The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) appealed to people in the well-to-do category to be able to buy voluntary set top boxes (STB) independently.This community group does not include the recipients of free digital TV set top box assistance when analog TV broadcasts are turned off aka Analog Switch Off (ASO).The aid is aimed at poor households."People who don't belong to poor households hope to volunteer independently. For the upper middle class, they can buy smart TVs or digital TVs that cost from the cheapest to the most expensive," said Director General of IKP of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics Usman Kansong during ASO socialization in Jambi.Kominfo itself has informed STB and certified digital TV that you can visit by clicking this link.As an illustration, how much is the price for a digital TV set top box?These devices are priced between Rp. 150 thousand to Rp. 300 thousand, the price of which depends on the superior features of each device.Meanwhile, the price of smart TVs is around Rp. 2 million and above.detikINET never reviewed this which you can see by clicking this link.For poor households, multiplexing (mux) organizers and the Ministry of Communication and Information will provide assistance for you.A total of 6.7 million free set top boxes will be distributed according to the implementation of the termination of analog TV broadcasts in each region.Of course, the recipient of this assistance has conditions, namely including a group of poor families listed in the Ministry of Social's Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS), having analog TV, being in an area affected by ASO, and having a personal identity (KTP).For information, although ASO Phase 1 was implemented last April 30.However, the cessation of analog TV broadcasts has only been carried out in eight regencies/cities out of 166 regencies/cities.The eight regencies/cities in question are Riau (Dumai City, Bengkalis Regency, Meranti Islands Regency), East Nusa Tenggara (North Middle East Regency, Belu Regency, Malacca Regency), and West Papua (Sorong City, Sorong Regency).After that, the migration of analog TV to digital or ASO Phase 2 will be carried out on August 25, 2022, covering 31 broadcast areas in 110 regencies/cities and ASO Phase 3 on November 2, 2022 in 25 broadcast areas in 63 regencies/cities.