Maxis Broadband Free Upgrade + Deals : Too Little, Too Late!

Dr. Adrian Wong

11 months ago

Maxis is offering new broadband deals, and and a free speed upgrade for existing customers! Find out why it’s really too little, too late.

New Maxis Home Broadband Deals In October 2023!

In early October 2023, Unifi announced that all broadband customers will receive a free upgrade of their Internet speeds – up to 3X their current speeds!

Weeks later – on 27 October 2023, Maxis belatedly announces new 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps broadband packages, as well as its own broadband deals to fight back. Unfortunately, they are pretty much too little, too late.

On top of introducing the new 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps (overkill) packages, Maxis announced RM10 discounts for their cheaper broadband packages.

Broadband Speed	Old Price	New Price	Promo Price *
2 Gbps (New)	NA	RM 319	NA
1 Gbps (New)	NA	RM 249	Free Max Wifi
500 Mbps	RM 159	RM 159	RM 149
300 Mbps	RM 149	RM 139	RM 129
100 Mbps	RM 129	RM 99	RM 89

* Only for new subscribers, and applicable to the first 24 months.

However, the pitiful RM10 discount is limited to new subscribers, and even then, only for the first 24 months! After that, the price goes back to the “New Price” list above.

This is quite unlike Digi or Unifi, whose prices are not limited to the first 24 months:

Broadband Speed	Maxis	Unifi *	Digi
2 Gbps	RM 319	RM 289	NA
1 Gbps	RM 249	RM 159	RM 269
500 Mbps	RM 149 x 24 Then RM 159	RM 139	RM 149
300 Mbps	RM 129 x 24 Then RM 139	RM 129	Free 6 months Then RM 129
100 Mbps	RM 89 x 24 Then RM 99	RM 89	RM 89

* After free speed upgrade

If you are an existing customer, Maxis has announced a free speed upgrade for customers on 100 Mbps or faster packages. However, details on this free upgrade – how much faster, and when they kick in – are only coming in November 2023.

New Maxis Business Broadband Deals In October 2023!

Maxis also announced a new 1 Gbps business broadband package, but curiously did not offer a 2 Gbps package for business users. You would think that a business would need a 2 Gbps package more than home users, right?

In any case, Maxis is offering slightly better discounts on its business broadband packages. However, you must be a new subscriber, and you must register by 30 November 2023!

If you are an existing customer – too bad, so sad. Unlike Home Fibre customers, Maxis did not announce any free speed upgrade for their Business Broadband customers. It appears that the only way to get an upgrade and save money is probably to migrate to a different provider…

Broadband Speed	Old Price	New Price	Promo Price *
1 Gbps (New)	RM 189 (early bird)	RM 299	NA
500 Mbps	RM 269	RM 219	RM 199
300 Mbps	RM 149	RM 179	RM 139
100 Mbps	RM 139	RM 119	RM 99

* Only for new subscribers who register by 30 November 2023

That said – a quick check on their April prices show that Maxis was actually offering cheaper prices back then!

The 1 Gbps package was only RM189 – RM110 less than their “new price”, while the 300 Mbps package was only RM149 – RM30 less than their new price, and just RM10 more than their October-November 2023 promo price.

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Dr. Adrian Wong has been writing about tech and science since 1997, even publishing a book with Prentice Hall called Breaking Through The BIOS Barrier (ISBN 978-0131455368) while in medical school.

He continues to devote countless hours every day writing about tech, medicine and science, in his pursuit of facts in a post-truth world.

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