One week before the 79th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Indonesia, people in Ilan Batu Uru village can now get free Wi-Fi.

TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Residents of Batu Uru Village, Luwu Ilan, South Sulawesi Province have been experiencing traffic for nearly a week. internet Via the network Wifi It’s free and available at three locations.

Residents are now busy gathering at Posyandu Cambodia 2, Healthy Village House and Sapta Paranta Secondary School to look for signals. internet Get the latest information and communicate with out-of-town family members.

Previously, residents of Batu Ulu Village in Ilan used handheld walkie-talkies (HTs) to communicate as there was no cellular network.

Some residents already have mobile phones, but access to cellular networks or internet They have to ride motorcycles or walk dozens of kilometers of stone roads.

Residents of Batu Ulu Village in Yilan are beginning to be able to use it Wifi It will be free starting from August 12, 2024 or about a week before the 79th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Indonesia.

Right of use Wifi This freebie is provided by the Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) of the Ministry of Communications and Information (Kominfo).

Lipu Hardiyanto, head of Batu Ulu village in Ilan, said that previously, sick residents had to be carried on stretchers to the health center, about 7 kilometers away.

As is Wifi Installed in Posyandu, it is now possible to directly contact the nearest health center.

You can even use video calling services so that health workers can see sick residents and provide first aid instructions while they wait for an ambulance to arrive.

“As is internet If someone is sick and needs a car or motorcycle, our posyandu staff can contact the puskesmas directly and can provide information internet”, said Lipu at the Posyandu II Conference in Cambodia on Saturday (17/08/2024).

Lipu also hopes to enter Wifi These freebies can be replicated and he even hopes his village can install a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) tower so that it can be accessed internet It can become easier.

“I hope to add about eight more free Wi-Fis so that all the small villages in our village can enjoy the same services that people in the city enjoy,” said Li Pu.

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Then Citra Satap Taranta middle school students said that it already exists now internet It was easier for him to find information on how to make crafts during school craft assignments.

“Now, if I want to learn about it, I can find information on making crafts through Google, and it can be found in English,” Sitra said.