Internet Connection
Overview
What's the biggest waste in the property industry
right now?
Heavyweight contenders are colour printing; postage;
some would say solicitors; but the real cost of running any kind
of property business is data management.
Adding, deleting, formatting and uploading properties
has become the order of the day.
Why all this hassle?
Propery data starts on the ground with a negotiator
or partner doing the groundwork and writing notes. These are typed,
then reformatted to produce the first set of details.
Accounts needs a copy of course, and you have
a backup before the property is even marketed. Add these details
to your database, your email system and to a few property portals
and the level of duplication becomes clear.
Problems
Imaginary savings made from free connections disappear
as the cost to agents is easily understood if you think that negotiators
should make deals and accounts and not watch properties be uploaded.
Simplification of business processes will be
one of the factors which makes agents more profitable as margins
tighten and customers' demands increases.
| Type |
Speeds |
Reliability |
Cost/Sec./MB |
Services |
Dialup
Modem |
56Kps |
85% |
4p/minute or 30p/megabyte |
Very few |
| ISDN |
64Kp |
85% |
8p/minute or 60p/megabyte |
Restricted |
| ADSL |
256Kps |
85% |
0.0001p/minute or 0.001p/megabyte |
Restricted |
|
Leased
Line
|
Unlimited |
99.9% |
0.0001p/minute or 0.001p/megabyte |
Anything |
|