Fibre broadband

My mom and I agreed that we'd install fibre optic broadband at home, since my house came with pre-installed fibre optic wiring - I guess there's *some* perks to living in the middle of nowhere.

We also agreed that fast internet is needed so that I could go on Facebook and VPN into BBC iPlayer all day continue working on my thesis, especially since I needed to remote into my work PC and virtual machine in Southampton, plus I was about to start Skype meetings with my supervisor.

Really, Mom!

So after consulting friends in the know, it seemed that there were only two fibre broadband providers available in our area. Out of the two, Maxis Fibre Internet came out on top for being roughly 25% cheaper than the competition.

For the price and service provided, Maxis's package offers quite impressive value for money - it's probably one of the most competitive in Malaysia - but once you compare this to UK prices, you might think slightly differently..

Comparing Malaysian and UK broadband packages. *Source: MoneySavingExpert.

-_-"

But when in Rome Setia Alam...

So after a fairly swift registration process, their customer service department contacted me and within a week, the whole thing was installed! Three engineers came round to the house, drilled some holes into the walls, placed some wiring from the nearest fibre optic splitter into the house, then 1.5 hours later - voila! - fast internet came to be! They even cleaned up the debris afterwards - amazing :)

So now my internet looks like this:

Whoosh!

:D

So happy :)