Showing posts with label broadband. Show all posts
Showing posts with label broadband. Show all posts

Saturday, June 26, 2021

Can Real Estate Agents work WITHOUT internet connection ?

 

Actually the title of this post should be

--  can real estate agents work without FAST

internet connection ?


For over 15 years, i have been using the most basic

internet broadband package called Streamyx

by Telekom Malaysia.


Streamyx was introduced in the early days of

the Internet era in my country. The speed is very slow,

so slow that to upload a 10 minutes video it would take

almost an hour to complete !!


You can say that the Streamyx broadband service

belongs to the dinosaur era ....


I am a property agent ... a real estate agent.

So it is important for me to have access to very fast

internet connection for the purpose of surfing news

related to Property & Real Estate, downloading data, 

uploading videos, Zooming , listening to webinars,

live streaming as well for my Social Media Marketing 

and Online Branding too.


But luck was not on my side when i applied to upgrade

my Broadband Subscription Package to a higher and

faster speed.


Either there is a physical obstacle blocking the cabling,

( in my case its the branches of the tall trees along

the path of the cable alignment ) or there is NO more 

vacant ports at the junction box ( meaning i need to

wait until an existing user terminates the subscription ) !!


You can read more about my predicament in this video

https://youtu.be/vJLkwEED-_0 



Of course, there are other options ... mainly those

Mobile Broadband. Plus also other service providers

and telcos like Maxis, DIGI, Celcom, etc


But as the coverage for such mobile connection is

quite un-reliable, subscribing to a Fixed-Line connection

is still the best.


Imagine if you are online doing something which is

very important and critical BUT suddenly the line

connection goes off ... OR when you are doing an

online payment but suddenly the line gets cut off ?


Thus i had to other choice but to wait and wait and wait

.... for my turn to be able to enjoy my upgraded Unifi 

for my home ....


And finally after over 15 years

the never-ending wait is over .... my agony ended !!

Now i can ramp up my Real Estate Agency work .