Maxis Wireless Broadband Speed Tests In Penang, Malaysia

Thursday 3 March 2011 @ 2:27 pm

Last Monday I spent almost the whole day testing the speed of Maxis Wireless Broadband at more than 40 locations throughout the whole island of Penang, Malaysia. I wanted to find out what’s the speed of Maxis Wireless Broadband because I’ll be using it when I’m out of the home or office.

Maxis claimed that they have the widest network coverage so I purposely went up the hill, to the seaside, highways and even some shopping malls. Besides, Penang is famous for its tourist attractions therefore I chose to test the speed at these locations. Below is the Google Maps I created showing all the places and speeds I recorded :-

View Maxis Wireless Broadband Speed Tests In Penang, Malaysia in a larger map

All speed tests were conducted using the Speed Test app developed by speedtest.net in Samsung Galaxy S and the mobile phone was connected to Maxis WiFi Modem for data connection. 2 servers were selected for the speed tests, initially was Kuala Lumpur server but it went down in the afternoon so I switched to the one in Singapore. Locations with an asterisk (*) showing in the table below are the speed tests using Singapore server.

The table below listing all the locations, the download speeds, time and dates of the speed tests :-

Maxis Wireless Broadband Speed Tests In Penang, Malaysia

Speed tests connecting to speedtest.net’s servers, at Kuala Lumpur (without *) & Singapore (with *).

Below are some shots I took while doing the speed tests at various locations :-

Maxis Wireless Broadband Speed At Balik Pulau Hillside

Speed Test at Balik Pulau Hillside

Maxis Wireless Broadband Speed At Air Puteh, Balik Pulau
Speed Test At Air Puteh, Balik Pulau

Maxis Wireless Broadband Speed At Teluk Bahang Dam
Speed Test At Teluk Bahang Dam

Maxis Wireless Broadband Speed At Penang National Park
Speed Test At Penang National Park

Maxis Wireless Broadband Speed At Teluk Bahang Beach
Speed Test At Teluk Bahang Beach

Strong Maxis Wireless Broadband Signal In The Jungle
Still getting strong signal even in a jungle near Titi Kerawang Waterfall, Penang.

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8 Responses to 'Maxis Wireless Broadband Speed Tests In Penang, Malaysia'

Freddie - March 3rd, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Never like Maxis. It used to be so slow at my place. Does it come with download cap?
Anonymous - March 3rd, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Hey Freddie, you gotta give them a try. Their wireless broadband system had been upgraded and improved recently.

No download or upload cap when you are using within the data plan quota.
Anonymous - March 3rd, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Hey Freddie, you gotta give them a try. They have upgraded and improved their wireless infrastructures recently.

No download or upload cap when you using within the data plan quota.
ahsiang - March 4th, 2011 at 1:57 am
WOW. Thanks for the very detailed info, dun think any other blogger would do this. WOW again.
Do you plan to have the same test at Butterworth, BM, Bagan, Nibong Tebal and etc Seberang Perai places?
Anonymous - March 4th, 2011 at 3:12 am
Hey Freddie, you gotta try them out. They have upgraded and improved the wireless broadband infrastucture recently.

No download or upload speed cap when you use the service within the plan’s quota.
Anonymous - March 4th, 2011 at 3:13 am
Thanks for the complement!

If I have time I’ll sure update the Google Maps with more speed tests in the Northern region of Malaysia. I’m glad you like it. :)
Gc_seng - June 26th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
tested at autocity i get 4.0 Mbps highest average about 2mbps
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