3G Caribbean Vampire

Greetings,

The time is very early in the morning but for me it’s late; it’s 4:59am and in an hour or so the power will cut; also people will start waking up and life as we know it on Little Corn Island in the Caribbean will continue as it always has. For me, it’s the end of the day because once people start to wake up, the cell tower gets stressed…

When I first came to these islands there was only an edge connection the loveable “E” that you see and cringe as you wait for an email to download. I came back this time and for the whatever of it, I brought my phone into my office area and began resetting it from airplane mode until I got a 3G?! What? Normally I’d have to take a panga ride aka high-speed skiff to Big Corn Island to get work done.

This signal was surprisingly fast as well and suddenly an email is no longer an issue and I can stream youtube videos!? To give you an idea of how unpredictable it is; my room which is not far from my “office” still gets an edge. Either way, this changes everything but now my needs have changed. I don’t just need to surf the net, upload photos and listen to inspiring music; I need to upload gigabyte files to Youtube…

One thing lead to another but I figured out pretty fast that late night would be my time of day. It’s cool so my office is enjoyable, the network is blazing and it keeps me inspired to avoid the ever fun yet evil happy hour tradition that is so prevalent on Caribbean islands of this kind.

The sun should be rising in a half hour or so and a gigabyte costs me a cool $5 and change. Life is good and this morning I’m going to test the signal strength on my properties. Should this place get blazing which it looks like it will, the idea of building my primary residence here looks all the more appealing, indeed.

Happy holidays,