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[*] posted on 4-23-2018 at 12:29 PM


As others have said, not so much for connectivity. The "data" on the 2G towers is laughable -- as in 30 minutes to download a MMS message of 500 bytes.

Even if you have access to a "DSL" landline/wifi, don't expect much more than text-based email to work in Asuncion. There's a ton of lag which causes many websites to time out (especially your bank, doctor's office, work server, etc.).

Data throughput on the "DSL" is more on the order of an old 14.4kbps connection during the day, and mayyyybe ISDN (128kbps) speeds in the early mornings. Not good enough for streaming anything at a quality you'd want to watch.

It has gotten much worse over the past five or six years as the bandwidth of the data pipe in and out of town hasn't changed, but now every household has a dozen "smart" devices which are always connected (and downloading updates, movies, etc.) versus just a single computer in years past. We have in been able to telecommute from Asuncion (both of us work with simple Word docs and text emails) but it's getting to the point where even that is a laborious undertaking.

Vizcaino and Guerrero on the other hand, are tied into the fiber which
run the length of Mex 1. The 4G throughput is pretty good and the landlines are excellent (around 50mbps).

Phone calls usually (but not always) work in Asuncion and the other coastal towns, though the quality is more like VOIP with occasional drops.

In years past, the Asuncion cell network as well as the landlines had a habit of going offline for several hours in the AM when it was cloudy. My understanding is that there's a common solar-powered microwave data uplink ,which uses a mid-point relay, back to Vizcaino, and the batteries in that relay weren't always as fresh as they should be. It did not appear to be an issue this year (Jan-Mar).

[Edited on 4-23-2018 by chavycha]
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