In Reply to: internet posted by dolittle on Friday, 22. February 2008 at 18:14 Bali Time:
depending on where you are staying no all areas qualify for speedy (it is only available within Denpasar area), before you register they will come to your place to check whether it is possible to install the ADSL modem, which you need to buy. in term of bandwidth i don't think the speedy is worth the money now.
as you know indonesia ranks no.1 in term of % by fraudulent transactions in the world, many scammers are actually working in communication sectors. they are only interested in big fish, but i would strongly advice you since you are using speedy, to equip yourself with a hardware firewall if you are using internet for trading and transfer of big sum. please check all the security details with your trading institution and bank before hand.
there are also western hackers residing in bali, so if you are setting up your own wi-fi in your place please make use it is secured at least WEP 128.
hope the above info help you