FYI: most businesses in the tourist areas of Bali, Indonesia rely on wireless Internet by a small comapny owned by the Mega Internet cafe. The national telco,

FYI: most businesses in the tourist areas of Bali, Indonesia rely on wireless Internet by a small comapny owned by the Mega Internet cafe. The national telco, Telkom, offers Speedy DSL, but it's not speedy or reliable, and Biznet offers FTTH only to dense commercial areas. (which is still more than Silicon Valley has!) I had a tour of Mega a decade ago, and they have a tower pointed at Singapore. At the time they were using Linux LEAF distro for mgmt. and Soekris boards, but likely that has changed. Torrential rains do affect reception, but that also affects the Speedy landlines. Also, outside North America, GSM rules. Which means you can go to the Borneo jungle and get 5 bars, which often doesn't happen in say, Sunnyvale. And 5 bars means adequate EGPRS data communications - everywhere.