Free internet wireless connection in Bogor

There's a few places offering wireless internet access in Bogor, here's a few.

The best is the connection in Hotel Salak, it's fast but unsecured (no user ID or password needed). My brother, the cheapskate he is, sometimes just park in their lot and freeload on access (yes, it's free). I like their Rafflesia (sp?) Restaurant though, it's quiet during the day, the food and drinks reasonably priced (if ornery) and the sofas comfy. There's an outdoor area beside the pool, as well, that's reasonably shaded.

The Telapak Cafe, right next to the Damri bus lot, accross from the new Botani Mall, has slow connections and even staider food. I was there a couple times, the first time the connection was down, and since it was a Saturday, no one was around to fix it. Another time I was there during lunch time. Connection was slow and often broken. IF it were working properly, this probably would be the better connection in Bogor since it's a secured access, overseen by an NGO that cares about such things (as they should be, given the things they do). Allegedly you're allocated IDs and passwords every few hours to keep the connection secure from hackers. The food, however, leaves much to be desired--sandwiches soggy and the Indonesian fare spice-poor, and the choice limited. There's a couple of islands of sofas, but if they're taken, your choice is uncomfortable, tiny, plastic chairs and equally tiny tables. Aluminium chairs and tables outside are a bit better, but the glare is awful, and the view of busses literally kills any motivation for work. It's a shame, really, since they occupy a prime piece of property.

The Box Office Cafe is located in the road parallel to the toll road, so as you exit to the left in Bogor, immediately turn left again on the first road on your left. Follow that road to a fork, keep straight and the cafe should be on your right. It's probably the nicest place for working on a laptop, since it's dimly lit, quiet, has good, reasonably priced, food, and comfy sofas. But the first time I was there connection did not work (and waiter assuring us several times it WAS; it took us customers to front a united face for them to finally recognize, yes it's not working. Sigh, I hate places where they never heard 'customer is king'). The second time I was there connection was really, really, really slow that I vowed never to go there again.

All the above are free. There's another option at the Colonial Kafe close to Taman Kencana, but you have to buy voucers and I'm too cheap for that.