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by diarmuid 1913 days ago
I mostly stay at airbnb - and I make sure that it has wifi and that there are positive comments re wifi and no negitive comments - I will also ask the host before booking

I bring a 27' 1440p monitor and a monitor arm to use in conjunction with my laptop to have a good dual screen setup - I also tend to bring a 50' ethernet cable to connect to the router to avoid wifi trouble

I use google fi for my phone - it works all over the world and if my internet goes down I can tether to my phone (at 10 USD per gb) - its also great that I have the same number wherever I go so whatsapp etc just works and I can give work contacts a stable number

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I guess I should clarify that I have spent almost 3 years living in airbnbs and working remotely - usually staying about 2 months in each place
Since you are a long term nomad, I'm wondering what your solution is for Government documents (IRS, Driver License, Car Registration, Jury Duty notification, absentee voting, etc), bank statements (KYC regulations), and other things that need a real address, and not an personal mailbox service? I've had issues with using PO Boxes even with Street Addressing, but I'm not sure a UPS store box would fix those issues.

Services like EarthClassMail sound like it would fit the bill, but I'm wondering if whatever API's these SaaS services use to validate "true residential address" will eventually blocklist these services addresses.

Thanks!