I received a call from Streamyx yesterday because they are having a Streamyx Combo promotion. Right now, I am only subscribed to their 512kbps package, paying RM66 per month but comes with lifetime warranty for the modem.

This new promotion that was offered to me is their 1MB package PLUS phone line rental. I will have to pay RM110 per month and enjoy lifetime warranty of modem too. Phone calls made will be charged the normal (existing) rates.

Actually, I have wanted to upgrade my speed for a long time since my package was subscribed such a long time ago that this was the fastest they had. Recently, I enquired about the 4MB package but was told that my area does not support that speed. It’s cheap, though. Only RM160 per month, compared to 1MB at RM110, a difference of RM50 per month only but with four times the speed. Bah, so this is what we get for living outside of Kuala Lumpur.

Anyway, I did not upgrade as the difference between 512kbps and 1MB isn’t all that great and I did not want to void my lifetime warranty of modem but since their new promo comes with lifetime warranty for modem as well, I might as well upgrade. Anyway, subscribing to a Combo package at 1Mb speed would only save me about RM14 monthly, compared to subscribing to a 1MB Streamyx package and pay for a phone line separately.