PLDT DSL is very slow since this morning here in San Pedro Laguna. My wife also called me from makati that they also experienced major slow down on their internet access. She said a PLDT personnel mentioned that multiple fiber connections of PLDT was having an issue at the moment. No additional details was given.

At first, I thought it was just my Internet Cafe connection but when I came home and experienced the same, I then decided to call 172 for PLDT techsupport but I dont even hear a ringing tone on the other end. So, I have no choice but to wait that the Internet speed will be back to normal tonight. Well, hopefully.

One of the mistakes I think I committed when I started my Internet Cafe business was not having enough capital. You see I started with exact capital and I bought a mixed of second hand and brand new computer units back then. After a year I felt the effect. Some customers especially those hardcore computer gamers doesn’t want to sit on the terminal with old computers that resulted I did not maximize profit. I also haven’t thought that web2.0 would really make Internet Cafe customers busy and again older units somehow won’t let them maximize their usage since websites like friendster, myspace and imeem would require faster computers and higher RAM.

It could have been a different story if I had more cash when I put this Icafe. Probably, I bought much better and brand new computer units that would extend the life span of my Icafe business in the location where customers knew fast from slow computers.

My 4 years of running the business was a great experience though. I came to know more about my capabilities as a person, I’ve seen a lot of real life stories and of course at least I can share knowledge to future Internet cafe owners.

To summarize this entry, as much as possible don’t start your Internet Cafe Business if you only have exact capital because there will be always some unforseen issues along the way. Buying of second hand computer units should be out the plan.

After 4 years of operation of my Internet Cafe near Perpetual Help Binan Laguna, I’ve decided to shut it down and decided not to re-open it even in other location. This is due to profit went down for the last 3 months and rental fee will increase again. BUT wait the decision I made was one month ago. It is true that I will close the Internet Shop in Binan but will open it again in San Pedro and this time its in residential and a little bit commercial area.

Right now I’m packing up and anytime this week I’ll moved to the new location. I’m also going to share tips and real experiences I had during those 4 years and hopefully future entrepreneurs can learn something from my post. Check this blog again.

I have 2 employees who is helping me with the day to day operations of my Internet Café and Web Hosting business here in Binan Laguna. Senior Server Admin and technical support not included since they are part of the server package. The first guy started 3 years ago while the other one joined late last year. They been have a good employees but sometimes at the back of my mind I asked questions whether they are dedicated to their work or not.  This is because I noticed they usually sacrifice their work in exchange to have drinking session with their friends.  You know things like they have the whole night enjoying and drinking till they drop and the next thing I know I have a text messages informing me they won’t be able to show up the next day. I’m not against with this because that’s how they live their lives though I just hope I can always understand them or face the consequence that they might lose their job.