When Hype Is More Than Happening..

Here I am browsing the Net thru WiFi from a coffee shop in my hometown in Segamat during the Aidil Adha long weekends. I was hoping to get a decent connection at my parents house here (at least an EDGE connection) but I was disappointed by GPRS instead.

What amazes me is that the even the Segamat town is nowhere in the Maxis 3G coverage area. A quick check on my phone showed that only EDGE connection is available. I can accept the fact my parents house is not in the Maxis 3G coverage because it is sorrounded by rubber tress and stuff but the lack of coverage at the town area is unacceptable.

I can still remember having a video call with a friend of mine when I was in Pulau Perhentian last year. For God's sake, the island is in the middle on an ocean but still they bother to give it a 3G connection. Yes, I understand that Pulau Perhentian is a tourist attraction and there are many tourist on it all year long. But hey, Segamat can also be considered a tourist attraction if you ask me. We got the best durians in the whole of Johor, We got lots of people coming from all over the country to buy cheap textiles at the Jakel Store.

So, it seems that all the hype by all this telcos are just too good to be true. Maybe the government should step in again like what they did in the last few years to make sure more areas are covered by cell phone. This time they should make sure mobile surfer like me and many others are covered wherever we roam via 3G coverage. How can we all live without facebook, can't we?

But, I think Celcom does have a 3G connection here. So kudos to the fake yellow man in rain coat. Or should I follow you? hehe