4G LTE available now in PP with Smart
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4G LTE available now in PP with Smart
While the announced 4G LTE footprint is restricted to only a few locations, Hundt said the company plans to expand the network to Sorya Shopping Centre, Phnom Penh Tower, Vattanac tower and Siem Reap International Airport by March.
By June, he said, the network will be available in nearly all of downtown Phnom Penh.
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/4g-net ... -cambodia/
First offers start @ 5$ per month for 1GB internet at up to 35mb/seconds
More info on Smart website :
http://smart.com.kh/en/4g-lte
By June, he said, the network will be available in nearly all of downtown Phnom Penh.
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/4g-net ... -cambodia/
First offers start @ 5$ per month for 1GB internet at up to 35mb/seconds
More info on Smart website :
http://smart.com.kh/en/4g-lte
Why would I care? I'm Khmer
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So that's about a $1 a minute.
What is the point of having 4G when you are paying $5 per GB of data anyone?
What is the point of having 4G when you are paying $5 per GB of data anyone?
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If you're just browsing and not streaming that's a fair price, I'm pretty sure you won't find cheaper 4G anywhere else on the planet.
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So the 1st GB is $5 and each additional one is $20.Smart:
Once you have used up your quota (ie 1 GB), you can still surf internet via 4G for only 500KB/cent
Shit I use at least 10 GB a month so that would cost me $185.
Okay 4G is for light browsers who don't need 4G anyway or am I missing something / is my maths wrong???
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Agreed, I just checked the UK market and the cheapest I could find was 5GB / month for $34 on a 24 month contract.Cable Guy:
If you're just browsing and not streaming that's a fair price, I'm pretty sure you won't find cheaper 4G anywhere else on the planet.
No-one seems to offer unlimited packages.
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but, if it's just for your cell phone and you do your major downloading/etc through your home ISP on a computer, it's not that unreasonable. And crazy fast. I definitely use less than 1gb on my phone per month. Facebook, google maps, and words with friends just doesn't use that much.
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Ok, 4G is for facebooking and not streaming HD porn movies @ $80 a film.
I'm not knocking the innovation but the usefulness to me.
So 4G offers little to me at the moment whereas the 3G-rollout made living off the grid (or at least near the edge) in Cambodia possible for me.
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I'm not knocking the innovation but the usefulness to me.
So 4G offers little to me at the moment whereas the 3G-rollout made living off the grid (or at least near the edge) in Cambodia possible for me.
Nice tits.
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OrangeDragon wrote:but, if it's just for your cell phone and you do your major downloading/etc through your home ISP on a computer, it's not that unreasonable. And crazy fast. I definitely use less than 1gb on my phone per month. Facebook, google maps, and words with friends just doesn't use that much.
That's exactly how I'd use it, and the missus too.
Note that 75% of adult Khmers who have access to the internet, ONLY have it via their smartphones.
I'd expect it to have a healthy take-up rate.
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As it's only in a few locations it's obviously just a dry run so test the system, you don't want to be the cheapest and fasted in town and throw a shit load of users at a new untested system. Other ISP's should take note of this strategy.
The price will come down once there is competition, it's common knowledge that all the telco's we're gearing up for 4G but as the role out expense is so large they were all just waiting around to see who pulled the trigger first, now Smart has done it Mobitel will have to follow.
4G isn't likely to be any faster than the fastest 3G speeds you see today as the bandwidth will remain the same, what it should put an end to is overloaded towers in built up areas. At my house which is out of town I get 5-6 Mbps consistently on Cellcard, at my office which is in the centre I average 1-2 Mbps, that's just down the tower not being able to handle the load rather than Mobitel not feeding enough bandwidth.
Also heard from the Ezecom guys that there's a second submarine cable near completion, with that and 4G I wouldn't be surprised if you consistently saw mobile internet running at 6-10 Mbps. Once you're past 7 Mbps you can reliably stream HD, anything above that is just showing off.
The price will come down once there is competition, it's common knowledge that all the telco's we're gearing up for 4G but as the role out expense is so large they were all just waiting around to see who pulled the trigger first, now Smart has done it Mobitel will have to follow.
4G isn't likely to be any faster than the fastest 3G speeds you see today as the bandwidth will remain the same, what it should put an end to is overloaded towers in built up areas. At my house which is out of town I get 5-6 Mbps consistently on Cellcard, at my office which is in the centre I average 1-2 Mbps, that's just down the tower not being able to handle the load rather than Mobitel not feeding enough bandwidth.
Also heard from the Ezecom guys that there's a second submarine cable near completion, with that and 4G I wouldn't be surprised if you consistently saw mobile internet running at 6-10 Mbps. Once you're past 7 Mbps you can reliably stream HD, anything above that is just showing off.
