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You Can Be Landline-Free!

If you have hi-speed internet and are using any phone service other than a Voice-over Internet Protocol, like Skype, you are throwing money away.

If you are moving to or just visiting a foreign country where hi-speed internet access is available, you really do need a VoIP service and a headset. You can plug into any computer and make calls to anywhere in the world. Or carry your laptop, even better.

If you don’t have a VoIP when traveling outside your country, calls cost 25¢ to $2 per minute. Or more. During our first . . . → Read More About You Can Be Landline-Free!

27 December 2006
Comments are closed   CR: Communications, CR: Cost of Living, Expat, Living-In, Skype

No One To Bribe

Guess what? There is NO DSL at the new house. Notice I’m not calling it "our" new house anymore, am I? In my conversation with I.C.E. (Eee-say, the government monopoly that controls ALL the phone lines and ALL related services), when the Customer Service rep told me installation would be "in 45 days", what she meant to say was "not in your lifetime". It turns out there is no DSL service in that area. Anywhere. No clue as to when it will get there either. We are talking Big Time mañana land . . . → Read More About No One To Bribe

11 April 2006
Comments are closed   CR: Communications, Culture Shock, Living-In, Moving-To, Real Estate, Skype, Utilities