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Re: Ask HN: Digital Nomads: What's Your Setup?

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Post by soheil »

lukevp wrote: post #46

I’m not living this lifestyle, but I feel that Starlink will drastically alter this market and open up so much more remote working environments. You should consider to at least sign up for the beta so you can get access sooner, theoretically you would get 100+ mbps anywhere in the US with no caps within the next year or so, and I’m guessing they’ll make a remote-friendly plan. Right now you officially can’t travel wi…

Do you really wanna be lugging a rather awkwardly big dish around every time you check into your next airbnb or hotel room?

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Post by jrwoodruff »

jameslk wrote: post #41

I've heard of https://unlimitedville.com/ recommended before, although I have not used them. They at least have deals with different carriers in case one is problematic so you can switch to another.

I was just looking at them this morning. I'd love to hear of anyone that has actual experience with them. With skyroam, it seemed like many of the reviews and blog posts I came across were paid reviews.

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Post by jamal-kumar »

jamal-kumar wrote: post #44
tayo42 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which part of Costa Rica? Funny I was just looking at spending a month or two on a work-cation after getting vaccinated. Looking at Santa Teresa or nosara, keep reading the internet is unreliable. That was my experience after spending a few days in Santa Teresa a few years ago

Yeah man I just hang out in San José for the most part. Pre-pandemic, fun party scene for sure which is probably one of the big things that kept me here. Now it's just nice to be able to spend like 5 bucks on an uber ride and go climbing nearby mountains and volcanoes when I get time off. Great climate in the city and surrounding area. I suggest here or some of the outlying cities and towns around Alajuela. Monteverd…

https://www.grupoice.com/wps/portal/ICE/en-linea/reporte-de-...

Well it looks like they replaced their reporting website with a terrible app nobody seems to like at all. I guess now you have to rely on having decent Spanish and being able to navigate their phone line heh

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Post by zests »

dustinmoris wrote: post #4

My understanding is that most digital nomads live and work from co-working spaces in beautiful tropically warm places which offer a nice balance between luxury for cheap, tourism and paradise like many places in South East Asia. I think many base themselves in cities like Singapore but the hop around Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc., so they don’t really have the issue of mobile broadband.

How hard is it to work internationally like that? I'd imagine its especially challenging to hop between countries unless you work for yourself.

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Post by OldHand2018 »

moxplod wrote: post #7

If you are in USA, the best thing I found was T-Mobile has at 100GB hotspot plan for $50 a month which each of you can get one. I have faced this a lot, since I have been a digital nomad for 8+ months now. Other things I did: like downloading songs and movies on my ipad when I have wifi has saved me a lot of GBs. On windows there is a setting called "metered connection", which will make sure it does not download majo…

> downloading songs and movies on my ipad when I have wifi has saved me a lot of GBs.

This is an underrated advantage that the Apple ecosystem provides. I have a 2011 Mac mini and swapped out the hard drive for a 2TB SSD. I just keep everything downloaded on it and buy/download new stuff when wifi is around. At all other times, networking is turned off.

It connects to hotel TVs etc via standard HDMI. It has an IR port, so it can be controlled via remote.

The DRM'ed stuff has to reauthorize every month or two. It's a very low-bandwidth operation that takes about 20-30 seconds (and reauthorizes all your content). I share internet from my phone and a two-bar, no LTE connection is more than enough.

I even have the original box it came in, so I don't worry about damaging it when moving around.

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Post by alert0 »

jcboon wrote: post #28

I've been doing van life for about a year and a half now. Zoom is the real killer and I try and steer my calls to audio as often as I can. I'm also a sysadmin/compliance consultant so I don't need as much screen time. My setup: Internet: Xfinity Wifi in city / TMobile Max for the road unlimited phone and 40GB tether. I've not yet tried to do all my zoom on the phone but in theory that would mean your Zoom wouldn't co…

Can you get xfinity wifi without a home plan?
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