Assalamualaikum wr.

wb

The honorable, the judges of Emerald English speech contest, every participant, and all the
audiences.

My name is Anastasya Alea Casta and I'm from SMK Antartika 2 Sidoarjo.

First of all, I would like to invite you to say thanks to God who has given each of us Mercy and
Blessing, so that we can meet together in this blessing day in our wonderful place. And I also deliver
sholawat and salam to our prophet Muhammad SAW, who has brought us from the darkness to the
brightness, so that we can always stay in the right way.

Ladies and gentlemen

In this great moment, today, i would like to deliver my speech about "the Influence of wifi spot in
Sidoarjo"

People nowadays, who doesn't know Wi-Fi? Wireless Fidelity or better known as Wi-Fi is a universal
technology that’s built upon a set of standards to allow high-speed internet connections and secure
communications between a wide variety such as computers, mobile devices, and other equipment
without the use of cabbles. Or in short, Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that allows digital
devices to connect to the Internet.

According to kompas-com, based on a survey conducted by the Indonesian Internet Service

Providers Association released in March 2019, more than 60% total population in Indonesia are
literate with the Internet, or as many as 200 million people, which of course is no exception to
Sidoarjo.

Now the question is, why do people use WiFi, how can this WiFi effects sidoarjo, effects us?

First, for information — Sidoarjo is one of the big city in east java who has many big industries,
restaurants, malls, and more which some of these places provide Wi-Fi. Some people in sidoarjo use
WiFi so that they can easily finish their work. As i said before, WiFi allow us to connect to the
internet. It means that we can almost get all the information that we need for our work. But actually
not just that, with WiFi, we can easily transfer files, we can turn our smartphone into a remote
control, or even print almost anywhere within a 100 meter radius of a WiFi Access Point.

Second, for communication — after connecting their devices to WiFi, people tend to use the Internet
to communicate with one another, using application such as WhatsApp, Line, KakaoTalk, Instagram,
Facebook, and many other social media.

Third, last but not least, for entertainment – many, many people use the Internet to enjoy
themselves and to engage in personal interests. Sometimes they or maybe us use WiFi, to entertain
ourselves, like for playing games, watching films, download music, and many more.

Clearly, those things show us how WiFi has a big impact in our lives. That WiFi can almost cover all
daily activities ranging from communication to information and how WiFi has become a necessity
that can be said absolute for most people.

So for the next question, how can this WiFi effects sidoarjo?
We know that Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can easily connect us to the internet,
with that being said, there must be many positive effects and of course negative effects coming from
Wi-Fi. Some of the positive effects are like how we can easily get information in our digital devices,
how we can finish our work faster with the help of internet, and some of the negative effects are like
how childrens can now easily be seen hanging around to a Wi-Fi spot — Usually, many people
(teenager to adults) go to a Wi-Fi spot to do their assignment, or even simply just to meet up with
their friends. But now, you can easily find children from ages 12 or bellow in many Wi-Fi spot
without any purposes other than playing games.

Speaking of games, according to okezone-com, there are 200 million internet users in Indonesia,
where 30 million millennial children actively play games. That means, slowly but for sure, 60% of the
childrens who go to that Wi-Fi spot will start to get addicted. I can still see many children go to some
Wi-Fi spot straight after school end until night came. It as if they forget about time, chores,
homeworks, and it's like they're trapped in their own world.

So, what are we gonna do about it? Are we supposed to leave it be just like that? No! As Sidoarjo
citizens it is our duty to change our Sidoarjo to become a better city for the next generation. Because
if we don't do anything, then who will?

Eventhough, we can't do anything about places that already has Wi-Fi spot, however there's a way
that we can do to prevent us or even people around us for being addicted to Wi-Fi.

For example, setting aside limited time for computer use, get a hobby or an interest that doesn't
involve the internet — like, get involved with teams, clubs, sports, church, music, dancing, singing,
go for a run with a friend and many more.

Control knowledge, but don't let knowledge control you. That's all my speech today, I hope this
speech will be useful and thank you for your attention.

Wasalamualaikum Wr. Wb.