encik wan - IT Developer on Global Investment and Technical Analysis

Date : 16/5/08 15:30(non-peak Internet usage period)
Locations : 10m from Dome Cafe, KLCC and outside Hall 5, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

• Wireless@KL - Cannot get IP after attempting for 5 minutes
• Celcom 3G broadband - Good
• WCIT 2008 WiFi - Excellent

Anyone can access any free WiFi hotspot in KLCC?

Welcome to delegates of World Congress on Information Technology 2008 to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since some of delegates are looking for business opportunities in Malaysia, may I suggest the following as resident of Kuala Lumpur for the past few years

Business proposal : Malaysia Metro Wireless Broadband Service.
This service will provide quality broadband service to residential areas in urban centres of Malaysia, e.g. Kuala Lumpur, Georgetown. Initial goals of the service

• 99% uptime with free dial-up service
• 300kbps download speed from US servers for 95% of time

SWOT analysis

• Currently the major broadband service provider in these urban centres is Streamyx, a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia

. However not everyone receive/perceive quality broadband service. Here is an opportunity : an itch waiting to be scratched.

• In addition, some broadband users feel the pains more than others and are willing to spend more on a quality broadband service provider.
• Not only there is an existing demand for broadband service, demand will be greater in near future due to change in politics of Malaysia
• In case the new player cannot get a license, collaboration with a smaller broadband service provider is always a possibility.
• Content distributors and portals, consider using broadband service bundling as a marketing strategy, e.g. provide bundled broadband service so that more Internet-based products and services can be consumed similar to subsidised cell/mobile phone used by telcos.

I am a little surprise(before Malaysia 12th General Election, it would be a big surprise) to learn that Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, has his own blog now. The reason for the little surprise is Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has a lot of access to mainstream media to voice his opinions, e.g. newspapers, TV programs, forums. I am sure his followers who do not have broadband service will spend more time online from now onwards. For those who are in Internet ecosystem, the increasing demand for broadband service is a great news. As a heavy Internet users(online for an average of 10 hours) in Malaysia for the past few years, I certainly welcome an important person like Dr. Mahathir Mohamad to experience quality of broadband service in Malaysia. Since Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s blog is hosted by Google at California, USA, I am sure Internet Service Provider cannot use best effort as a ‘reason’ when the broadband speed between Malaysia and USA is dropped below 100kbps. Anyway, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, welcome to blogsphere. If you feel quality of broadband service in Malaysia has a lot of rooms for improvement, may be you can ask Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission how it enforces broadband quality of service. One of the requirements is Internet Service Provider must maintain 70% of subscribed rate for 95% of time, e.g. 700kbps for 1Mbps plan.