I don't know for sure if there are any moves to implement WiMax in Bali. (It
might be available in places like Jakarta, Bandung..?)
Some time ago I became aware that parts of the By-Pass road around Sanur were being ripped up to lay fibre optic cables. I was mildly excited because they were kind of just down from the street where I was living at the time (about 400 metres). The digging stopped, the holes were filled and to this day, I have no idea who or where was connected. And for how much, of course. Meanwhile, I moved houses anyway and even
Speedy wasn't available, for a month or two.
That's when I got sucked into an unlimited "service" with
Telkomsel Flash. If you think Telkom Speedy's services leave a lot to be desired, try Telkomsel. I lasted nearly two weeks, couldn't get a connection inside their main office in Denpasar, really wanted my money back (silly me), for a "service" I wasn't getting by any stretch of the imagination. Then almost miraculously, I got a call from
Speedy Bali informing me that I could now get a connection. Not only that, the
Speedy connection had been upped to 1 Mbs download and 128 Kbs upload. For the same price!
(I wrote and composed a bunch of related content here, but maybe I took too long. Had to log-in again and although I usually save things as I go, just in case, I lost it.)
Incidentally, I was down at Telkom trying to get some help (Wishful thinking?) and picked up their latest flyer which now states "Up to 384Kbps". Frankly, I'd be very satisfied if I could even get that. The best download speed I have ever had, even using an accelerator and at 2AM was about 90Kbps. Frankly, at the moment I'd even be satisfied if I could get a reliable steady connection of any speed!!!
The Telkom flyer you picked up must be a very old one. I've been downloading all kinds of files this afternoon and my "download speed" is 500-600 Kbs. When I'm lucky, it's even more.
I am not saying that
Speedy is the bee's knees. Far from it. Companies like
Blueline are offering wi-fi connections promising download/upload speeds of 1 Mbs, (both ways), for a significant monthly price, after you buy their equipment.
I don't understand why you're having such a bad experience with
Speedy. Well, I have a few theories/pointers which I wrote down 20 minutes ago but lost and am too tired to resurrect right now.
Feel free to PM me and maybe we can figure out what's going on with your "connection" (or lack thereof).
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