Zarina Angell 28th March 2012 Period 7

Malaysian Internet Providers: Finding the Correct One for Your Lifestyle.
Proposal By: Zarina Angell

For: ISKL Chairmen, Principals, Parents, Teachers and Students, or Who Ever May Be Concerned. Overview Lately we have been looking at the ISKL Community, and noticing that many families are not using a suitable Internet Providers for their lifestyle. Nowadays, and in a developing city like Kuala Lumpur, there are hundreds of plans and companies to choose from, and this is to guide you in choosing the correct plan for the internet that your family uses, so you can save money and make the most out of your money. In our specific example we have compared three popular companies- Telekom Malaysia, HDBSJBHADJS, and Maxis Online. Being three very popular companies, all work exceptionally well, so the underlying factor is then which is the best deal for your family. We will test this by a simple eight step procedure. We will first see data, investigate about the companies, and then using graphs as well as tables, decide which the best is. In the end, you should come away with enough of an understanding to determine what company will fit your lifestyle the best and be the most cost efficient. Whether you are an extreme user who is never off the computer, or rarely touch the computer, you will know which is best for you.

1.) Collect First, collect the amount of minutes you use during a week on the internet. Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Minutes 60 60 90 60 120 120 120 Then, with this data find the average day use, find your average monthly use, by multiplying it by 30. Daily Average- 90 min Monthly Average- 90x30=2700 2.) Tables

Now, for each company you make an x and y table, or in this case a minutes and cost table with different minute amounts of minutes and costs. To do this you need the costs of the three companies, shown in this table: Company Price TMNet RM66 per month, unlimited YcS RM8 per month, plus RM.02 per minute online MO RM40 per month, plus RM.005 per min online

Using this data, you can make three different tables, each showing prices for a different company. TMNet Minutes 0 1000 2000 3000 Price 66 66 66 66 YcS Minutes 0 1000 2000 3000 Price 8 28 48 68 MO Minutes 0 1000 2000 3000 Price 40 45 50 55

3.) Graph It After you have collected all of this data, you can proceed to plot it on a graph, which is best done using Excel, making Minutes, which is the control variable, on the x axis and Cost, which is the dependent variable, on the y axis. The three companies should have three different colors, one for each line. Take note of the points of intersection, as these will be important later.

4.) Equations After all of that, go back to the tables section, where the data about each company is. Using those, you can generate an equation for each company, remembering that x= minutes and y= cost. So, the equations would be: TMNET y=66 (This does not need an x in the equation, because the price is RM66 regardless of how long you spend on the internet. This equation tells us that the cost is always RM66. YcS y=0.02x+8 This equation tells us that the cost depends on how many minutes you are online, plus the base price of RM8. MO y=0.005x+40 This equation tells us that the cost depends on how many minutes you are online, plus the base price of RM40. Now, using these equations, create a system of equations. This is where you create an equation where one equation equals the other one, and solve for x. You can do this because all say they equal y, and since then they all are y they all equal each other. You need to find the points of intersections for all of them, so you just have to do one equation at a time. TMNet=YcS y=0.02x+8 y=66 (remember, the TMNet Equation has no x, as it is a constant rate) 66=0.02x+8 And when you solve for x, x=2900.

TMNet=MO y=0.005x+40 y=66 (remember, the TMNet Equation has no x, as it is a constant rate) 66=0.005x+40 Solving for x, you get x=5200. YcS=MO y=0.02x+8 y=0.005x+40 (remember, the TMNet Equation has no x, as it is a constant rate) 0.02x+8=0.005x+40 When you solve this equation, remember to combine the x values, so you can solve for x. x=2133.3 or 2133.1/3 These are the points where the two companies pay the same amount for a certain number of minutes of internet. You can check these numbers on the graph; they will read the minutes that two of the different lines intersect. 5.) Applying Using all of this data we have, we can now apply it to peoples lifestyles; first is the persons data we have been following all the way along in the report. This person has a daily average of 90 minutes, and a monthly average of 2700. To find the best deal for this person, we plug the amount of minutes into the equation for each company.

TMNET y=66 y=66 cost=RM66 YcS y=0.02x+8

y=0.022700+8 y=54+8 y=62 cost=RM62

MO y=0.005x+40 y=0.0052700+40 y=13.5+40 y=53.5 cost=RM53.5 The cheapest price is with Maxis Online, so they should use that one.

The next example we will use is Peggy. Peggy uses 2528 minutes a month. Using the same strategy we will find out her cheapest deal. After plugging her number into the equations, we find out that she should use YcS because it costs less because it passed the YcM and MO intersections. The last example we will use is Arunima and Dylan, who use the same amount of minutes, at 3600 minutes per month.