god, don't i know. my bali branch has to connect to my jakarta intranet everyday, and it's pure pain to use. decent broadband in bali is years overdue. the bureaucrats/govt there truly do not understand the importance of this to investment, esp.

Thank God for that, bring it on! In the meantime, in Darkest Bali, we remain stuck with Speedy, which is oxymoronic. Actually, no just plain moronic. You too can have dialup download speeds from a "Broadband" service which is only actually connected half the time anyway!!

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