Lowering Sky-High Prices

Indonesians, who are poorer than Singaporeans and Malaysians, pay Internet access fees 6.7 to 11 times higher than in these two neighboring countries. This is because Internet service providers want to get rich quick.

June 20, 2006

A MILLION rupiah? The man looked at the piece of paper in a state of disbelief. The paper was his telephone bill for the month of May. The bill was like a slap in the face. Boy Benyamin Wowor was dumbfounded. Most of it was for using the Telkomnet instant dial-up service, he said, shaking his head. He had never received such a shocking bill before.

Boy, the 31-year-old, is an avid Internet user. His work as a programmer puts him in constant contac

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