From Business Week, 2. July 2007:

A consortium of six companies (Telkom, Indosat, Excelcomindo, Bakrie Telecom, Infokom Elektrindo, Powertek Utama Internusa) are working together in the aim to build an optical fibre cable ring that is to connect 33 provinces and 440 urban centers all over Indonesia.

The ‚Cincin Pelapa’ or ‚Pelapa Ring’ Project consists of seven optical fibre networks within Sumatera, Jawa, Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua, as well as one main line that connects the other networks. The length of the entire cable network will reach 33 000 km.

Constructions are scheduled to start in 2008, with first parts of the network ready to use in early 2009.


Sources:

• Tempointeraktif
• Kompas (print)
• Warnet2000

It was the Xmas time of year, which means I get to spend some time with my family in Lembang, or rather, close to Lembang in a mountainous resort with a spectacular view over Bandung (which is Indonesia´s second largest city).

I agree the view IS rather great, however, I soon started to miss the even broader view of the world the screen of my laptop (connected to the internet) has to offer.

I persuaded my mom to drive me 'down' to the more populated regions in search of a 'WI-FI' café (which are practically to be found on every corner in Jakarta). The search took me to a mall, curiously called 'The Paris of Java'. After asking around, I was exited to hear that there is free WI-FI access in the entire mall! However I was disappointed with a slow, unstable connection that made it more or less impossible to work.

After that, I asked around in several locations for a WI-FI café, with no success! Badung Bloggers, I know you are out there, but where do you blog? Any tips for WI-FI cafés in/around Sukajadi or Lembang area are helpful to me, because before you know, it will be that time of the year again...