Jaring FLITE vs Streamyx TMNet

Hmmmm.....tough choice between which network provider should i instal at home!!! I am beginning to feel desperate to have my home pc connected to the internet at home....To date, that jaring and TMNet are the only providers in Malaysia....limited choice, i must say....At the mo i m trying to find out more about both companies. THe latest findings, jaring offers RM79 for 1.0Mbs broadband with free ADSL modem, free phone line (MY015) connected using Jaring's tarrif on top of the main Telekom (streamyx provider flagship company) as well as free AntiVirus. Streamyx on the other hand, is directly connected to the main phoneline provider and has somewhat bigger dominance in malaysia. For RM88, Streamyx offers equivalent bandwidths (1.0Mbs) yet without a modem. That means i have to either purchase the ADSL modem from them or trying to get my own modem from the authorized dealers. Otherwise, I have to pay RM99 which of course include its modem.

Paying the streamyx bills are somehow much more convenient than jaring as i can just do that at the local post office. But then again, i should also apply the credit cards so i cud sort out my billings online. Trouble in msia is, i must get used to the idea that only Credit cards are allowed on any online transactions. That was so different when i was in the UK where i had more choices to either use my own savings bankcard with marked Maestro (or SOLO to some account holders) or of course, using a credit card when paying online.

At the end of the day, it's the malaysian system that i need to adapt. There is obviously a lot of things i need to know and learn while coping my life here in malaysia, my home country. THere's this malay proverb to describe such thing and it's translated as: "rain of gold in the foreign countries, yet rain of stones in one's own country, the better choice should be where one's belong to, that is one's own country".