Officially, next year, that is AD2013, Malaysia will have 4G services coverage in the country. I just read this news online:
http://www.orientaldaily.com.my/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=34489:4g&Itemid=113
Huh? But but... BUT I SEE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR 4G SERVICES IN MALAYSIA SINCE AD2011.
So what? This is Malaysia.
What do you mean? There is no 4G service in Malaysia yet, how could those telecommunication carriers sell the service?
Again, this is Malaysia.
Huh?
This is Malaysia! They can make false advertisement and will not be punished in anyway, either by the consumers, or by the laws, or by regulation authorities. This is actually a non issue in Malaysia. You can sign up for what is nothing more than 2G or 2.5G at best, and limited coverage area, slow speed, narrow bandwidth, and limited data volume, and it is called 4G in Malaysia.
Huh?
Yes. When the advertisement says like RM100+ for like less than 1GB per month, it really is far less than 1GB per month, if you were not carefully and say, watched youtube, and then you will used up 1GB in like a week, and then you will have to pay some more money for your internet traffic for the rest of the month.
But there is no 4G service in Malaysia yet.
We are going to have 4G in Malaysia next year.
Then what are we, I and the other subscribers paying for? 2G?
Frankly, I have no idea. According to my data volume counter and the speed test I ran on my account, what I get is far below the standard of 2G. I am not in the IN-circle, just a consumer, using the data volume counter and speed test softwares. So I have absolutely no idea how we got into this 4G package with no 4G service situation in Malaysia.
Now, dear readers, you got my message? This is the internet connection in Malaysia.
A little info from Australia again, it turned out that one of my relations in Australia was kind of duped. Now it is 3AUD/hr for mobile internet access in Australia, the 2AUD/day package is gone.