Realized I was chasing wifi strength when I should've been chasing quiet hours

Sat in a Chiang Mai cafe for 3 months paying $90 a month for a co-living spot with blazing fiber, then took one call in a 7-Eleven parking lot and noticed my client could hear me perfectly while the cafe echoed with blender noise, so now I ask every host about their noise schedule before I even check upload speeds, has anyone else found that loud neighbors ruin your workday more than slow internet?

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brookep2725d ago

A buddy of mine had the exact same wake-up call in Bali. He rented a place that bragged about gigabit speeds, but the neighbor’s rooster started crowing at 4am and never stopped. He tried noise cancelling headphones, but he was doing client calls and the mic picked up everything anyway. Finally he moved to a quieter spot with half the internet speed and said his stress level dropped like crazy. So yeah, quiet hours matter way more than anyone talks about, take this from someone who watched him lose it over a bird.