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> Mottley addressed the concern: “In terms of broadband, we have two major telecommunications companies, and at the same time we are looking to see how we can c

by cheeze 6y ago

> Mottley addressed the concern: “In terms of broadband, we have two major telecommunications companies, and at the same time we are looking to see how we can continue to boost our national television station and move it from being a broadcasting entity to digital services.” Not... the most inspiring, but maybe the internet is good? That would be my biggest worry. It's an absolute must have.

nness 6y ago
I'd imagine the internet just has to be good enough to have video calls and transfer the occasional large file for 90% of people. I think life on a Caribbean island would be enough reason to ditch our usual high bandwidth vices like gaming and streaming for just a year.
- sneak 6y ago
  If the latency is good enough for video calls, it’s good enough for gaming. If it’s broadband of any kind, it can be used for streaming. Even 3-5Mbps is workable for HD, with a bit of upfront buffering.
- dylz 6y ago
  Some examples: https://discoverflow.co/barbados/broadband/overview https://discoverflow.co/barbados/broadband/overview https://discoverflow.co/barbados/mobile/plans/prepaid https://discoverflow.co/barbados/mobile/plans/prepaid https://www.digicelgroup.com/bb/en/mobile/plans/postpaid-plans.html https://www.digicelgroup.com/bb/en/mobile/plans/postpaid-pla...
  - chongli 6y ago
    The real question is how good the backbone is that feeds the country. If large numbers of people move there and start doing video calls, streaming Netflix, etc then it could use a ton of bandwidth.
  - mleonhard 6y ago
    Barbadian dollar (BBD) is pegged to the USD. BBD 2.00 = USD 1.00.
- pault 6y ago
  I lived on an island in Belize for five years while working remotely. I had a 4G dongle that gave me about 100/25 most of the time, good enough for Netflix and video calls. SSH into a server into the states was rough though.
tom_mellior 6y ago
There are these results which you may or may not choose to trust: https://testmy.net/country/bb https://testmy.net/country/bb These look good on average, though if you click through to "Fastest Cities", some corners of the country look very slow.
flower-giraffe 6y ago
Fibre to the home is available in plenty of locations - off island bandwidth is a bit variable but you can get up to 1000/500 for 300 USD https://discoverflow.co/barbados/broadband/overview https://discoverflow.co/barbados/broadband/overview

by cheeze 6y ago

nness 6y ago

I'd imagine the internet just has to be good enough to have video calls and transfer the occasional large file for 90% of people. I think life on a Caribbean island would be enough reason to ditch our usual high bandwidth vices like gaming and streaming for just a year.

sneak 6y ago
If the latency is good enough for video calls, it’s good enough for gaming. If it’s broadband of any kind, it can be used for streaming. Even 3-5Mbps is workable for HD, with a bit of upfront buffering.
dylz 6y ago
Some examples: https://discoverflow.co/barbados/broadband/overview https://discoverflow.co/barbados/broadband/overview https://discoverflow.co/barbados/mobile/plans/prepaid https://discoverflow.co/barbados/mobile/plans/prepaid https://www.digicelgroup.com/bb/en/mobile/plans/postpaid-plans.html https://www.digicelgroup.com/bb/en/mobile/plans/postpaid-pla...
- chongli 6y ago
  The real question is how good the backbone is that feeds the country. If large numbers of people move there and start doing video calls, streaming Netflix, etc then it could use a ton of bandwidth.
- mleonhard 6y ago
  Barbadian dollar (BBD) is pegged to the USD. BBD 2.00 = USD 1.00.
pault 6y ago
I lived on an island in Belize for five years while working remotely. I had a 4G dongle that gave me about 100/25 most of the time, good enough for Netflix and video calls. SSH into a server into the states was rough though.

tom_mellior 6y ago

There are these results which you may or may not choose to trust: https://testmy.net/country/bb https://testmy.net/country/bb These look good on average, though if you click through to "Fastest Cities", some corners of the country look very slow.

flower-giraffe 6y ago

Fibre to the home is available in plenty of locations - off island bandwidth is a bit variable but you can get up to 1000/500 for 300 USD https://discoverflow.co/barbados/broadband/overview https://discoverflow.co/barbados/broadband/overview