Telcos must ensure high-quality service for free data during MCO | Malay Mail

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KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 ― Starting from today, 1st April, Malaysians can enjoy free 1GB data every day from their respective telcos until the movement control order (MCO) is lifted. The initiative is to help Malaysians stay informed when they are staying home throughout the...

is to help Malaysians stay informed when they are staying home throughout the order period. Although the service is offered for free, the Communications and Multimedia Consumer Forum hopes that all service provides can continue to ensure high quality of service for the free internet offering.Apart from free data, some providers are also providing free calls to important numbers and free data access to learning applications and vital websites to get updates on the Covid-19 situation.

Acknowledging the packages offered by the telcos, CFM Chairman Datin Mohana Mohariff said “Through these initiatives, it shows the commitment of the service providers in understanding the challenges and situations faced by the consumers in this difficult situation. We would like to extend our thanks to the service providers for the effort to help our customers to stay connected while staying home.

According to Datin Mohana, if there’s network congestion, consumers might experience a decrease in data speed as well as difficulty in making phone calls or experience drop calls due to limited network capacity.1. Switch your mobile data to support 3G or 2G, not just 4G. According to CFM, 3G might be a viable alternative when 4G network is congested.

2. Limit phone calls unless there’s an emergency. They recommend sending text messages when you’re experiencing network congestion.4. Avoid using apps that are heavy on data usage especially photo and video sharing especially if it uploads in HD or higher quality.6. Close unused or unwanted applications in the background. You can monitor your data usage and see which apps are using more data.8.

The movement control order and lockdown in other countries have also affected internet speeds as more users are connected at home. Akamai has reduced download speeds for game downloads, while YouTube has also reduced its streaming quality. Netflix has also recently revealed that they are reducing bandwidth usage by 25 per cent and this is achieved by removing the highest bandwidth stream.

 

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Its been pretty weak. Some areas Internet down everyday off and on. Hmmm unifi unifihypptv digimalaysia

These few days Unifi service in JB is so slow damned! Famous for nothing!

The telcos are ripping us off! Digi sends customers sms promising free internet ... but its a lie. Nothing is free! Its all just fake. PMOMalaysia Khazanah MuhyiddinYassin staronline fmtoday

still cannot see any comments

Free tu dapat tp Speed 😆😆😆

UMobile users can't relate at all umobile

How do you ensure High Quality when you Knock down the Data Speed

How many years its been? Internet speed is still not improving in msia. Charge so much but poor service and coverage!

umobile READ THIS!!!!

The bloody Unifi these two days so slow! They are just like FBI-famous but inefficient! That's it.

Yea agreed. Lately using Zoom apps for meeting hence need proper stable line frequency.

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