Thread: Internet - how much and how fast?

Originally Posted by spicyayam

Lintasarta looks like an interesting option, not cheap but worth looking into at some point. Can I ask what you pay every month?

I pay 37,956,000 IDR a month. If you are in Seminyak let me know, maybe we can figure out how to get you hooked up. I'm not an ISP nor care to be one & will not accept $, it would just be expat/helping expat. I'm currently providing access to 15+ other villa's all at no charge. I know first hand the pain of slow internet & it's impact on my own productivity so... but historically even with streaming the daily show or cspan, playing online PS3 and on the phone via Vonage VOIP I'm barely using my bandwidth. It's super fast, worth every penny!

Originally Posted by donfuego

Holy......!! For that price it better be good!! About 100 times my Internet budget. Something's telling me our friend here is "economically independent". But hey man I really appreciate the generosity :P

I'm NOT "economically independent." I still work around the clock just remotely.

The service I have is same as what a ISP's (Global Extreme, Pt.Citramedia, etc.) use before they resell to end users on monthly rated plans. Cheaper going direct to the backbone vs going through a middleman & better service. So I'm willing to provide access to any expat within reasonable distance.

JohnDean, you might want to give Blueline a call. They can do a lot better than Rp 38 mln for 2 Mbps 1:1

Regards,

Peter

Originally Posted by Peter Ka

JohnDean, you might want to give Blueline a call. They can do a lot better than Rp 38 mln for 2 Mbps 1:1

Regards,

Peter

I'm familiar with Blueline, actually have an office across the parking lot from them in Kutu Galleria & there speeds, up time and service and technology is lacking. I have Lintasta at that location too. Worth every penny.

Not what my experience is with them. I have one of their commercial plans, and uptime must be a couple of 9s. Whenever there is something (mostly my own network), they are with me within an hour (Canggu). Very professional. Have tried several other ISPs, including Lintasarta, nobody comes close to them...

Originally Posted by Peter Ka

Not what my experience is with them. I have one of their commercial plans, and uptime must be a couple of 9s. Whenever there is something (mostly my own network), they are with me within an hour (Canggu). Very professional. Have tried several other ISPs, including Lintasarta, nobody comes close to them...

I have attached the commercial pricing list I received today from Blueline. It has been nearly 2 years since I last visited them. Blueline's price for 2MB up/down is 35 million IDR & it is only wireless access to a fiber-optic backbone. Their SLA (service level agreement) is 96% and they do not offer fiber-optic connections, just wireless that is inherently unstable, latency issues & lost packets.

Lintasarta's SLA is 99%, fiber-optic to villa. So not sure what your issues with Lintasarta had been but if it was wireless out to Canggu I never had any luck with ISP from Discovery Villa in Canggu, reason why I moved back into Seminyak.

Which commercial package are you using from Blueline?

Donfuego, Peter Ka, John Dean and other tech jocks, I would love to get your advice about choosing an internet provider. We're moving somewhere around Ubud in June to begin building our home in a village south of Ubud. While building we'll rent a house.

I have looked at the Blueline site but cannot tell how much their service would cost based on the way they charge by usage. Presently I have a 2Mb plan p/m and generally use just over 1Mb p/m. I also need a relatively fast service.

If you're willing to take a few minutes to answer this I'd very much appreciate it but please write very slowly because I know nothing about the inner workings of the internet. Hell, I'm still gobsmacked that I can receive a phone call anywhere in the world from anywhere in the world, all without wires.

So, Blueline or Speedy or someone else? Thanks for any help anyone can give.

Johndean, I have their "Unlimited" 512 kbps package. I don't know what their SLA is, but an SLA is meaningless to me, as it is just an mechanism and formula to get a refund. I don't care for a refund, I need as high uptime as I can get. (I trade online). Blueline is simply never down. Their wireless is Wimax as I understand it, so interference is not an issue.
I trialed Lintasarta for a month and there where quiet a few 30 minute downtimes. Supposedly backbone issues and not the wireless link. I guess fiberoptic does not mean guaranty perfection in Indonesia.