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from the manager in charge of putting it in, it's just starting. no where near completion. the agreement is near completion... but the shipwork and the landing sites on both site aren't even started yet.starkmonster wrote: Also heard from the Ezecom guys that there's a second submarine cable near completion, with that and 4G I wouldn't be surprised if you consistently saw mobile internet running at 6-10 Mbps. Once you're past 7 Mbps you can reliably stream HD, anything above that is just showing off.
i'd say easily 6 months to a year before we see it.
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That's pretty expensive. I currently pay 60.00 a month for unlimited calling,local and long distance,texting and 9gb data. That,s in Canada which is considered expensive compared to the US.
The trick is not the actual LTE speed, though how fast is the backbone connection, when more then one person is using the LTE.upstage wrote:While the announced 4G LTE footprint is restricted to only a few locations, Hundt said the company plans to expand the network to Sorya Shopping Centre, Phnom Penh Tower, Vattanac tower and Siem Reap International Airport by March.
By June, he said, the network will be available in nearly all of downtown Phnom Penh.
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/4g-net ... -cambodia/
First offers start @ 5$ per month for 1GB internet at up to 35mb/seconds
More info on Smart website :
http://smart.com.kh/en/4g-lte
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/c ... -yet-beginOrangeDragon wrote:from the manager in charge of putting it in, it's just starting. no where near completion. the agreement is near completion... but the shipwork and the landing sites on both site aren't even started yet.starkmonster wrote: Also heard from the Ezecom guys that there's a second submarine cable near completion, with that and 4G I wouldn't be surprised if you consistently saw mobile internet running at 6-10 Mbps. Once you're past 7 Mbps you can reliably stream HD, anything above that is just showing off.
i'd say easily 6 months to a year before we see it.
Once the cable is up and running, Cambodia’s internet speeds could increase four-fold, from 512 kilobits per second to two megabits per second.Construction on submarine cable yet to begin
Thu, 2 January 2014
Eddie Morton
Web surfers and social-media addicts will have to hold out longer in the wait for Cambodia to boost its internet speeds, as construction on the Kingdom’s first submarine internet cable is behind schedule.
Paul Blanche-Horgan, CEO of Ezecom, Cambodia’s largest internet provider, confirmed yesterday that the $80 million project would more likely be operational by the first quarter of 2015 rather than by the end of this year, a timeline first announced in June.
While construction was slated to commence in October 2013, Blanche-Horgan said it is now more likely to start five months later, in March, after the successful tender is announced for the construction and laying of the cable.
The 1,425-kilometre cable will run between landing stations in Preah Sihanouk province and Kuantan, the state capital of Pahang in Malaysia, where it will link into the Asia-America Gateway (AAG), a 20,000-kilometre cable linking Southeast Asia to the United States.
The AAG currently connects Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii to the west coast of the United States.
Once the cable is up and running, Cambodia’s internet speeds could increase four-fold, from 512 kilobits per second to two megabits per second.
“We are still hoping for it to be operational this year, but it may be more like the first quarter of 2015. Either way, it will certainly be operational by the AEC [Asean Economic Community] 2015 integration,” Blanche-Horgan said, referring to the deadline for countries in the region to adopt policies creating a freer flow of goods and labour across borders.
He added that the increased connectivity will be available nationwide once the cable is plugged into Cambodia’s existing fibre-optic network.
“Construction of the Sihanouk landing station is also planned to commence in March,” he said. “Once complete, it will be great to see the cable pulled to shore and it will be a special time for all Cambodians.”
The Ezecom CEO said the company had just completed a desktop study identifying the best route for the cable to be laid beneath the Gulf of Thailand, and applications for tender will go out later this month.
“The project is on track for completion by the launch of the AEC 2015 integration, and under the budgeted amount,” he said.
Members of the industry predict the cable’s addition to the network will be a hit with consumers.
Ken Chanthan, chairman and CEO of Ken Group and chairman of the Cambodia ICT Alliance, said upgrading the country’s internet access and subsequently boosting connectivity to the rest of the world will foster a more competitive market, potentially driving down prices.
“Connecting to the AAG puts Cambodia in line with its regional neighbours such as Thailand and South Korea with regards to communications infrastructure. Faster internet speeds will equate to more internet users and increased online trade,” he said.
The number of internet users in Cambodia is increasing at a rate of five per cent, according to the World Bank’s latest country statistics. The most recent figures from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications indicates that 17.5 per cent of Cambodians, or 2.5 million out of a population of some 15 million, are connected.
“With Asean integration set for 2015, Cambodia will see an increase in ISPs and as a result of heightened competition, there will be lower prices for consumers,” Chanthan said.
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications could not be reached for comment.
^^ may I hope this is just an example to explain the concept of increasing four-fold?
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