Celcom Broadband Basic

Posted on Mar 14 in Life Log, Tech Stuffby ApplePrint

Orange has no Internet connection for about 12 days. Life without Internet is filled with boredom and can kill those who depend heavily on the Internet. Applying for Streamyx (one of Malaysia’s ISPs) is not a wise choice, as the place that Orange stays is not permanent, we might move out any time. Furthermore, the signup fee for starter is quite expensive and there’s a contract of 18 months.

Celcom 3G broadband is something came into my mind. Technology has evolved rapidly these few years, now you can connect to the Internet via different medium. There are several plans available, at last I decided to sign up for Celcom Broadband Basic plan which cost RM68 monthly. You need a USB modem in order to connect to this broadband. I bought a Huawei E160E USB modem. Including the first month payment for the service, I spent RM467.00: RM68 for the broadband plan, RM399 for the modem. (dealer price, that’s the best thing I can get when working in my current company *evil grin*)

This is the lastest model, according to my colleague. If you don’t know what is a USB modem, perhaps you have heard of Vodafone? E160E has very simple and neat design, smaller in size and easy to bring along.

p/s: Argh, I know…my nail polish is fading…

With Celcom SIM card and the USB modem, Orange is able to connect to the Internet once again. It just feel like a fish in water (如鱼得水). Orange is once again — “alive”.

I’m happy too, because now I can continue communicate with Orange through Windows Live Messenger when I’m at home. ^_^

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6 Comments

• Johnny says:

  March 15, 2009 at 5:52 am

  is the speed ok?

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• Orange says:

  March 15, 2009 at 2:59 pm

  the speed quite nice for surfing and basic need. the only problem is downloading stuff because the bandwidth.

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• Apple says:

  March 15, 2009 at 6:50 pm

  @Johnny,
  Speed is still ok, just like what Orange said. But it also depends on which plan you choose. For my case, the connection speed is 3.6Mbps.

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• levian says:

  March 16, 2009 at 1:14 pm

  i had a friend using the broadband as well. she complaints a lot when it reaches afternoon, where the line will be as slow as 56k. it could be because of the plan that she choose. =)

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• tekaus says:

  March 17, 2009 at 1:53 am

  Hmm…yeah the basic plan will only be suffice if we do some normal surfing! Streamyx is not that good either. Sometimes it’s ok…and most of the time it’s a killer! Slow like hell! =/

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• khoking says:

  May 23, 2009 at 7:14 pm

  I hope you did not experienced what I experienced at:

  http://shashinki.com/blog/2009/02/17/celcom-wireless-broadband-poor-serviceslowhaltedwasting-money/

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