AMAX WiMAX website revamped
AMAX’s website was one of the worst telco sites we have seen along with Celcom’s flash overdosed website. Recently we just checked AMAX’s website again and we’re relieved that they have finally revamped.
Maxis Broadband USB goes wilder with musicons
Wireless Broadband dongles shouldn’t look boring and Maxis has proven that it can be a lifestyle item by offering skinned modems features animal skins (with no animals harmed in the making).
This time around, they are going towards Music featuring 5 different genres such as Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Rock and Reggae.
P1 WiMAX DS300′s NEW Admin password but with limitation
The P1 WiMAX DS300 Web Admin is now accessible again, thanks to a comment made by “M S N” on our previous post.
The login details are as follows:
URL: http://10.1.1.254
Username: admin
Password: admin123
However we do notice that several options especially on WiMAX have been omitted from this admin login. At least you are still be able to perform the necessary network tweaks. Thanks again to M S N for the tip!
DiGi 3G Broadband Official Packages
After running several pre-launch promos at Mutiara Damansara & SS2, DiGi has officially launched its 3G Broadband service. Most of us are anticipating DiGi to launch 3G service in form of mobile telephony services but it seems that they decided to take on the broadband route.
REDtone to roll out WiMAX in Sarawak soon?
According to sources close to us, REDtone, one of the four WiMAX players in Malaysia would be launched officially in Kuching, Sarawak pretty soon.
For those who haven’t heard, Redtone is the only WiMAX licensee to start rolling out in East Malaysia. It was the 2nd WiMAX operator to launch shortly after P1 in August 2008. Branded as REDtone WiMAX, it initially covers Kota Kinabalu, Sabah but we have yet to hear any buzz from them.
Apparently the offering in Kuching is said to be from RM138/month and equipment would be using Motorola‘s WiMAX range.
Watch this space as we will try to update once we receive confirmed intel.
In the news however, it was reported that REDtone is spending RM20 million this year for WiMAX coverage. Apparently they claim to have WiMAX coverage at Kota Kinabalu and Kuching already. Now they are looking at covering Tawau & Miri.
We would like to see REDtone to launch their services fully and reach out to fill the broadband gap in Sabah and Sarawak immediately.
U Mobile Network is down
This could possibly be the biggest blunder in Malaysian telco history ever (at least to the extent that we can recall lah)!
Sources deep inside U Mobile confirms with us that the U Mobile network was completely down from as early as 0500hrs this morning (though while crafting this post, the network has been restored).
At this moment, we can’t gather the cause of this network blackout, but our fingers are pointing at capacity issues within the U Mobile network architecture. This seems to be supported by a frustrated blogger who posted his thoughts on the status of Malaysia’s worse telco here.
Being observers of the industry, we are subscribers to U Mobile as well as other telcos and we’re appalled at the way the U Mobile communications team is handling this farce. Go to u.com.my and you’ll see no announcement about the network outage, now the network is up there’s no SMS tell customers what happened, no email from customer care explaining what happened. Nothing.
To U Mobile PR – you owe it to your subscribers to explain to them what exactly happened. And please, no bull, because the smart people out there will soon figure out your bullshit. Tell the truth!
What’s worse is that existing subs can’t even get in touch with U Mobile customer care as the careline is also using the U Mobile network (018 388 1318). We can imagine the predicament of these poor U Mobile subs – they are all left in the dark.
It appears that at U Mobile, there are a lot of sweepers who like to sweep things under the carpet. Well Mr. Oh Kwang Jin, if you don’t see something, it doesn’t mean that that thing doesn’t exist. The managers at U Mobile had better pull their fingers out and start fixing this crap of a mobile company before it’s too late.
Final word: U Mobile sucks! Almost non-existing product range, exceptionally poor customer service and bad everything else makes U Mobile the worse telco in Malaysia –bar none! If you’re thinking of moving to U Mobile – stop thinking about it. You’re better off with any one of the established three telcos.
P1 changes DS300 Web Admin Password via firmware update
Few weeks ago, we reported that P1 W1MAX’s DS300 Web Admin password has been leaked on the Internet. This of course had been good news to the techie community as network tweaks was made possible.
As word spreads out, P1 must have rushed to put an end to such access and they have force a modem firmware update that changes the login details. We are told that P1 W1MAX DS300 modems are constantly updated over the air without the need of manual firmware flashing by the user.
As of today, it seems that most users can’t login into the DS300 modem admin anymore and this is also evident in the comments of our previous post.
Maxis officially brings in the iPhone 3G
After a long wait after hearing news & speculations, Maxis is the official telco to sell the ground breaking iPhone 3G. No doubt it has been a long wait since July 2008 when we first started the online petition at iPhone 3G for Malaysia but we’re glad that the wait is over. Maxis offers both iPhone 3G 8GB & 16GB that comes in black and white (16GB version only).
Lets take a look at what Maxis has offering:
P1 W1MAX DS300 Modem Unlocked with tweaking possibilities
Update: New login password found! Read all about it here.
When P1 W1MAX was launched with its DS300 LAN based modem, it claims to be a pure Plug & Play device with no configuration needed. All the user has to do is simply connect the power & LAN cable and they are ready to surf (provided that their network settings are set as AUTO by default).
However this seems to be a barrier for gamers and network experts that require manual network tweaking to get the best performance for selected applications. Settings such as Port Forwarding, DMZ and DHCP is simply not possible as the web admin access for the modem is not given out.
Fortunately, a lowyat.net user by the name of yong888 has obtained the username/password for the DS300 and it was very generous for him to share it on a public forum.
AMAX WiMAX new package and promotions
Update: AMAX WiMAX undergoing re-engineering, read about it here.
AMAX, is one of the 4 WiMAX operators in Malaysia which hasn’t been visible in the market. Apparently they are doing low key promotions as opposed to P1 W1MAX aggresive campaigns almost everywhere.
Not many people know what AMAX is, let alone their packages or coverage areas but recently we were given a tip off by a reader with their promotion.