Internet in Canggu — workable, but always carry a backup
Canggu’s villa WiFi averages 25-50 Mbps. Coworking fibre runs 100-300 Mbps. Reliability is the bigger story: power cuts hit the area two to four times a month, and single-ISP setups go down with them. Seasoned nomads always work off two connections — home WiFi plus a hotspot on a local SIM or eSIM.
For day-to-day remote work — Zoom, Slack, Git, cloud IDEs — Canggu is fine. Heavy uploads (video rendering, large Docker pushes) are slower than Europe. Plan around coworking for those tasks.
Providers and options
Average Speed
35 Mbps (villa) / 150 Mbps (coworking)
Reliability
Medium
| Provider | Type | Speed | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biznet | Fibre | 50-300 Mbps | Most reliable for remote work. Business plans have SLA. Best coverage in Berawa and Batu Bolong. |
| Indihome (Telkom) | Fibre/DSL | 20-100 Mbps | Widest coverage, cheapest plans. Reliability drops in the rainy season (Nov-Mar). |
| MyRepublic | Fibre | 50-200 Mbps | Newer entrant, fast in villas where it is available. Patchy on side streets. |
| Telkomsel (4G/5G) | Mobile | 20-80 Mbps | Best mobile network in Bali. Reliable in most of Canggu. 30 GB prepaid around USD 10. |
| XL Axiata | Mobile | 15-60 Mbps | Cheaper than Telkomsel. Coverage fine around main roads, thinner in the rice fields. |
Tips for reliable connectivity
Always have two lines. The standard nomad setup is villa fibre plus a Telkomsel SIM in a portable hotspot (USD 30 on Tokopedia) or phone tether. When one drops, the other keeps you live.
Test before you commit. Run a speed test at the villa door before signing a monthly lease. Ask the host which ISP is on the line — Biznet is a green light, Indihome is fine for non-critical work, anything DSL is a red flag.
eSIM on arrival. Airalo and Holafly offer Indonesia eSIMs from USD 9 for 5 GB. Useful the first 48 hours before you buy a local SIM. Physical Telkomsel SIMs are sold at official shops inside Pepito, Samadi and Ripcurl School of Surf — bring your passport.
UPS for storms. The rainy season (November-March) brings outages. A small UPS (IDR 800,000, about USD 50) keeps your router alive through 10-30 minute cuts and saves you from a dead Zoom mid-call.
VPN on public WiFi. Cafe and coworking WiFi is usually shared-password. Run a VPN (Mullvad, Proton) for banking, client repos and anything sensitive.
Best-connected neighbourhoods
Berawa — the most reliable area for villa fibre. Biznet has the best footprint here, and most newer villas come pre-wired. See Canggu neighbourhoods.
Batu Bolong — dense coworking coverage means you are never far from 150+ Mbps. Villa fibre is more variable on the narrow gangs.
Pererenan and Babakan — quieter, greener, but fibre coverage thins out. Check the specific address before you book. The Workspace coworking fills the gap for high-speed work.
Echo Beach — more remote, weaker WiFi infrastructure. Fine if you only need mobile data and a coworking day pass, less ideal as a long-stay base.