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by nness 2122 days ago
I'd imagine the internet just has to be good enough to have video calls and transfer the occasional large file for 90% of people.

I think life on a Caribbean island would be enough reason to ditch our usual high bandwidth vices like gaming and streaming for just a year.
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dylz 2122 days ago
Some examples:

https://discoverflow.co/barbados/broadband/overview

https://discoverflow.co/barbados/mobile/plans/prepaid

https://www.digicelgroup.com/bb/en/mobile/plans/postpaid-pla...

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chongli 2122 days ago
The real question is how good the backbone is that feeds the country. If large numbers of people move there and start doing video calls, streaming Netflix, etc then it could use a ton of bandwidth.
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mleonhard 2120 days ago
Barbadian dollar (BBD) is pegged to the USD. BBD 2.00 = USD 1.00.
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pault 2121 days ago
I lived on an island in Belize for five years while working remotely. I had a 4G dongle that gave me about 100/25 most of the time, good enough for Netflix and video calls. SSH into a server into the states was rough though.
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sneak 2122 days ago
If the latency is good enough for video calls, it’s good enough for gaming.

If it’s broadband of any kind, it can be used for streaming. Even 3-5Mbps is workable for HD, with a bit of upfront buffering.

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