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What started out as a cheeky little fun with TIME Internet's Facebook page trying to pull Telekom Malaysia's (TM) Everyone Connects' leg quickly turned into a social media battle of wits that has left Malaysians on the Internet wanting for more
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Here's what happened!
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**After TM finally rolled out its own 100Mbps fibre optic broadband plan, TIME Internet, which was first to upgrade its speed, welcomed the former to the 100Mbps club with a cheeky Facebook post:**
**Not the one to let it pass, Everyone Connects, TM's own social media page, replied to TIME Internet's post, saying…**
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**…implying how limited TIME Internet's coverage is to urban areas. TM, a government-linked company, on the other hand, has the widest coverage in the country.**
That was enough to invite #feeltheburn memes from netizens:
But that wasn't the end of it. Far from it. As TIME Internet fired back…
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**…implying how TIME Internet, a privately-held company, used its own money to invest into its service rollout unlike TM, which has a bigger source of funds as a government-linked company.**
Not the one to backdown, the government-linked company retorted:
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**HSBB refers to HighSpeed Broadband, Malaysia's high-speed Internet service, a project undertaken by TM to improve existing network infrastructure in Malaysia.**
However, the above comment by TM didn't gel well with Malaysians following the thread, and they flooded it with their responses:
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**While we are not sure yet, there's a possibility of the whole thing being an elaborate April fool's prank by TIME Internet and Everyone Connects in cahoots with each other here, considering the date of posting, which was 1 April.**
**What do you think?**
