Internet in Penang
Oct 8th 2018, 1:34 am
#46
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Re: Internet in Penang
Originally Posted by Foodi
I have the c1200 but had to reboot the router to kick off that speed. I then did the speed test and the download was a big fat 500mbps while the upload was 39mbps, not bad!
Originally Posted by stepen
I got download around 480 and upload around 250
Oct 8th 2018, 7:07 am
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Re: Internet in Penang
Not only TIME modified their product offerings and prices: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nati...es-after-msap/
I have TIME and got upgraded from 100 to 500 Mbps. The upload speed is about 190 Mbps, whereas download is 500 Mbps. So there is some asymmetry, which wasn't there when I was on 100 Mbps. However, I have no use for the 500 Mbps and would like to move to the cheaper 100 Mbps package. I hope that TIME allows that, without hidden penalties (e.g. administration fees, or a "reset" on the contract duration).
I have TIME and got upgraded from 100 to 500 Mbps. The upload speed is about 190 Mbps, whereas download is 500 Mbps. So there is some asymmetry, which wasn't there when I was on 100 Mbps. However, I have no use for the 500 Mbps and would like to move to the cheaper 100 Mbps package. I hope that TIME allows that, without hidden penalties (e.g. administration fees, or a "reset" on the contract duration).
Oct 8th 2018, 7:33 am
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Re: Internet in Penang
You could downgrage to the cheaper package but the contract duration will be reset and you also loose any promotion/discount of the current contract if any (in my case the RM 20/month for new customers). I am now after them to complain about that but their hotline is busy all the time...
Oct 8th 2018, 8:55 am
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Re: Internet in Penang
Originally Posted by Foodi
You could downgrage to the cheaper package but the contract duration will be reset and you also loose any promotion/discount of the current contract if any (in my case the RM 20/month for new customers). I am now after them to complain about that but their hotline is busy all the time...
Last edited by Epicurious; Oct 8th 2018 at 9:38 am.
Oct 8th 2018, 2:10 pm
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Re: Internet in Penang
This is the message that I received when downgraded using Selfcare: "A new 24-month contract term will commence upon your new plan activation."
Oct 9th 2018, 7:21 am
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Re: Internet in Penang
Originally Posted by Foodi
This is the message that I received when downgraded using Selfcare: "A new 24-month contract term will commence upon your new plan activation."
Oct 10th 2018, 1:49 am
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Re: Internet in Penang
I tried to call their Customer Service. I was put on hold for a long time and then got disconnected... Does anyone know if Time has an office in Penang where you can talk to a real person? Thanks.
Oct 10th 2018, 4:48 am
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Re: Internet in Penang
Originally Posted by Foodi
This is the message that I received when downgraded using Selfcare: "A new 24-month contract term will commence upon your new plan activation."
Originally Posted by Foodi
I tried to call their Customer Service. I was put on hold for a long time and then got disconnected... Does anyone know if Time has an office in Penang where you can talk to a real person? Thanks.
Oct 11th 2018, 12:11 am
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Re: Internet in Penang
Lucky you! I did not get through at all after several days of trying. I tried the Facebook Messenger as well, but their answers look like computer generated ones...
Oct 19th 2018, 6:16 am
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Re: Internet in Penang
Well no problems with the router swap. Time guy called the evening before to my wife's mobile (account in her name as she's the local) to confirm the time. Turned up next day on time was here around an hour maybe a bit over to swap the router, check all working, perfectly happy with that part of it. The TP-Link C1200 in terms of functionality is a little light from my previous router running 3rd party firmware, took me a while to reconfigure the local network how I want it and to set up my virtual servers again, in the process I swapped the time firmware for the latest TP-Link generic for the router. Line speed is much better not actually reaching 500/500 more like ~400/400 depending on when tested. Without access to another 1Gbps router impossible to tell if it is the C1200 or the line other than that everything seems to work.
