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The question that need to be answered here is that can we increase the speed of our Celcom Mobile Broadband? The answer is quite relative. In some ways, yes we can speed up the internet connection (be it download or upload). But in some other aspect, the answer is a BIG NO!!!

For better understanding, we must have a bird view on how the Internet user communicate with each other. During my early tertiary education level, I still remember my lecturer explained that there are several parties which form the communication convergence:

a) End user and the system which process the digital data into readable and understandable data. (In this case it is reffering to the individual and his computer set)

b) ISP provider or the Internet provider.

c) The internet itself

Of the three separate parties, you can only took control of the item a and item c above. For the Item b, you dont have the power to control it since it falls solely under jurisdiction of your internet service provider and you dont have privilidges to manipulate it.



A)End user and the computer system

1. Better computer and machine specifications actually will speed up your internet access. Computer with big RAM ammounts and faster processing powers will process all the incoming data seamlessly without any lag. For example, loading a data intensive page such as youtube.com will be faster on the machines which is powered by an Intel Dual Core processor with a multi Gigabytes of RAM compared to machines which was powered by older Pentium 3 processor with a mere 64MB or 128MB of RAM.
2. Upgrading your Operating system (OS) will also in theory will speed up your internet connections due to newer OS will take advantage of the power of the processor. Windows XP handles internet connection better compared to Windows 98.
3. Apart from the computer specification and software, better modem specification also will give positive result for your internet speed. For example Huawei E160G USB Modem is better than let say the old Huawei E660 datacard.
4. Using specific software for specific activity will no doubt will increase your internet speed. For example using a speciallized downloader software to download data or application from the internet will be the best options compared to the built in downloader function for Internet browser.
   

B) The Internet Service Provider

1. I will not discuss further about internet service provider since subscriber are unable to control the flow or the process anything which are related to this matter.

Recently a Celcom careline representative consulted me on a matter with regards to whether Celcom Mobile Broadband support the next generation of internet protocol IPv6.

A Celcom Mobile Broadband subscriber unable to send POP3 and IMAP E-Mail. However if connected to other ISP provider such as Streamyx or Jaring, the problem is not exist. In this case usually the subscriber are able to surf the internet and able to recieve Email. The only problem is when trying to send email using POP3 or IMAP protocol email.

Root Problem:
The IP which you are hooked to were blocked by your email provider server or even the intended or recepient email server. Why did the subscribers IP was blocked? There are several reasons but nowadays the most probable answer is that the IP was tagged due to spams (suspected spammers).

This is the downside of using dynamic IP where the IP were shared by multiple subscribers, and once one of the subscriber "missuse" or abuse the connection to send spams, then the IP will be blocked or tagged as spammers.

So how to solve it:
1. get your external IP address (you can get your from this e.g. website www.whatismyip.com or other online IP tools).

2.Once you get your IP, contact your email provider (if your email is your own company email, refer to your respective IT department) and verify this matter. If its confirmed that the specific IP was blocked or tagged as spammers, ask them to remove it.

Since a lot of visitors are inquiring about error 619, I thought that my previous post may not giving you a comprehensive understanding with regard to ERROR 619. Indeed most of the hits to this blog are from those who are searching solutions to this error. So here we go again (please note that this troubleshoot is done using Celcom Mobile Broadband):

what does error 619 mean?
This error indicate that the connection to certain network is timed out usually due to
1. Network Congestion/Poor Signal Strength
2. Port error

Root Problem:
1. For network congestion and poor signal strength, in the case of Celcom Mobile Broadband, it may means the 3G or WCDMA network which you are trying to connect may be congested or probably due to your location which is too far or beyond the range of the Celcom WCDMA transmitter tower.

2. For port error you can refer to my previous post: http://amrymr.blogspot.com/2009/03/error-619-connection-to-remote-computer.html


Solutions:
1. Please make sure your device detect Celcom WCDMA network and at least there are 3 bars of signal strength are available. Below than that may cause your connection being frequently disconnected or worst, no connection at all.

2.If the error occured when your device attached to WCDMA network, the best bet is change your device network setting to GPRS only. A thing to note here is that whenever you want to choose connection type please make sure you use GPRS only or 3G/WCDMA only. Do not use GPRS preffered or 3G/WCDMA preffered because it may effect your signal and connection stability.

3. Sometimes your computer confuse itself by mistakenly arrange devices within a same port. This may happen when you unplug your modem improperly. Rebooting your computer will repair the mis-managed port.

4.Sometimes your modem will not work (due to file or installation corruption) on the pre-installed software such as mobile connect lite or mobile partner. In a rare but possible situation, the dialing software got bugs. Try to download the latest version of your dialing software from the internet such as www.business.vodafone.com (for hua wei and vodafone brand only).

5.If the connection is still failed, you need to do a manual connection. In brief, I try to explain it here:

Last night I was surprised to see that I was hooked to a new IP. I said its new because previously I never hooked to this IP. So I am glad to know that actually Celcom do provides more than 2 IPs for the Peninsular Malaysia subscribers. The new IP is 203.82.91.101 [previously I was hooked to 203.82.79.2 and 203.82.91.34] Please refer to the attachment below: