To ensure that it happens, Dr Lim told reporters later at the event that he was prepared to take drastic action such as unbundling the local loop to boost competition.
“I don’t care who it hurts,” he said, vowing again to make it “fast and cheap.”

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Repeating the phrase again and again while speaking at the launch of the Malaysian Research and Education Network here on Monday, Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said he has made it his “mission” to boost Malaysia’s abysmal broadband penetration rate.

The rate currently stands at about 1% of the population.

“Ten months ago (when I was appointed Energy, Water and Communications Minister) it was 0.4%,” said Dr Lim, expressing his disappointment at the “small improvement.”

He pointed out that while Malaysia went on a concerted ICT (information and communications technology) drive much earlier than many countries in the region, countries such as Singapore and South Korea had far greater broadband penetration rates.

“You tell me what’s wrong here,” he said.

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In a statement on March 21, TM Net said a college or university student need only pay as low as RM50 per month for the first three months and RM66 for subsequent months on the access fees for a speed of 512kbps.

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