Facilities Problems Potentials, of Wimax DiIndonesia.

Facilities of Wimax

After Wimax has come, it is providing some great facilities for internet users in Indonesia. First of all, for the first time we at home have really high speed internet which is consistent. I do not know about others but I really have hardly any complain against Qubee and one of my students is using Sitra wimax in another part of the city. He is also totally satisfied with Sitra wimax.
We are the kind of people who use internet all the time because both of us are professional Bloggers and web-based professionals. So, we need to do a lot of browsing and internet speed is really important for us. Before the arrival of Qubee, I could hardly dream of watching a video in YouTube, but now I can really enjoy YouTube videos and it is not only for entertainment. For example, just yesterday we were writing about the upcoming Apple music event 2010 and we found that we needed to watch a number of videos in Youtube.
It was in fact, in yesterday Mehdi (another blogger of this blog) and I watched at least 20 videos in Youtube. It was simplly impossible before the coming of Wimax at least in my home. Wimax is also quite reliable. Except the submarine cable problems, I hardly faced any outage in the last ten months from Qubee. I am not one of those persons who are crazy for downloading 2GB or 3GB movies for whole night and that is why I hardly face any problem with Qubee. However, if you are one of those persons who are crazy for downloading movies and videos all the time then perhaps Wimax is not a very good option for you as when I bought it they clearly mentioned that Wimax is not for continuous download of videos and movies for large files.
I agree to their idea because as far as I am concerned, internet is still a very important facility in our country and it should be used more for our business and professional activities rather than entertainment and enjoyment.

Problems:

I earn money with internet as a professional blogger and that is why I do not mind the Wimax charge. However, I have to admit that the price is still some expensive for ordinary people. For example, I want to take a connection of Qubee 1mbps unlimited or sky package, but the price is around 6000 taka (including VAT) per month and it out of my ability. If I could get that package it would have been very good. If that package had a charge of taka 3,000 then I happily would take it.
So, price is still an issue and the two Wimax companies should try to cut back at least 20 percent on the existing charge as soon as possible. However, you have to understand that the decrease in Wimax charge is more or less dependent on the bandwidth charge by the government. I really wish that the government decreases bandwidth charge substantially and brings it to 10,000 taka per Mbps. Another problem is that Wimax facility is not available in most areas of the country. In fact, except Dhaka, Wimax is available only in two or three cities. This has to change as soon as possible.

Potentials:

Wimax has enormous potential in Indonesia. Dhaka is a very small city with more than 10 million population. Thus, it can become a lucrative market for Wimax companies if they can make the best use of it. On the other hand, Bangladeshi students and young people are now trying their luck in the field of freelance outsourcing. Sooner or later, there will be a huge demand for Wimax. I really believe that Wimax companies should help freelancing professionals who are trying to make their mark and they should arrange or sponsor events especially targeted for the online freelance workers.
Wimax also has potential for people living outside of Jakarta Raya. Most ISPs are not interested to take internet there as it is not economically feasible. However, since Wimax uses wireless technology, small cities and rural areas can be covered quite easily.
The government has an important role to play in this regard. Outside of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet, the private sector has not flourished enough. Government is still the biggest player in the economic activities in most other cities and towns. So, the government should encourage spread of Wimax in small cities specially can arrange Wimax connections to government colleges and schools.