the Internet so expensive in my country

Indonesia
March 9, 2007 5:47am CST
hello everyone in the world my name is jasmin, im from indonesia, im very interesting about internet. but the internet in my country is so expensive, everyday i'm spend 6000 Rupiah for pay internet connection that im rent from warnet(name of internet shop). Everyone could tell me, how to make the internet connection much cheeper than now in my country?? if there any technology to make this happen? what the latest technology for make internet connection more cheeper??. im sorry if my english so bad..
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• Malaysia
9 Mar 07
6000 Rupiah? wow. that's a lot i think. make the internet connection more cheeper? i think there is no way to do that except you have the bad way. internet nowdays have been using because it's getting more usefull. i suggest you to make money online.
• Philippines
9 Mar 07
i think Rph6000 is less than US$1, probably just about US$0.70. some internet cafes here in the philippines charge around that much for 1 hour use, and for us, it's already cheap. so if it's only Rph6000 for an hour... that's not really a lot. but if it's only for a few minutes... that's another matter.
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• Philippines
9 Mar 07
welcome. :) although, i dont know how cheap the cost of internet connection in other areas...
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• Malaysia
9 Mar 07
owh. thanks for the info.
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@Neo_Knights (1882)
• Indonesia
9 Mar 07
Hmm I'm Indonesian too. Wouldn't it cheaper to subscribe Speedy, the personal package, only 150.000 rupiahs per month and your limit is 1GB. I presume you live in Jakarta, right ? You might wanna do internet in the Multiplus. It's quite cheaper there.
@palina77 (1177)
• United States
9 Mar 07
It is cheap to me I do not how much dollar is for 6000 rupaiah? In our country it cost US$ 12.00 per month for a broadband line for 24 hurs. connection but low speed.
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• Indonesia
9 Mar 07
6000 rupiah equal $USD 0,6.. for many people in other world maybe so cheeper, but for me, i thinks is expensive, i think maybe someday, the internet cost cheeper than now.
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• Malaysia
10 Mar 07
why dont you look for broadband from your local Telco Company and get their data plan -- like mine, I'm using Digi Data unlimited plan only RM99/month with 11Mbps-46Mbps connected to my mobile phone. You also could get your local Telco modem card. In M'sia it cost around RM450-RM650. All the package might look quite expensive but its worth for a long term investment.
• India
9 Mar 07
here in india internet is so cheap. it costs only Rs.500/- per month. it depends upon the country's rules and regulations to make commodity cheap or dear.
• India
10 Mar 07
Man which India you are talking about .. I pay a bare minimum of 325 bucks here in Pune .. Dont you have Iqara broadband ... ??
@subathra (3519)
• India
9 Mar 07
It looks very expensive paying 6000 rupaih for Internet.Here in India its very cheap as i pay only Rs.250/- monthly for my broadband internet connection.But i suggest you to get some more information from some reliable source in your country for a cheaper connection.
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• Philippines
9 Mar 07
hi jasmin! this is myles. your english is ok, quite good actually. i have a sister in jakarta as well as a few friends in yogya. i can ask around first the regular rates in different areas and check if you can have a cheaper option. :)
@mr_ilham (1608)
• Indonesia
23 May 07
what name of your country? thank you http://mrezanailham.blogspot.com
@phon4u (2215)
• Laos
10 Mar 07
It is also very expensive in my country as Laos, internet Users have their options to post payment. People pay US$20 per month for the dial-up, and US$50 per month for DSL. I think the more internet providers, the cheaper price will be later. Many students who are in my local can't access the internet because of the expensive price.
• Philippines
10 Mar 07
yes you are right! The law of supply and demand!
• United States
9 Mar 07
Do you have your own computer at home? I am from the Philippines (I live in Germany right now). My mom's old boss gave us an old computer, it wasn't too bad it still works. what I do is, they sell prepaid internet cards in the Phils and that is even cheaper than paying at the internet cafe, and it is in the convenient of your own home.
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• United States
9 Mar 07
The cheapest one you can buy is 100 pesos about $2 dollars.
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• Philippines
9 Mar 07
how much does a prepaid internet card cost?
