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I finally decided to get myself  into the 4G world to really see if its worth chasing after. After much consideration (I think some of you doubt that when it comes to me about gadgets and technology), I got myself the YES 4G Huddle device bundled with the credit and all. I made the informed decision by browsing their webpage and reading all……ALL the info there…….here is what I learnt:

They definitely do not put all the info you need to know there………which is a given marketing thing…….so here are things you should note:

a. You do not pay as you use technically. If you don’t use anything you will be still charged RM30 a month. I learnt this after calling their hotline and asking

b. If you decide to go to the value pack, you do not have to pay the RM30 but you must reload after 30 days. If you don’t all leftovers will be lost. If you do, your remainder will be transferred to the next value pack reload to the unlimited. Supposedly you can accumulate as much as you don’t use. But thats the trick!!! you’ll have to spend at least RM68 a month! One day late in reloading and you lose everything!

c. Don’t be surprised if you see an RM50 charge because its stated that they’ll charge you that somewhere on the website. So technically when you pay RM1199. You’re supposed to get RM 800 credit and RM 400 Rebates. But you’ll be left with only RM750 credit and 400 rebate.

d. Your rebates cannot be used to get value packs so you have to spend it at normal 9sen rates.

e. read all the info on the website carefully before you purchase. They are not so direct after all with many things not as plain as it may seem

f. installment plans are only for maybank, citibank, hsbc and hong leong bank only.

If you’re tech savvy, setting up is easy and a breeze. unfortunately when I did set it up at home, there was no coverage……how sad…..just 30 m from my house, it works but not at my house. My house has some kind of signal repellant. Even mobile coverage is tough on all networks…..

So I took it out to Bukit Indah’s Mcdonalds and it was awesome. I got a DL speed of 12mbps and UL speed of 3.5 mpbs. Sweet! That’s faster than my singapore singtel and M1 line by miles which I averagely  get 3mbps DL speeds. On the way  from my house to McDonalds, I used the 2nd Link highway and it only got disconnected at 3 spots but not for long so much so trapster on my iPhone worked fine with no disruptions. Occasionally I speed tested the connection every 3km and I was getting an average of 1.8mbps DL but only 0.5mpbs UL even and low reception areas. House to Mcdonalds being about 10km in distance. Not bad at al. On my way back I used the back roads and reception was non existent for about 2km.

I also tested the Yeslife calls when I was there but I got disconnected twice. Probably not very stable yet. But I didn’t try more to verify the problem.

So in summary, what do I think? I was right to assume that it was not a network that was ready to take over my prepaid number. I was hoping though that it would be. With the intermittent disconnection it won’t be an ideal phone replacement as of yet. But I certainly hope they get there soon. But I think they work better than any other mobile broadband in malaysia I’ve use so far. Coverage put aside, the speeds are excellent and again, I hope they keep this up.  It was a very pleasant browsing and using session I had with my iPad and iPhone. Latency was good compared to my experience with competitor P1.

I’ll be going to test this on the road from Johor Bahru all the way to Subang Jaya this Monday. I’ll blog about it. I’ve tried using Maxis all the way but I had many points where I was on GPRS and internet was useless. I hope that Yes would give me a good connection on the way. That would make my day! At the mean time, if you’re looking to get YES ? If you need internet on the go, it seems like this is a good way to go but check for coverage first. There are no refunds. Cheers!

COMING SOON! ROAD TEST