According to APJII, the Indonesian ISP Association, this year the price of international Internet bandwidth in Indonesia tends to decrease (reported by detik.com on 29/January/2008). Last year the price was in the range of USD 2.200 - USD 2.500 for each Mbps. But since early 2008 it has been reduced to around USD 1.800 for fiber access and around USD 1.300 to USD 1.500 for satellite links.
Cheap enough? I don't think so. I guess the price in India or Malaysia is (much) cheaper. I don't have any figure right now. But last year, in an informal discussion with some key persons from a malaysian Internet player, the price ratio MY:ID is around 1:4. Right? Malaysian readers, please CMIIW ! Surely, I'm not talking about TM :-D. Otherwise, if you have access to the paid version of Telegeography databases, you can easily compare the prices and drop here a line :-D
Good news ? Maybe. I see that the most indonesian ISPs are moderate and innovate very slowly (if any). Such a price effect may or may not touch end-users. And if it indeed reaches the customers, it might take several months to propagate, or even worse.
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