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[rogerbid]

Hi,

I am hoping someone with recent experience can assist in my dilema.

I have bought a netbook and plan to write emails at my leisure and save them to a USB drive, hoping I can then get to an internet cafe and send them without paying for a lengthy time online.

However, I do have Wireless access on my netbook so will it be worth buying a prepaid internet USB thingy? Does anyone have any experience of the wireless coverage in South America? I dont want to pay a lot for something which ends up being next to useless!

We leave in 3 weeks and plan to go to Santiago, south to Cape Horn, north to Buenos Aires and across to Cusco via Puno, so any experince in these areas will be particularly relevant.

Any suggestions will be welcomed, thanks.

best wishes,

Roger

[kathryn77]

I'm not sure about wireless, but there's certainly no shortage of internet cafes anywhere in South America - hope someone can confirm the wireless bit for you. Have fun!

[skylab]

BA and Santiago you´ll have awesome internet. The other places is a hit or miss. If you´re going to Bolivia, that´s a huge miss.

It all depends how importaint internet is to you. Are you making money from it?

I´m in Cusco right now and the internet cafes here are about 4 to every block so it´s easy and quick. Most places you won´t have an issue finding internet, it´s just about how fast you want it. Satellite internet can be just as slow depending where you are, signal, weather, etc. I don´t think it´s worth it IMO.

[rogerbid]

Thanks Skylab, for your assistance, sounds very encouraging.

I hope you will stay safe with the seismic activity! take care!

Roger