musing of a typical Malaysian http://malaysiablog.blogspirit.com/internet/ Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:39:23 +0800 blogSpirit.com All Rights Reserved http://malaysiablog.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/01/13/tmnet-hotspot-raise-prices.html http://malaysiablog.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/01/13/tmnet-hotspot-raise-prices.html noreply@blogspirit.com (Jason LEE) Internet Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:38:45 +0800 <p><img style="border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0pt; float: left;" alt="medium_tmhotspot.jpg" src="http://malaysiablog.blogspirit.com/images/medium_tmhotspot.jpg" />TMNet raised the price of their prepaid hotspot account!!</p> <p>It was quietly placed in their "announcement" section <b>without any mention of any price raise</b>.&nbsp;</p> <p>That really sucks as now I have to pay <b>RM28</b> instead of the previous <b>RM19</b> for one month access. That's a <b><font color="#FF3300">47% increase in price</font>.<br /></b></p> <p>What really sucks was that my friend who bought the older RM19 prepaid card (before the price raise) said he encountered account expired after only 2 weeks usage. It was supposed to be one month usage.</p> <p>And they say that Malaysia has one of the lowest broadband penetration rate in Asia.<br /> Hmmmm... I wonder why?</p> <p>Now I'm thinking of subscribing to <a href="http://www.airzed.com/wimax/wf_abt.aspx">AirZed</a> instead. Their price is still reasonable with <b>RM39 for 3 months</b> unlimited usage.</p> <div style="text-align: right;"><img style="border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.7em 0pt;" alt="medium_airzed.gif" src="http://malaysiablog.blogspirit.com/images/medium_airzed.gif" /></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>