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=== Indonesia === [[File:Warnet Aqila brothers'Net - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Internet café in [[Riau]], Indonesia]] According to APWKomitel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apwkomitel.org/ |title=Home of APWKOMITEL |publisher=Apwkomitel.org |access-date=2012-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126184026/http://www.apwkomitel.org/ |archive-date=2012-01-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (Association of Community Internet Center), there were 5,000 Internet cafés in urban Indonesian cities in 2006 providing computer/printer/scanner rentals, training, PC gaming and Internet access/rental to people without computer or internet access. The website<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apwkomitel.org/sumatra.html |title=Warnet di Sumatra |publisher=Apwkomitel |access-date=2012-02-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217042055/http://www.apwkomitel.org/sumatra.html |archive-date=2012-02-17 }}</ref> also contains a directory listing some of these warnet/[[telecenter]]/gamecenter in Indonesia. In urban areas, the generic name is [[:id:Warnet|warnet]] (or ''warung Internet'') and in rural areas the generic name is telecenter. Warnets/netcafes are usually privately owned as bottom-up initiatives, while telecenters in rural villages are typically government or donor-funded as top-down financing. Information on netcafe/warnet in Indonesia can also be found in a book titled: ''Connected for Development: Indonesian Case study''.<ref>[http://www.i4donline.net/ATF/2007/fullpapers/Rudi_ATF07ABS129.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809173647/http://www.i4donline.net/ATF/2007/fullpapers/Rudi_ATF07ABS129.pdf|date=August 9, 2007}}</ref> Currently, no special license is required to operate an Internet café or warnet in Indonesia, except for the ordinary business license applicable to cafes or small shops. Because of hype and poor business planning, many net cafes have closed down. Although the number of Internet cafes are growing, associations such as APWKomitel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wsis-online.org/smsi/organization/organization-view?group_id=326287 |title=wsis-online.org |publisher=wsis-online.org |access-date=2012-02-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217042021/http://wsis-online.org/smsi/organization/organization-view?group_id=326287 |archive-date=2012-02-17 }}</ref> urge new Internet café owners to do a feasibility study before planning to open an Internet café, and provide a business model called multipurpose community Internet center or "MCI Center"<ref>{{cite web|author=WSIS Webmaster |url=http://www.itu.int/wsis/stocktaking/scripts/documents.asp?project=1143795049&lang=en |title=World Summit on the Information Society |publisher=Itu.int |access-date=2012-02-04}}</ref> to make the business more sustainable and competitive. Hourly usage rate varies between Rp 2500–15000 ($0,27 – 1,60)
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