It's funny, but internet access is a lot easier to find in the developing world than it is in the US or Europe. In the States, it's all private and corporate DSL with the occasional unsecured wireless router to be found.
In rural Cambodia, it's a little building in the village with public terminals. These get used by the locals since they can't afford a machine or connectivity of their own, and by tourists who are happy to pay the equivilant of a dollar an hour to check their email.
Generally, they don't mind if you push the keyboard out of the way and plug the ethernet cable into the back of your laptop.
All in all, it's about 1000x easier than trying to find a pub in England with functioning Wifi.
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Wow... I want to do this.
Any ideas on living / working in these areas? How can you get online?
It's funny, but internet access is a lot easier to find in the developing world than it is in the US or Europe. In the States, it's all private and corporate DSL with the occasional unsecured wireless router to be found.
In rural Cambodia, it's a little building in the village with public terminals. These get used by the locals since they can't afford a machine or connectivity of their own, and by tourists who are happy to pay the equivilant of a dollar an hour to check their email.
Generally, they don't mind if you push the keyboard out of the way and plug the ethernet cable into the back of your laptop.
All in all, it's about 1000x easier than trying to find a pub in England with functioning Wifi.