Having always lived in an area where the internet connection is lightening fast and with unlimited internet downloads, I haven’t had to give any consideration to anyone who may have a slow internet connection.
Well haven’t I just received a rude awakening!
Having just moved to a rural area has certainly pointed out to me the problems faced by anyone who is doing Affiliate Marketing and who suffers with a slow connection.
When I first moved to the country, the service provider I was with assured me that I could have a broadband (cable) connection. This turned out to be incorrect as the line is too noisy. So it was back to a dial up connection.
To start with I thought “Hey this isn’t too bad.” But eventually I had to stop deluding myself and finally purchased a satellite dish.
Now the satellite connection is faster than dial up until I use up my 2gb allowance and then it is shaped back to dial up speed and as I can’t get an unlimited access plan this happens very quickly. In fact I use my 2gb in approximately 4 days so I spend the next 26-27 days being able to make a cup of tea, doing a bit of gardening, lighting the fire etc between downloads and uploads, you get the picture.
I find this extremely frustrating and I now understand how others in the same position feel.
As those of you who are involved in Affiliate Marketing will appreciate, we need to have a number of windows or tabs open so that we can access data and merchant networks quickly.
Unfortunately, this is one situation for which I have no answer. I have contacted all the major players who provide internet access and none of them are able to assist. And forget about the minor providers as they aren’t interested in or do not have services available to rural areas.
So if anyone has an answer I would certainly like to hear it.
Okay that’s my whinge for the day.
Now I hope you have taken advantage of our ‘Squidoo Course’. This is something that will help you start making money online really quickly, unlike my internet connection.
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same as me, i live in rural area that not covered by cable connection, the fastest connection is WIFI, it’s really cool. just plug a grid anthena and go.. :)
Hope you’ll be get fast internet connection soon
Thank you for the tip. I haven’t researched WIFI so I’m not sure if its available where I live in Australia. But I will certainly investigate it.
It’s the 19th of the month so I have my full connection speed back, it will make things easier and more enjoyable for the next few days until I use up my limit again and go back to shaped downloads (dial up speed).