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@swlbilly (34)
• Malaysia
17 Mar 07
i am from malaysia..here i think its cheap if u use steamxy..well is a kind of..the speed is 512kbs then u pay for rm66 per month and u can enjoy the unlimited acess to the internet..rm1=2500 rupiah..plus..now i am sharing with my housemate...so its quite cheap..
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@devada (2)
• Indonesia
9 Mar 07
mending,kl py laptop cari hotspot gratis. atw pake WLAN aja, tmptq bbrp univ sdia htspot grotong, jd yg kosny dket tgl nyambung aja
• Indonesia
9 Mar 07
Eh mksdq pake PC desktop/rumahan yg pke WLAN card
• Indonesia
16 Mar 07
i think to get cheaper internet connection, we can acess in school or on office. he... bur in jogja, warnet just Rp3000 - Rp3500/hour
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@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
27 Jun 09
Hi Jasmin! It's nice to know you. You know what, with your pretty face, the internet shop that you are renting to should let you access Internet free. Lol! I think you better have an internet access at home than always renting in an Internet shop, it would be cheaper. Your english is fine. Happy myLotting!
• Pakistan
25 Sep 07
Salam Jasmin, What a beautiful name you have. Jasmin is national flower of my country Pakistan. So it sound me very nice. Rupiah is also used in our country. 6000 Rupiah is a big amount here. one Rupiah is equal to about 60 us dollar I think. Here we pay 5 Rupiah per one hour. It seems that Internet is cheaper here than brother country indonesia. This may be due to some unknown reasons. Less of us go to net cafe or shop of internet. Many of us are using there internet connection at there homes or offices. Time is 2:55 am. It is time of Sehri, of holy month of Ramadan and I am talking to you. This is magic of internet. Technolgy is being improved day by day and we hope that it will become more easy in near future.
@shaie78 (141)
• Malaysia
14 Dec 08
hello too, so much expensive in your country for using internet, right now you can search information how to make internet connection with your surf internet...you can survey the supplier of the internet..using wireless broadband may be make the connection more cheaper..i refer you survey first..ok
@amitksing (1323)
• India
10 Mar 07
Hi, I am from India. Things were quite similar to what you are facing there in Indonesia today. We had to pay a lot for using internet (Rs. 50-80 [1-1.5$] per hour for a dial up connection) But with internet becoming too much popular and many service providers joining the market, the rates have fallen drastically and have come to a range that almost everybody can use Internet. Today we pay as low as Rs. 250 [about 5$] per month for a broadband connection and as less as Rs. 150 [about 3$] per month if we connect internet through GPRS (using my cell phone)! I am using GPRS service and I feel its really very affordable!
• India
10 Mar 07
ok
• India
10 Mar 07
hey dear!!!!u can try out braodband or wireless..get it dun in ur home computer....its cheap really cheap.....i pay Rs.250...n thats damn cheap....aahhh i dunno bout the rupees to rupiah coversions......neway...these r the latest technologies for internet connection....n r damn reasonable.....n don't u worry bout ur english baby!!!!its not bad at all...we all can completely understand wat u want to say or ask or watever.....n thats the purpose a language.....a lingo is just to a medium to converse n i think u noe enuf to do that...tc
@umoo120 (82)
• Pakistan
10 Mar 07
Well that depends onon wat kind of broadband connection ur usin, however internet in Pakistan isnt cheap too, the broadband connection costs 5000rs which is too much. The prices are however decreasin with the increase of technology and im sure that the prices in ur country will decrease with time.As more ppl wil buy internet services the rates wil decrease
@nehems (109)
• Indonesia
31 Aug 07
hii.. salam kenal.. just..say... kamu sangat lugu juga untuk anak jakarta..comment kayak gitu kalo mau ngenet murah ke surabaya aja di tempatku aja cuman 2000 rupiah.. malahan aq sehari ngenet bisa ampe 12 jam maklum partime jaga warnet i belive u have god english. thanks.keep in touch
@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
23 Sep 07
hi... in my country, internet is cheap... prepaid cards are available anywhere and dsl is getting cheaper... they have promos that offers unlimited internet access every month. That's for my house but at work, i don't pay any. i just bring my notebook and access the wireless connection there... don't worry, i am not an american but i am proficient in their language. i just watch english tv shows and have been a voracious reader since i was just a kid... overtime, it will become a subconscious thing (automatic) that you'll be surprised that you are even thinking in english... happy mylotting...