TM's announcement of UniFi prices leaked onto Twitter?
By Lee Wei Lian
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Shortly after Telekom Malaysia’s new UniFi high speed broadband service was launched last night, speculative prices for the service started to appear on the internet including social networking site twitter.
Telekom did not disclose prices at last night’s launch but will only do so at a press conference this afternoon. However, many people could not wait and have tweeted “confirmed” prices of RM149 for the 5Mbps package, RM199 for 10Mbps and RM249 for RM20 Mbps.
The prices for UniFi are highly anticipated as that will affect the take-up rate of the service. Reactions on twitter to the rumoured prices were mixed.
“Confirmed prices for HSBB #UNIFI: 5mbps rm149, 10mbps rm199 abd 20Mbps rm249. Expect similar upload speed unlike HSDPA. Sweet!” read one tweet.
“- pricey... now i’m thinking if i should sign up after the trial period..” said another social networker.
Possible usage caps, a concept unpopular with power users but typically imposed by service providers to deter excessive file sharing of movies, were also discussed on twitter, with some claiming that the 5Mbps package will have a usage cap of 60Gb, the 10Mbps package to be capped at 80Gb and 20Mbps at 120Gb.
“…Musnah harapan (hopes dashed)…” said one tweeter in response to possible usage caps.
The three UniFi packages launched last night come bundled with IP video (IPTV) and IP telephony. The IPTV, which features 22 channels and video-on-demand, will be delivered via a separate dedicated 8Mbps connection.
The HSBB project was initiated in 2008 and will initially be available in four areas around the Klang Valley: Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail and Bangsar. It will be expanded to another 22 areas by June and a further 22 by December.
To date, HSBB has completed 311,000 premises passed — meaning that they have the option to subscribe to UniFi. By 2012, TM expects to hit 1.2 million premises passed.
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