Maxis 3G

What's with all these hype about 3G services?

Well to me it seems like just a normal telephony service. I've enquired about the full 3G package details from Maxis and there's not much to boast about. Its only usable within the city centre. If you're going to be in the jungle, it varies with the coverage... If its weak, your connection will be slow and might be disconnected. (Well at least its working..)

If you're going overseas, you'll need to check with Maxis of their 3G availability with their foreign partners of the destination country. That's not the end of it, while you're there, and you're using the 3G services, you'll be additionally charged for the per kb usage just like the normal GPRS or LAN dialup..

In countries that Maxis do not have any service partners, you're on your own in terms of usage. One method was to buy a local sim card if any and get the dialup details from the vendor (which i doubt knows about it... try asking local roadside vendor that sells pre-paid sim packs).

The price for the service isn't that pleasing too..

Firstly there's the data card RM 1,599.00
Then there's a deposit of RM 100.00 [which can be waived ;) when requested]
Finally there's the RM 120.00 monthly access fee irregardless whether you're using or not.

All the above for the limited usage. Oh yeah, the above calculations are exclusive of the normal telephony charges and call rates. That is ONLY for DATA access alone.

You do the maths.