Comments on: Firstmedia - Affordable Internet in Jakarta

By: Gio Suryo

Gio Suryo — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:45:29 +0000

Just FYI, Firstmedia are planning to increase their fee next year. The 384Kbps’ new monthly fee will be increased to Rp135.000. I think I’ll give their website a visit.

By: Gio Suryo

Gio Suryo — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:41:44 +0000

@Trini

I have experienced issues also during heavy rain, although that didn’t happen very often. Thanks for sharing your experience with us!

By: Trini Mon

Trini Mon — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:58:46 +0000

I’ve been using their 3Mbps for about 2 years now (Kemang Timur), and I’ve found it to be excellent.

I easily achieve consistent 350KBps download speeds (constant torrents :P), which is just short of the 375KBps that’s supposed to be provided by a 3MBps line. One thing to note is that the upstream is capped at 25KBps, and they do port blocking on regular ports (80, 21, 22, etc.), so if you were planning on doing any hosting you’re out of luck. That said, it is a consumer line not commercial, so I can’t fault them.

Reliability - pretty good. Based on router stats it’s at about 95%, which again exceeds their SLA. Issues usually only crop up when they have upgrades (always announced on their website), or during _really_ heavy rain (don’t ask me why..).

Just 2c from a satisfied user..
~peace

By: Gio Suryo

Gio Suryo — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:45:16 +0000

@Abhay

Firstmedia doesn’t provide wireless internet for home use. If you want you can try CBN. They do provide wireless internet access. The installation fee is around IDR 500k and the monthly fee is IDR 400k (VAT excluded). You can read more on their website.

By: Abhay

Abhay — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:04:26 +0000

Buddy, do they provide wireless internet for home use? Can you, if possible, throw some light on the costing for the same?
Thanks