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I use my iPhone 4S and tether it to my laptop. Most countries do have different frequency bands but an iPhone or newer Android will work just fine. 7Mb/s down
by ashray 14y ago
I use my iPhone 4S and tether it to my laptop. Most countries do have different frequency bands but an iPhone or newer Android will work just fine.
7Mb/s down and 3Mb up would be too much to expect off 3G. Even over Wifi in many countries, that would be too much. You could realistically expect about 2Mb/s down, but this really varies from country to country.
3G is enough for keeping track of things, pushing changes to github, uploading a few facebook pictures, etc. You can't really do much more than that without wifi. But thankfully that's available almost everywhere!
- hnwh 14y agoFor my remote job, I need to have daily skype conferences with up 4 people.. have you found that you can use skype reliably over these 3G connections, or is that something that you haven't really done much?
- ashray 14y agoI've used skype over 3G. Infact, I've used skype with video over 3G as well. However, a 4-way Skype over 3G is probably very difficult in most countries (but hey, choose Japan and South Korea and you should be able to 16-way skype on their mobile internet ;)). What I'm trying to say is that you could move to Brazil, rent an apartment with a 10 Meg line, and carry on with your work. I know a day trader (he calls himself the wandering trader..) who did exactly that.