50% of Broadband Penetration
Yes, that’s great to have the vision to increase broadband penetration as much as it can. However, penetration rate is one. But what is the quality of service?
Just right after the announcement by PM Najib, we are again, facing the slow connection to overseas due to damaged sub-marine cable. In the memory we are way too often to suffer from this type of problem – unless you don’t feel once a year is not bad enough. But it really affect a lot of my work and I believe, a lot more other person who rely a lot on Internet connection to perform their day to day work.
What a joke.
Report grabbed from TheStar:
KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s (TM) Internet service was disrupted by a damaged underwater cable circuit at the Asian American Gateway (AAG) in Lantau, China.
In a statement issued yesterday, TM said due to the damage at AAG, which links Malaysia to the United States, customers surfing websites hosted in Hong Kong and the US would be experiencing slow connection.
Those using Internet protocol (IP)-like virtual private network (VPN) and critical business applications linked to Hong Kong and the US might encounter service disruption.
The statement said to overcome the problem, several Internet lines were directed to alternative connections to reduce traffic congestion.
With repairs under way, traffic to North America and Hong Kong would experience disruption while traffic to other countries would remain the same.
