Govt aware of complaints against Streamyx
KUALA LUMPUR (20/5/08): The Government is well aware of public complaints about the level of service provided by TM Net through its Streamyx broadband.
Deputy Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum said this was the reason why the Government decided to go ahead with the RM15.6bil project to install copper wires for broadband access.
"At present, 48% of households in the country are capable of hooking up to broadband service in the country but many choose not to," he told Lim Guan Eng (DAP - Bagan) on Tuesday at Dewan Rakyat.
Lim had complained that although Streamyx often advertised broadband access of up to 1 Gigabit per second, the service was often slow.
"As at December last year, there are 1,485 Wi-Fi spots in the country. Penetration for dial-up and broadband access per 100 households is 14.3% and 15.5% respectively," he told Mohd Firdaus Jaafar (BN - Jerai).
Saved the blushes
The Government bloc narrowly escaped embarrassment when Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said managed to slip into Dewan at the last minute to answer a question.
Norah Abd Rahman (BN - Tanjong Manis) had stood up to ask an original question when the Dewan realised neither the minister nor the deputy was present to take it.
At this point, Mahfuz Omar (PAS - Pokok Sena) stood up as a low rumbling of "Mana Menteri?" (where is the minister?) sounded from the Opposition block.
However, Azalina was then seen running into the Dewan, leading to Mahfuz to comment that he "was going to reply on the ministry's behalf".
The minister then told Norah that the number of tourists who visited Sarawak last year had increased by 19.9% compared to 2006.
"Some 2.43mil people visited Sarawak last year," she said.
On the other end of the spectrum, Deputy Speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar announced that Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting (BN - Kulai) had requested for leave of absence from the Dewan.
"Yang Berhormat has to attend his father-in-law's funeral. So, question No. 9 will not be fielded today," he said.
Ong had wanted to ask the Education Ministry on its proposal to give a fairer amount of financial allocation to schools based on their needs.
Deputy Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum said this was the reason why the Government decided to go ahead with the RM15.6bil project to install copper wires for broadband access.
"At present, 48% of households in the country are capable of hooking up to broadband service in the country but many choose not to," he told Lim Guan Eng (DAP - Bagan) on Tuesday at Dewan Rakyat.
Lim had complained that although Streamyx often advertised broadband access of up to 1 Gigabit per second, the service was often slow.
"As at December last year, there are 1,485 Wi-Fi spots in the country. Penetration for dial-up and broadband access per 100 households is 14.3% and 15.5% respectively," he told Mohd Firdaus Jaafar (BN - Jerai).
Saved the blushes
The Government bloc narrowly escaped embarrassment when Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said managed to slip into Dewan at the last minute to answer a question.
Norah Abd Rahman (BN - Tanjong Manis) had stood up to ask an original question when the Dewan realised neither the minister nor the deputy was present to take it.
At this point, Mahfuz Omar (PAS - Pokok Sena) stood up as a low rumbling of "Mana Menteri?" (where is the minister?) sounded from the Opposition block.
However, Azalina was then seen running into the Dewan, leading to Mahfuz to comment that he "was going to reply on the ministry's behalf".
The minister then told Norah that the number of tourists who visited Sarawak last year had increased by 19.9% compared to 2006.
"Some 2.43mil people visited Sarawak last year," she said.
On the other end of the spectrum, Deputy Speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar announced that Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting (BN - Kulai) had requested for leave of absence from the Dewan.
"Yang Berhormat has to attend his father-in-law's funeral. So, question No. 9 will not be fielded today," he said.
Ong had wanted to ask the Education Ministry on its proposal to give a fairer amount of financial allocation to schools based on their needs.
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