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Got this from digg (as of now, its right at the top) : ISPs who block Bittorrent. TMNet is there, and so is Jaring. What’s nice to note is perhaps, the fact that they are not as bad as the other international ISPs - not as many restrictions compared to some others there. What’s bad is perhaps, the fact that they are in the list at all.

Are you a Bittorrent user? TM Net thinks you’re “choking up local broadband lines”.

And this is their official stand on P2P:

This brings up a hilarious implication - so if everyone were to use P2P, making P2P users the majority, then they would HAVE TO upgrade their infrastructure! *drumroll, cymbals! cue audience laughter*…So, Malaysian internet user, you know what to do…

And, this is a personal message directed to “staff tmnet“, who commented on my thread on Michael Lai’s career change. My question to you is, do your views represent your organization?

He/she said:

I have the following questions, maybe “staff tmnet” can answer them.

1. So, Is your stand on P2P the same as your organization?
2. Since when can you make “easy money” through downloading “porns”, anime and tv series through P2P?
3. Will using torrents really one crazy and out of his/her mind? Could you tell me why?

Josh Lim

A consortium of Malaysian ISPs including founding members TM, Jaring & AIMS with peering members Maxis, Time, Digi, Nasioncom, Heitech Padu, MyKris, Airzed, Extreme Broadband, VDSL, EBTech, Freenet, Bizsurf, Paneagle and CNX have come together to launch MyIX - The Malaysia Internet Exchange.

What is MyIX anyway? A summary…

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We’re trying something new here - and we’ll like to offer a win-win situation for our readers. We are now selling prepaid top up credit for Maxis Hotlink, Celcom Xpax and TM iTalk from RM10-RM60. No need to go to the shops to buy prepaid credit� - you can do it from your computer. Got a Maybank account, and e-mail address� and a mobile phone? Drop an e-mail to info@redesignmalaysia.com� with how much credit you’ll like to buy and we’ll get back to you. After you make payment, you will receive your top-up number via SMS.

Help RedesignMalaysia.com contine to offer broadband news and analysis,� cover our hosting and maintenance costs. If we get a good response from this, we will be able to perhaps offer discounts on top up credit in future� (eg, buy RM60 worth of credit but pay only RM59.80 - you get a couple of SMS free). Cheers.

� Translation: We have another satellite in space now, and that’s a good thing for broadband here.� Malaysia Boleh! Soon we’re going to have a bolehnaut and teh tarik in space too, but that’s a different story.

Translation: This can shape up to be a significant challenge to TM Net Streamyx’s market dominance. As you might notice from this Wikipedia link on Maxis, they basically own Measat-3. Although the main purpose of the satellite is to extend the coverage of sister company Astro’s satellite services, it is very likely that the broadband capabilities of the new satellite will be marketed as under the Maxis Broadband umbrella rather than as an Astro broadband thing. Maxis already has very good dominance in the urban mobile telecommunications sector, so getting existing mobile customers to subscribe to a broadband package shouldn’t be too far a stretch, rather than trying to convince Astro watchers to get broadband.� This is purely my speculation, and adding credence to it is the fact that� Astro did have a short-lived trial of internet services, but no news has been hard since.

Translation: No more coverage issues. No 5KM radius DSLAM limitation. No more� not enough ports problems. No more reliance on old copper cabling. Rather than try to depend on the underground, broadband can now come from the heavens above, and anywhere with a clear line of sight to the sky should be able to receive a satellite broadband signal. Bonus: The launch vehicle of the satellite is called the “Proton Breeze M”. No, it’s not a new car model from national carmarker Proton Berhad, but rather, this link should explain it.

Let’s end with two questions:
1. Do you think satellite broadband internet services� are already available currently, as of today, right now? Yes or No? (This one I know the answer to. It might not be what you think.� Btw, if the answer is yes, it’s not Measat providing it. If it’s no, then no one� lah. What do you think?)
2. If satellite broadband were already available here…how much would you pay per month for a good, steady 1-2MBps connection?

Read these two links first:

“TMNet Streamyx has organised the formation of structured independent user groups to act as a focused voice to push the company in the right direction.” - Friedbeef.com
“The group joins 12 others nationwide as an independent body engaging TM Net in solving such problems.“� - Mobile World

Now - as the Deputy Chairman of the committee for the Klang Valley TMNet User Group, I am proud to announce that we are putting together a website that will serve as the official, structured Communications Channel between the committee and the users at large. We aim to be as transparent as possible, to form a community that helps itself - which can be a much more efficient way than having to deal with TMNet for all TMNet related issues.

We envision that the bulk of users of the TMNet User Group would be TMNet Streamyx users, like me and you. Hence, we want this website to be useful and informative for TMNet users (eg, we envision we should be able to notify you of problems faster than official channels, and forward complaints more efficiently and faster than a belaboured support employee).

So, we would like to have your suggestions on the following:

1. What would be good features� to have on the website of the Klang Valley TMNet User Group?
2. What kind of problems do you face with your TMNet service, mainly? We are trying to segmentize problems so that we can deal with them better - eg, connection problems, getting Streamyx, quality of service, billing, etc.
3. How do you think our committee can help you?
4. If you were a member of this committee with a significant say, what would you do? What would you implement? (Keep in mind - this involves real life meetings and a substantial commitment of your time. But just say what you would do - no obligation.)
5. Or even as a normal member, what would you do, and how would you be willing to contribute?
6. If you were TMNet, and this group offered to help you do your job, what would you like them to do?
7. How do you think we as a user group (the committee and also the members), can make TMNet more efficient?

Please do give your feedback, thanks. We hope to work with you to make broadband here better, and we all know who is the biggest provider of broadband here.

Disclaimer: My questions and views do not represent the TMNet User Group as a whole, however, as the person in charge of setting up the website, I am using RedesignMalaysia as a relevant channel for valuable feedback.

Josh Lim