XL to Push Data Usage

If you want to push data usage, what would you do? Eliminate the barriers of entry: modem price, price of BlackBerry handset, notebook ownership, and price for the subscription.

XL is promoting some new bundles - this week is Jakarta's Computer Expo time:

• Modem HSPA (yes, they market it as HSPA, not HSDPA) bundling:
  
• Rp 1.5mil (US $170) with an option for 0% 12-month installment
• including 3-month free data subscription (250 MB quota), worth Rp 300k
  
• 12-month contract
• BlackBerry 0% 12-month installment (priced quite competitively), with 3-month free subscription
• Notebook bundling, Rp 5mil and you get:
  
• Quantel 10.2" notebook: link
  
• Free modem
• Free 3-month data subscription (1 GB quota), worth ~Rp 750k
• 12-month contract
• XL introduced a small data subscription package (expensive if you calculate the per MB charges), Rp 10k for 10 MB and Rp 25k for 25 MB.