Sadly, we are not alone...

[Peapod]

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050806.F07&irec=6

And their provider is called.......wait for it.......TELKOM

 

[kilps]

Mabye that name should be declared evil on an international scale ....

 

[fergus]

I know someone who was in Indo recently and they said the internet was atrocious.

 

[Celemasiko]

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050806.F07&irec=6

And their provider is called.......wait for it.......TELKOM

very strange *ggg *...guess what was the name of the German Communication provider (Monopoly) until 1994.

T E L E K O M

 

[Debbie]

Funny, Kenya has similar problems with their economic rapist (I'd even go as far as to say the poor bokes in Kenya have it much worse than we do). The name of the Kenyan monopoly?

Telkom Kenya.

Hmmmm....

 

[kilps]

Any change there is the World Telkom group? Thats scary ....

 

[BLaZor]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telkom
Here's what the experts say

 

[alaincraven]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telkom
Here's what the experts say

The worst part? This sentence: "An average ADSL subscriber in South Africa pays roughly R1,010 (approximately $160 US) per month, the annual amount of which is slightly higher than the average national per-capita income."

So, ADSL costs more than the average income per capita - nice way to promote economic growth and literacy.