.9 Mbps. In the future, South Korea plans to build a super broadband infrastructure will upload and download speeds of 1Gbps by 2013 and soon the internet users of South Korea may be able to download stuff only in seconds example they can download a full length movie in less than two seconds!. The project will cost about 24.5 billion dollars, and will largely be funded by trage he private sector. Being called one the most wired places on earth, the new service will be available in large cities and a paltry 50-100 Mbps connection in a smaller South Korean towns.

References
Internet references

• PC World, South Korea to get super High-Speed Broadband [Online], Retreived 13th September 2010, URL http://www.pcworld.com/article/158799/south_korea_to_get_super_highspeed_broadband.html

Google's Plan with 1Gbps!

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Now when I heard there were such connection speed of 50 Mbps in other countries, I was blown away. I didn't even know such speed exist then and now to hear that Google is providing a few selected communities with 1 Gbps is crazy! That is 100 times faster than my Internet connection! This isn't for all consumers though, it is only for a few selected areas in America. They issued a request for communities to apply on February 10 2010 . This is not a service for all consumers yet, it is only an experiment to find new ways of improvement for the broadband world and to see how life would be with 1 Gbps. The picture below shows all the communities that applied and the bigger dots are the ones that had more than 1,000 residents apply for nomination.Great things are to come in the near future. Education, hospitals, economy, and etc. will be high affected by increase of broadband technology.

Googles goals are:

• Next generation apps: to see what developers and users can do with ultra high-speeds. 

• New deployment techniques: to test new ways to build fiber networks, and to help inform and support deployments elsewhere,and they'll share key lessons learned with the world.  

• Openness and choice: to operate an "open access" network, giving users the choice of multiple service providers. They'll manage their network in an open, non-discriminatory and transparent way.   

References
Internet References 

• Google, Google Fiber for Communities: Next steps[Online], Retrieved 7th September 2010, URL: http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/

• Google, Google Fiber for Communities: Get Involved[Online]. Retrieved 7th September 2010, URL: http://www.fiberforcommunities.com/

US plans to give every american super-fast broadband by 2020

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One third of Americans which is about a hundred million people are said to be without broadband at home. The Federal Communication Commission(FCC) submitted the plan to Congress saying that broadband was the greatest infrastructure challenge. Their main goal is to provide speed of 100 Megabits per second compared to an average of 4 Megabits per second which is the internet speed of most American would have right now.

What Government will do

• Connect 100 million homes to super-fast broadband with speeds up to 100 megabits per second.
• Allocate spectrum to allow network updates for wireless broadband.
• Increase adoption rates to 90% and make sure every child is digitally literate before they leave school.
• Encourage greater competition among providers to make prices cheaper and deals easier to understand.
• Use digital switch-over fund to bring cheap broadband to rural areas.
• Provide one gigabit broadband to schools, hospitals and military installations.

References
Internet references

• BBC News, US plans to give high-speed broadband to every American [Online], Retrieved 2nd September 2010, URL http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8569157.stm

Analysis Poll Week 2

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I must say that I'm not very surprised of the 42% of the votes going to TMnet as the worst customer service. I'm sure many of us have been through the experience of subscribing to TMnet's Internet service only to receive the actual service a month of two later, some even longer! I hope this will only improve in the future,so us Malaysians will be able to receive quality service that we pay for. The 29% of the votes that gave props to TMnet's service must have been the 'lucky' ones. I'm not saying that all of the service is bad, but it's the process of receiving it that is terrible. As for the other 29%,  I hope that you guys will receive much better service when you do subscribe for TMnet's Internet service. And to the ones that didn't get the chance to vote,what do you think about TMnet's customer service?

DSL VS FIBER OPTIC !

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Fiber optic is much better than DSL. These two technologies are commonly compared by others. DSL or Digital Subscriber Line is transmitted through telephone wire that is made from copper. It is capable up to 8 Mbps for downloading some files. Fiber optic cables are made of glass.  The speed of fiber optic connection using fiber optic cables is up to gigabits per second, it is much faster than DSL cable. Fiber optic connection is six times faster than the fastest DSL connection and it is up to 50 Mbps. The availability of FiOS or fiber optic is sparsely available. It is not like DSL connection that are easy to deployed by everyone because fiber optic connection are involving installing all new fiber optic  cables that are made of glass. While DSL cables are easy to deployed or used by everyone is because DSL cables is more casual internet rather than fiber optic. DSL and fiber optic are using the same hardware to communicate with the computers. They use router or modem to interface with computers or other internet devices. Even fiber optic is better than DSL, fiber optic service is more expensive than DSL service. It is because fiber optic connection is not available to all area, it is very costly for one company to set all up the networks to all area. The material of fiber optic is more expensive than the material of DSL. It is true that fiber optic is much better than DSL.