Thread: Working Via Skype in Bali

Originally Posted by JonasandJoan

We mailed the head office since the Bali office email bounced (good first impression, not), and here's the answer we got:


Bandwith Dedicated
Guarantee
UP TO Ratio
Installation Cost
(one time)
Monthly Cost
128 Kbps 3072 Kbps 1:1 Rp. 2.000.000,- Rp 1.000.000,-
256 Kbps 3072 Kbps 1:1 Rp. 2.000.000,- Rp 2.000.000,-
384 Kbps 3072 Kbps 1:1 Rp. 2.000.000,- Rp 3.000.000,-
512 Kbps 3072 Kbps 1:1 Rp. 2.000.000,- Rp 4.000.000,-
768 Kbps 3072 Kbps 1:1 Rp. 2.000.000,- Rp 5.000.000,-
Bandwith Dedicated
Guarantee
Ratio
Installation Cost
(one time)
Monthly Cost
1024 Kbps 1:1 Rp. 2.000.000,- Rp. 6,000,000
2048 Kbps 1:1 Rp. 2.000.000,- Rp. 11,000,000

Nowhere there I see the 5mb/s like JohnDean states that he has, and the prices are REALLY not very attractive.... 11jt for 2mbps... Yeah, I don't think so....

And the Rp. 2.000.000 is the installation fee, the other amount is the monthly cost....

Originally Posted by JonasandJoan

And the Rp. 2.000.000 is the installation fee, the other amount is the monthly cost....

Gmedia Technologies
PT. Media Sarana Data
Bali Nusa Tenggara Region
Graha Bahagia, NO 252 E
JL Bedugul, Denpasar
Phone: 0361-8884106
Phone: 0361-8884107
Email: info.bali@gmedia.co.id
Internet Service Provider Yogyakarta, Semarang, Solo, Bali : PT. Media Sarana Data

My experience:
Telkom Speedy is reliable and fast enough for skype calls.
2 mbps (~ 1 million RP) is good enough for decent video calls,
1 mbps (~700.000 RP) is still okay for video calls most of the time, but don't expect high qaulity.

Hardly ever goes down and if it does they fix it quickly (within a day or two, probably faster if you pay ;-).

just my experience, might be different in other areas.

I have Smartfren (CDMA USB Modem).

I pay Rp 150,000 per month (pulsa) - I have a 12 GB (!) quota - my speed is "up to" 12Mbps (which is unlikely although I have peaks of 2Mbps which is still pretty darn good).

The quality of the Smartfren connection highly depends on where you live and what the coverage or strength of signal is.

Very happy with this.