One of the major pieces of information that we have finally learned today is the plan’s availability. While Time already pointed out in yesterday’s announcement that the 2Gbps service can only be obtained at select locations within Time Fibre Home’s coverage areas, it turns out the availability is indeed extremely limited. While Time Fibre Home plans have always been faster and more affordable than TM’s unifi Home plans, Time continues to lose out when it comes to coverage footprint. Hence, we were not exactly surprised when we learned about the limited coverage of the 2Gbps plan. [Image: Amanz.]As mentioned in our report yesterday, Time utilizes the 10G PON technology in order to deliver the new 2Gbps service. While it may not be the only local company that already adopted the technology, the ISP is still the first in Malaysia to deploy commercial services using 10G PON which is something they already worked on since 2019. With the official rollout today, the ISP has also revealed the exact network equipment that it will provide to 2Gbps customers which includes Huawei HN8245X6 Wi-Fi 6 Router and two Huawei HG8145X6 mesh Wi-Fi 6 routers. The choice of the router’s brand is not surprising too since Time partnered with Huawei to implement the 10G PON technology. [Image: Time.]Aside from the speed, another major difference between the new 2Gbps option when compared with the three other Time Fibre Home plans is that customers have to sign a 24-month contract for it. For other plans, customers can actually obtain them without a contract, provided that they pay a one-time fee of between RM400 to RM500 during sign-up.
