CYBERJAYA: Internet service provider TM Net Sdn Bhd has launched its “streamyx hotspot@home” broadband kit that includes a wireless access point with router and an ADSL modem.
The kit lets users connect to the Internet wirelessly without the need for local area network (LAN) wiring.
Users can also create a home network, although each computer on the network will require a WiFi access card. The wireless access point has a range of 200m outdoors and 100m indoors, TM Net said.
The do-it-yourself hotspot@home kit comes with the wireless access point, WiFi card, tmnet hotspot prepaid card worth RM19, user manual, set-up CD, RJ-45 and RJ-11 cables, splitter and an AC power supply adaptor.
Subscribers who need help to install the service will have to pay an RM88 fee.
Customers who do not want the WiFi card can opt for a USB 2.0 thumb-drive, which will be made available from May 15.
The kit is available for new subscribers of TM Net’s streamyx basic 512Kbps (kilobits per second) and streamyx basic 1Mbps (megabits per second) broadband service packages that do not include a modem.
The company is also throwing in three months free access to its BlueHyppo Melting Pot broadband channel, as well as a waiver on its RM75 streamyx activation fee.
The hotspot@home kit is currently selling for RM299, which is a discount from the regular RM621 retail price. The offer expires on July 31, TM Net said.
Datuk Baharum Salleh, TM Net Sdn Bhd chief executive officer, said: “We see a growing interest in wireless broadband at home, as home users are becoming more familiar with wireless Internet access at locations such as sidewalk cafes, shopping complexes and airports.”
The company also hopes to accelerate WiFi use at the more than 600 hotspot locations TM Net has nationwide with the introduction of the hotspot@home kit.
For more information, including terms and conditions for the offers, go to www.tm.net.my, call TM Net’s Customer Interaction Centre at 1-300-88-1500 or e-mail custcare@tm.net.my.
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