Overcast here on Poppies II Kuta, Bali

Nick,

Forgive my ignorance in asking, given that I did live in Kuta for two years and know how things progress there, but are there any plans on introducing high-speed internet access in Bali by, say, 2005?

What is the fastest you’ve connected to the internet?

Thanks for any info on this.

Jason
Waikiki, Hawaii

Jason,

The fastest pipe in Bali were Satellite access cafes and ISPs. Internet Outpost has 64k shared. Global Sat supposedly has 4 megabits pipe (of which 512K is shared) -

It is very expensive…dedicated 32k access is 3 million Rp or $340 US/month.

Thanks, Sean.

I remember having to wait up to 10 minutes just to see if I received email messages, let alone read them.

3 million rupes? That sure is a hell of a lot of money for internet access, no matter how important it is.

How many Warung 96 pizzas and Bintang Besars can you get for that amount of money?

Jason
Waikiki, Hawaii

Hi Jason,

For users like your average traveler internet Outpost is fine, it doesn’t take too long at all to check your e-mail.

There is cable access in Jakarta and Surabaya and hopefully this will spread to Bali in the next 2-3 years, who knows.

Boy! How did we once survive without the Internet? Beats me! Today slow connections cause heartburn, maybe tomorrow something else will. I am on sick leave these days and connected to my office via the Net. Imagine, if there was no Net perhaps the flip side would be complete rest!!!! or maybe not…..

Ditto on Dusty’s remarks. The world before internet is just a weak bleep on my memory screen.