Dialup will perform terribly now over international and long distance -- our voice is compressed and converted to voice over IP for travel internationally. That

Dialup will perform terribly now over international and long distance -- our voice is compressed and converted to voice over IP for travel internationally. That's great for voice, it's terrible for modems. International ISDN might still work, but most circuits even if they are supposed to work are being discontinued. Make sure you have shortwave radio and know frequencies for things like BBC, that will give you general information on what's going on across the country if nothing else. Be aware even if you have internet access, not many people in country do, so things you read will likely be exaggerated rumours at best. It's this sort of environment that things like genocide can thrive. The best bet would be something like an inmarsat bgan, which do work, and are fairly small, but obviously aren't cheap.