Boo
We are using Globalxtreme 512kbps. Same deal Rp 1,100,000 per month.
Our first choice would have been with the Indosat 3.5G system but they had no coverage here.
It is a shared system so it is not what you would expect from a 512kbps connection. A 512kbps connection should allow you to download at about
64kBps but the reality is that the download speed is between 10 - 25kBps.
I cant say there has been too much of a problem with outages though. We have only had a few for short periods in 3 months.
They also have a 384kbps connection for about Rp 700,000 per month.
It is a bit of an eye opener to our 24,000 kbps system we had in Australia.
Cheers,
Boo
Hi mimpimanis,
It seems very hard getting information out of the ISP's just how many other users one shares the connection with.
Mind you, it seems hard getting any definate information out of them at all.
Although the connection is shared, internet browsing etc seems quite reasonable and useable.
And as you said, you get the 3 day trial. In our case we didnt have to pay anything until the end of the trial so I guess you can have it installed and see what you think.
Although, our connection was much faster (about 40kbps) during the trial. Im not 100% sure but it is possible that they make the connection faster during the trial.
Cheers
mimpimanis
Thanks Boo. its good to know you havent had too many problems with outages. However Im not technical at all I just use the net so I dont really understand all the speeds etc. Just assume a higher kbps meeds faster net.
"It is a shared system so it is not what you would expect from a 512kbps connection. A 512kbps connection should allow you to download at about
64kBps but the reality is that the download speed is between 10 - 25kBps. "
Does that mean my new 512kbps connection is actually going to be slower than Indosats 230kbps service????? Indosat say I am sharing the connection too but not with how many.
Arrrgggh Im confused. Well I have committed to the house now and a global installation, though I have a free 3 day trial before they issue the invoice. Fingers crossed!
mimpimanis
I need to do more than internet browsing, so this is a worry. I thought I was getting a much faster connection.
Global say the line will be shared with 16 people.
In Kuta Lombok the connection in the cafes is 28kbps its painfully slow and you can do only the most simple things. Forget about loading photos and stuff.
And although yes after the 3 day trial I can say no thanks - but then im in a new house with no net and no other decent provider it seems.
SG
I can do pretty much anything on my GE connection..downloading is fine. I just did a speed check and it was running at 112kbs
The nominated speed on a connection is the maximum. You will not get 512 but it will be fast enough for most things and way faster than 28kbs
Boo
Hi mimpimanis,
We download photos etc and it is not too bad.
Perhaps there is some confusion between kbps and kBps
A 512kbps connection is 512 kilobits per second.
There is about 8 kb (kilobits) in a kB (kilobyte). Notice the capital B.
So the max download for a 512kbps connection is (512/8) 64 kBps.
An internet cafe running 28 kbps has a maximum download speed of 3.5 kBps. Provided the 28kbps is not shared.
Indosats 230kbps shared connection has a maximum download of 28kBps if you had the whole 230kbps to yourself. Even if 2 users were downloading this would be halved to 14kBps.
Cheers
Boo
The line abve in the post should be;
So the max download for a 512kbps connection is (512 / 8) 64 kBps.
Boo
Dont know why the lina above is not coming out correct.
It is OK in the preview.
It is;
So the max download for a 512kbps connection is (512 divided by 8) 64 kBps.
Boo
!%$##!!
512 divided by eight
SG
Having just been positive about GE above, shortly afterwards it died. I rang..no technician till 8am!! It came on again 1 hour later. I then sent a very nasty email which I had no reply to (surprise surprise).
The young guys that work them are good but the management is either greedy or hopeless. A bit of both.
That said, currently downloading a 50mb file at 43KB/s
mimpimanis
Thanks SG & Boo
Well Im mixing up my kbps and understanding what it means :s
So it seems it is still going to be faster than indosat - as long as its not down!
I will still have access to Indosat through dial up when it is down, slow as it is its better than nothing.
I'm really excited about the move now.....
Home to Lombok on Saturday for Xmas and then back in a week to move house in Bali!
Im getting a bit settled here, the lack of daily powercuts and a constant water supply are really appealing, especially with in infant!
SG
It died last night and was dead all night. At 9am today I rang. Sorry....Christmas..we are closed..please ring on 26th!
I yelled loud and long and it is on again.
Jimbo
The Joys of Bali :-)
mimpimanis
Well they called me at 4pm on the 28th to say the 10am installation on the 29th was delayed because of a big problem they had over Xmas (that was when it was down I guess) Finally got it installed today and so far so good. Seems much faster than I was getting with Indosat! Just hope it doesnt go down to often!
SG
Actually its been pretty good for the last week or so but was down last night from 11 to about 7am for me.
Still i think the whole net thing is about to be blown open here in Bali in the next few months
mimpimanis
I was on at about 11pm when it seemed to go down but didnt try again till this morning when it was fine.
As for the net thing being blown open, minimum contract on here is for a year so I hope that means Globals service will improve :o)
I have to say they havent let me down as bad as some other services in the last few weeks. Having paid the management company here a fee for the phone to be connected within a week nearly 3 weeks later it still hasnt been and they keep promising every day will be the day and on top of that a bank transfer from UK has gone missing in cyberspace. Uk bank says it was taken out 21st Dec Indonesian bank says they have no record of it! Im slowly going crazy trying to sort it all out!
FreoGirl
Mimpi we had something similar happen transferring money from Australia to BNI in Lombok. I tended to believe the Australian bank when they said they had sent the money. In the end I got Damsiah to phone their office in Jakarta and he said something like 'my money is finished, my children have no food, my kids are starving and you've lost my money'. He got really cross with them, which as you know is a real last resort. They magically found the transfer on someones desk and we had the money that afternoon. Maybe a phonecall from Made along similar lines would do the trick?
mimpimanis
lol Freo funny you should say that. After this post it seems they found my transfer but it hadnt been credited to my account as the UK bank had not used my middle name (which they never have in the past and it hasnt been a problem) Having found it they said it was going to be another few days before they could credit it to my account & I did the I am here with a baby and no money for food & miraculouosly they credited my account immediately. As soon as they confirmed it I got ready to go to the ATM and go buy some supplies and hey ho the Digicom guy turned up to connect the phone too, so all finally sorted - phew.....
Jimbo
alls well that ends well but worrying whilst sorting it out. I did a transfer to my brother in law a year or more ago which also seem to disapear. I complained so much to my bank they did several traces and still no joy.
I complained even louder and they refunded me the money back. When I came to Bali last year I found out that my dozy brother in law had received it but did not know it had arrived.
I contacted my bank and told them but they said it was too difficult to debit the money back so I had a win win situation :-)
FreoGirl
[b]Re: RE: Global Extreme[/b]
[quote=Jimbo]I contacted my bank and told them but they said it was too difficult to debit the money back so I had a win win situation :-)[/quote]
Geez that would be a first - winning money from the bank - I doubt it would happen if it was an Australian bank. They would probably take the money back, plus interest for a year, plus a processing fee.
