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The journal of an Emigrant from Florida who spent almost 5 years in Uruguay... |
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Every time I start to think that perhaps ANTEL isn’t so bad, they do something to remind me that they are the worst, stupidest, most difficult and least professional telecommunications company in the civilized world. They are worse than Ma Bell when it had a monopoly–incredibly, they are even worse than ICE, the state-owned telecom [...]
I never thought that I would ever find any telecommunications company anywhere that was worse than Costa Rica’s state owned company called ICE, the Costa Rican Institute for everything electrical (probably including the static electricity you generate by shuffling your feet on the carpet). ICE is responsible for electrical power, telephones, cellular telephones, Internet and [...]
One of the things about which I am most pleased is the fact the Internet service provided by Antel is getting much better. The bandwidth has increased, while the prices remain the same. Last year, in a desperate search to get sufficient bandwidth we bought an expensive router that would aggregate Internet bandwidth from two [...]
If you are like me, the internet based communications service know as Skype is one of the key means by which you stay in touch with the world. Of course, because I am the kind of guy who wears a belt and braces (suspenders to Yankees), I also have Vonage VoIP phone service, BroadVoice VoIP [...]
One of the things that seems to amaze many of the Uruguayos I meet is that I left Costa Rica to come here. After all, doesn’t Costa Rica have better weather? Isn’t it a world famous Expat haven where more than 100,000 gringos have found a home? How could anyone leave there for here? Easy! [...]
It is 7°C outside now (for those of you in Yankee land, that is about 44° F). The winds are brisk and steady at about 40 kph (25 mph) and the sun is bright. As I look outside my window where the local football team (soccer to Yankees) practices, I see a clump of men [...]
After months of waiting, the printed version of “The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay” is finally available online at: http://www.lulu.com/content/579686.
After nearly 2 months of effort, our success in getting the Internet bandwidth that we need is so infinitesimal that I can hardly restrain myself from doing my imitation of a sailor who just hit his finger with a hammer. When compared to the improvements in our Internet, snails race across the garden wall, and [...]
I have made it and moved into my new house. Unfortunately the ADSL lines have not! We planned everything to perfection!  We would first move only two ADSL lines into the new house and leave one at the old house as a contingency.  All the orders were placed early enough and installation was confirmed for [...]
I come from the lightning capital of the World, Pinellas Country Florida, where the statistical chances of getting struck by lightning are far better than they are for winning the lottery, or maybe even the perfecta at the local horse track. (Maybe this explains my magnetic personality?) Despite that background, I was impressed last night [...]
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