Internet services installed at military housing ahead of schedule

 Service providers will be asked to speed up installations in other military camps under the Fibre-to-the-Home project.

Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil inspecting a high-speed broadband installation for military families housed at the air force base in Butterworth.

BUTTERWORTH:

 The installation of high-speed broadband services at family housing for armed forces members have been completed ahead of schedule in some locations, says communication minister Fahmi Fadzil.

Fahmi said in some cases, installations were completed 14 months ahead of the 24-month timeframe, including housing at the air force base here.

“This is a positive sign and I will continue monitoring (the progress). For the northern zone, the Lumut naval base has the largest number of armed forces family housing with 5,500 units, and I was informed that the installation process is ongoing,” he said.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission will be asked to monitor the implementation, Fahmi said after visiting the quarters blocks at the air force base in Butterworth.

Broadband service providers will also be asked to speed up installation work at other armed forces camps across the country under the Fibre-to-the-Home project.

The fibre project is a collaboration between the MCMC and armed forces, covering 73 military camps and more than 59,000 units of armed forces family housing.

The Butterworth camp is the only one with operational services so far, while installation has been completed at six others with services at the integration and testing phase.

Fahmi said a family he met here expressed satisfaction with the fast and affordable broadband service, with internet speeds of 100mbps available at RM39 a month. - FMT