Death to Malaysia Internet Companies Thanks to Our Internet Connection

Even without having to stress about our problematic Internet connection here in Malaysia, any international or foreign expatriate living here would’ve realized our Internet connection is nothing compared to their home country.

Previously, someone from MDeC contacted me and asked my opinion of what could be limiting the potential of e-business in Malaysia. Educating Malaysia businesses on setting up Internet businesses is one but without reliable Internet connection, would you see a benefit of doing Internet business locally? Don’t even think about internationally if your Internet business is hosted in Malaysia.

Hence, I’m starting to see the death of Internet companies thanks to our Internet connection reliability – which isn’t reliable.

Alright, I can’t take it anymore so I’m going to stress this. Businesses are willing to pay good money for an average speed and reliable Internet connection. By average, in this day and age I’d say should be a minimum 2Mbps and above for businesses. Mind you, this is for the Malaysian culture and not Australia or even America where they’ve got Cable.

Here’s a scenario for you which is happening today. If the Internet connection is going to fail and it isn’t going to be working as it is within even 30-minutes, I could’ve lost upto RM10,000 (or more) in business opportunity already.

What’s worst is companies like TMNet are arrogant and dont’ realize they may be losing 80% of business themselves. And though Malaysia has Wimax providers now, most Internet business geeks know wireless connection hasn’t reached a stage of wired stability no matter how we look at it.

Therefore, as much as educating the market of Internet business is concerned. I’d highly advice fixing our problematic Internet connection woes before more Malaysia Internet companies die or move their headquarters outside of Malaysia.

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