Bring wireless connection to your home and office<\/p>\n
Sari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
People can now more easily and comfortably log on to the
\nInternet at homes and offices, thanks to Wi-Fi technology.<\/p>\n
Wi-Fi transceivers, which have been set up in various cafes,
\nhotels, restaurants and airports in big cities across the
\ncountry, are now available on the market for home and office use,
\nindustry players said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"People are now free from the hassles caused by wire
\nconnections to get connected to the Internet. Thanks to Wi-Fi
\ntechnology, they can log on to the Internet wirelessly,\" country
\nmanager of Intel Indonesia Corporation Budi Wahyu Jati said at a
\ntechnology showcase.<\/p>\n
A branded and high-quality Wi-Fi transceiver, known in the
\nindustry as an access point, costs US$200 to $500, while
\nnonbranded ones are available more cheaply, said Budi.<\/p>\n
Wi-Fi technology, which is already popular in large cities
\nacross the world, has just been introduced to Indonesia. But so
\nfar, it is available only at public places here.<\/p>\n
In such places, wireless connectivity can be found at
\nlocations termed \"hotspots\" by industry players. These enable
\npeople to connect to the Internet using their laptop or personal
\ndigital assistant (PDA) wirelessly in cafes, restaurants and
\nairports within a radius of 50 meters of an access point.<\/p>\n
Separately, Stephanus Jonatan, marketing manager of CBN, one
\nof the largest Internet providers here, told The Jakarta Post the
\nWi-Fi transceiver was about 15 centimeters (cm) by 25 cm in size
\nand easy to place in homes or offices.<\/p>\n
To make a connection with Wi-Fi transceivers, people should
\nuse laptops and PDAs that are \"Wi-Fi ready.\" Otherwise, they have
\nto buy a 802.11b PC card for their laptop. These are available on
\nthe market at $100 to $150.<\/p>\n
Users should also subscribe to an Internet service provider
\nfor an Internet connection, according to Stephanus.<\/p>\n
Users thus need only pay Internet connection costs, which are
\nas much as normal Internet connection costs, but do not have to
\npay for phone connections, he said.<\/p>\n
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, produces its Wi-Fi chip
\nfor laptops under the brand name Centrino and has spent $300
\nbillion on promoting it worldwide. Most laptops produced this
\nyear have been equipped with the Intel Centrino chip.<\/p>\n
Separately, head of marketing support at Toshiba Novi Suryadi
\ntold the Post that of about 2,000 Toshiba laptops sold every
\nmonth in Indonesia, 20 percent to 25 percent were equipped with
\nCentrino.<\/p>",
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