Providing Access to the Internet

Irang Tingai and Ngau Ding left a celebration at the Data Dian village hall in the subdistrict of Kayan Hilir in a hurry. Both headed for the subdistrict office after receiving a call from the office of the Malinau regent. "We were pressed for time because of the online message," said Ngau Tingai, head of Data Dian village.

The message was, in fact, an invitation for a teleconference. Tempo joined in the video call from the Electronic Data Center (PDE) at the regent's office, in front of a 42-inch screen. The distance between Data Dian villageabout a four-hour trip on land from the Indonesia-Malaysia borderand the regent's office is approximately 450 kilometers.