CELCOM 3G BEATS MAXIS 3G HANDS DOWN IN A ROAD TEST!
Enough about all these prepaid war attacks and comparing lowest call rates etc, that is so yesterday’s news, okay?! What’s hot right now is in the Mobile World Magazine, Dec 06 issue. The MW team actually went on a road test at 15 locations in the
Get this: Celcom’s 3G download rates averaged 330.8 Kbps (this is 86% of 3G’s theoretical maximum of 384 Kbps) while Maxis’ 3G rates averaged 155 Kbps (only 40% of the max, HALF of Celcom’s speed). Celcom wins hands down for upload rates again, with an average of 55.2 Kbps and Maxis bagging a 45.1 Kbps average. Surprised yet?
One very interesting yet bizarre reading to highlight also. While they were unable to obtain any reading for Maxis 3G at some locations (e.g. 7-Eleven store along Jln Yong Shook Lin and around PJ State area), the download reading was also very low at 200 Kbps at the
So, who wins the 3G battle? I guess if you’re a 3G freak and think that video calling is more personal, Celcom is the way to go, hands down! Maxis 3G users - time for a switchover for you guys, maybe?
Labels: Tele communications
1 Comments:
maxis in response (in the next issue) said that the test doesn't represent the real speed..
they said that the ammount of data transfer during the test is to small, and not enough to achieve their full speed.
this is due to methodology they used, to provide better download speed (mp3, video, etc) and at the same time provide moderate speed for web surfing..
however, i still prefer celcom3G. i use celcom3G since last 2 years. stable connection, good speed, great coverages.. although sometime the network down, but it still good for me, compare with the worst maxis broadband connection. unstable, always disconnected, and no coverage.
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