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Streamyx rolled out its Super Upgrade deals last few weeks ago, in an attempt to increase its market share in the Malaysian broadband war. No doubt, Streamyx is still holding a large piece of the pie since a large area of Malaysia is still not well covered with other alternatives like WiMAX or 3.5G. So, for those loyal Streamyx subscribers who have been using its service for more than1 year, are the super upgrade deals worth your money?

I’m going to do a comparison based on several popular packages. But before I go further, let me remind you that "kbps" and "Mbps" in Streamyx packages are referred to "kilobits per second" and "megabits per second" respectively and NOT "kilobytes" or "megabytes". In other words, if you subscribed to 1Mbps package, you’ll get a download speed of about 128Kilobytes per second. Some people has come to me and complained that their download speed never reaches 1 megabytes per second despite spending money on the 1Mbps package! Well, i think many are confused with this, so better clarify earlier. And by the way, FREE 4 months doesn’t mean you pay nothing for 4 months! It means the upgraded price is the same as your existing one for 4 months! (For those upgrading to 1Mbps package from 512Kbps and to 2Mbps from 1Mbps – Thanks to Eina for pointing this out).

Comparison Chart

Okay, here are the comparison chart that I have made for the two popular packages (512kbps and 1Mbps).

The blocks in the same colour means same pricing. This would give you an overall picture of how the packages are priced. You should noticed that upgrading to 2Mbps and 4Mbps from both 512kbps and 1Mbps requires you to pay the same amount. The monthly price for 2Mbps for this Super Deal promotion is RM99 for the first 4 months and RM110 after that. This is low as the normal pricing for the 2Mbps package is RM188. On the other hand, for the 4Mbps package, the pricing is pitched at RM130 starting the 1st month of upgrade, which is extremely low considering that the normal  pricing is RM268. So you can see that Streamyx is targetting more users to upgrade to 2Mbps and 4Mbps. However, not all areas provides access to 2Mbps and 4Mbps connections. Technical testing for availability is needed.

As for 512kbps user who want to upgrade to 1Mbps, you’ll saved RM17 after the 4th month in comparison with the normal pricing for the package. I think it is worth the upgrade since you need to pay only an extra of RM5 for double speed.

Terms & Conditions

1. Promotion valid until 31 December 2009 and applicable for UPGRADE application only.
2. This promotion is only applicable for existing  Streamyx customers who have served a minimum period of 1 year
3. The minimum subscription period of 24 MONTHS will be applicable upon successful application to the new speed.
4. Promotion is only applicable for customers subscribing to unlimited hours packages.

More Details here

Final Words

Well, if you compare the 4Mbps upgrade pricing to other WiMAX or broadband packages, you’ll definitely agree that this upgrade worth every penny! Since WiMAX and other mobile broadband includes a Fair Usage cap (not that Streamyx don’t but at least it doesn’t cap too low like 5GB!!), it’s right time to upgrade! For 512kbps subscribers, it’s a good time to upgrade to 1Mbps!!

Upgrading to 2Mbps and 4Mbps from 1Mbps is also recommended for those who can spend a little extra every month since the Super Deal pricing is much lower than the standard pricing. But again, it depends on whether you really need that extra speed or if there are no other better alternatives available. For me, GO FOR THE UPGRADE! And Jangan POTONG Dulu!