computers only per hundred person, and this is much lower and some time there 

are no computer in rural area. Such condition is much different compared to 

Malaysia, at the moment there are 8 computers per one hundred households and 

Philippine 4 computers per 100 households.  

Development of Telephone Lines in Indonesia  

Apart from the low rate of computer ownership, the other reason for low Internet 

user in Indonesia is the availability of telephone lines. Total capacity of telephone 

line (SST) for personal use at present is only 8,46 million (report of PT. Telkom 

second quarter of 2000), with 7,58 million total lines installed and 6,2 million 

subscriber. This amount is excluded the existing 320.000 unit public phone 

booths. Under this condition, there are only 3 telephone lines per 100 persons or 

100 persons compete for 3 telephone lines (See Table 2.4). 

Table 2.4.   Fixed Line In Indonesia in Year 2000 

Indicators 

Telkom Division 

KSO Division 

Total 

Capacity 

4.533.167 3.929.204 8.462.371 

Installed 

4.057.693 3.525.655 7.853.348 

Subscribers 

3.336.823 2.871.024 6.207.847 

Public Phone 

202.257 125.675 327.932 

Line in Services 

3.539.080 2.996.699 6.535.779 

New Lines 

282.088 173.498 455.586 

Source : PT Telkom, 2

nd

 quarter 2000 

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