Text 2You have heard a lot in praise of the Internet: A lotof good things have been said about the Internet: itallows people all over the world to communicate easilyand it provides you with all kinds of information. As youare interested, you would like to start to be involved in it,but you do not know how to start to be involved in it, butyou do not know how to start.The first thing you need is a computer. Those withpentiumprocessors would be nice, but a 486 is enough. An IBM compatible or a Macintosh will do, but it must beequipped with a modem. The higher the modem speedis better. The minimum is 14.4 Kbps (kilobytes per second).You need a telephone line. If you don’t have one athome, you might be able to use the one at the office(naturally with the permission of your boss). This will beyour connection to Cyberspace. After you have all of the equipment, you need tocontact an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Since 1994,the government has issued business licenses for 40ISPs in Indonesia. Some of them, like the ones operatedby IPTEK-NET and the Institute of Technology Bandung,are not for commercial use.Most of the ISPs operate in Jakarta, but some offer services in several other cities. PT Pos Indonesia, thestate company which runs mail offices nationwide,provides services in 31 cities in the provinces. If you cant find an ISP in your town, this does not necessarily mean that you cant get connected to the internet. You will still be able to venture into Cyberspace, but you will have to pay more for the phone bills. This depends not only on how long you use the phone, but also how far the closest ISP office is from your place. *​