@richparkie
New Zealander looking for information about Indonesia
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New Zealander, Married with children
Registration: 15 October 2016
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How to solve slow internet problem in Bali by MarcDeSmetBE
At home (Bali) I have a Telkom landline internet. I pay for 2 Mb/sec. Internet speed measured with Ookla app usually shows I have 2.5 Mb/sec. But loading of almost all pages is excruciatingly slow. From searching on the internet I think the reason ...
My experience is the internet here in Bali is extremely variable even with a fibre connection - sometimes it flies, other times slows to a crawl or drops totally. My fall back is to use my mobile phone as a hotspot - decent speed, quite reliable and ... Read More
Money Transfering by Probodha
Guys, It will be great if someone could explain the easiest way of sending money form Indonesia to Sri Lanka.
Try transferwise.com I use that to transfer money where I need - better rates and faster than banks. Read More
Duty on online shopping from www.lazada.co.id ? by richparkie
Hi, Am looking to buy a camera off online shopping site www.lazada.co.id There is a note that: This product is shipped from abroad. Does that mean I am likely to get hit for import duty as well as the price displayed on the website to get ...
Thanks zanzio - trying to find a Panasonic stockist in Bali rather than Jakarta Read More
Duty on online shopping from www.lazada.co.id ? by richparkie
Hi, Am looking to buy a camera off online shopping site www.lazada.co.id There is a note that: This product is shipped from abroad. Does that mean I am likely to get hit for import duty as well as the price displayed on the website to get ...
Thanks for the replies - would rather purchase the camera from a shop so don't have guarantee issues - don't really know where to find the camera I want though... Any recommendations for good camera shop stocking Panasonic range? Read More
Duty on online shopping from www.lazada.co.id ?
Hi, Am looking to buy a camera off online shopping site www.lazada.co.id There is a note that: This product is shipped from abroad. Does that mean I am likely to get hit for import duty as well as the price displayed on the website to get ... Read More
Immigration price list 8 Dec 16 by Fred
This is a photograph of the immigration price list as of the above date. Some final prices might well be combinations of items on the list below. https://c7.staticflickr.com/1/88/31357456022_0c9b07d364_z.jpg
Brill thanks Fred. Flights booked, we're moving toBali Feb 1st :D Read More
Immigration price list 8 Dec 16 by Fred
This is a photograph of the immigration price list as of the above date. Some final prices might well be combinations of items on the list below. https://c7.staticflickr.com/1/88/31357456022_0c9b07d364_z.jpg
I can't read that - can you upload a higher resolution picture? Read More
Re-locating family to Bali & working via internet by richparkie
Hi, I am considering moving to Bali for a couple of years or so with my wife and 2 children aged 7 & 8. I am an IT professional & can work remotely via the internet running systems for the New Zealand company I currently work for. I ...
Hi all, My work has given me the green light to work remotely, am getting visa requirements lined up so looking good. Now just need to pack up our lives here & re-locate the family.... We're probably going to rent a fully or semi ... Read More
Re-locating family to Bali & working via internet by richparkie
Hi, I am considering moving to Bali for a couple of years or so with my wife and 2 children aged 7 & 8. I am an IT professional & can work remotely via the internet running systems for the New Zealand company I currently work for. I ...
Thanks all for your replies - most appreciated. I am having real trouble getting replies from immigration consultants (including those recommended) and the ISPs in Bali to the queries I've sent off trying to find an agency that can assist with ... Read More
Re-locating family to Bali & working via internet by richparkie
Hi, I am considering moving to Bali for a couple of years or so with my wife and 2 children aged 7 & 8. I am an IT professional & can work remotely via the internet running systems for the New Zealand company I currently work for. I ...
They don't want to pay for it, would much rather I kept working out of the datacentre with the rest of the techies. However, they don't want to loose me so are willing to accomodate me working remotely. Happy to use this to my advantage for ... Read More
Re-locating family to Bali & working via internet by richparkie
Hi, I am considering moving to Bali for a couple of years or so with my wife and 2 children aged 7 & 8. I am an IT professional & can work remotely via the internet running systems for the New Zealand company I currently work for. I ...
Thanks guys - really appreciate your replies, really useful info in there. Have pretty much got the sign off from my work - they have some concerns around latency and reliability of internet & power, I'm sending emails to some ISPs now in ... Read More
Re-locating family to Bali & working via internet by richparkie
Hi, I am considering moving to Bali for a couple of years or so with my wife and 2 children aged 7 & 8. I am an IT professional & can work remotely via the internet running systems for the New Zealand company I currently work for. I ...
Thanks for the replies Fred - appreciated Read More
Re-locating family to Bali & working via internet
Hi, I am considering moving to Bali for a couple of years or so with my wife and 2 children aged 7 & 8. I am an IT professional & can work remotely via the internet running systems for the New Zealand company I currently work for. I ... Read More