I haven’t been posting much over the last few weeks mainly due to my spoilt smart phone, spoilt camera and internet connection speed of only 53+ kbps.

It takes almost half hour to upload a photo, reminding me of the time in 1990s when the IT era first evolves. Sometimes, after waiting for such long time, an error popped up, saying the speed is too slow and no photo can be uploaded. Can you imagine how frustrating it is?

I have taken my 7.2Mbps mobile internet for granted and it never occurred that I would experience such slow speed.

Anyway, I thought I could change a service provider and sign on another mobile modem. Guess what the other two providers said? They told me I would face the same problem too!

One of the reasons is that the ongoing installation of the fibre optics may disrupt the connection speed. Another factor could be the area we use it – at residential areas, the speed can slow to a crawl, while if we use it on the go, anywhere else, it will be faster.

And one of them even said that customers (like me) can be demanding. We get what we pay for, hence we should not complain. I retorted and said that we just want to get what we are promised. Why would we sign up otherwise?

Sigh!

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