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Siena

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9 Nov '15

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31 Jan '16

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9 Nov '15

Stockholm

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Budapest

12°C

Hungary

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Any Apple users interested in beta testing my VPN service?

by @portable | 6yr 5 years ago | 19 comments

Hi,

I’m a digital nomad (coming up to 3 years / 30 countries), software developer and run a VPN network.

Over the past few months I’ve scaled up the VPN network to include a lot of new countries (and popular nomad destinations) including Thailand, Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Chile and a load of others.

Several locations have been configured to route across Tier 1 networks to Europe and the US so should help improve international bandwidth. (often the problem with Internet access in some countries is that you have a great connection to local services within that country but poor international connectivity. By connecting to a decent VPN server located in that country and then routing across premium bandwidth you can often get significantly better results).

I’m wondering if any techy Mac/iPhone/iPad users in some of these locations would be interested in testing and providing feedback on the services. I’ll give you a free subscription and can work with you to give you the best connection. You’ll have a network of 50 servers in 30 countries to connect to, and with your feedback hopefully I can tweak the network to give the best performance for other nomads.

I’m not sure if I can post a link to the apps (don’t want my first post to be seen as spam) so reply to this thread if you’re interested.

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✨ Recommended destinations

This is an algorithmic recommendation based on @alain1405's trips history to find places they haven't been to yet that other people with similar travels as them also went and liked.

Lisbon

Portugal

Lisbon and portugal reality its not a fairytale locals tell to expats and tourist only good things all good and nice but the reality is hiding like many portuguese try to do about expats and tourists, unfurnoly many locals dont want progress and evolution they always want be the same year by year

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

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🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 17

$2,079 / mo

26Mbps

Berlin

Germany

Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular

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💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

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🌧 Feels 8° 46° 9° 48°AQI 47

$3,025 / mo

37Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

Don't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser

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🌤 Feels 41° 106° 34° 93°🥵AQI 116😷

$1,459 / mo

22Mbps

Prague

Czechia

I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay

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🌧 Feels 10° 50° 10° 51°AQI 53

$2,147 / mo

36Mbps

Singapore

They say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital

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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

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🌥 Feels 34° 93° 30° 86°🥵AQI 62

$2,818 / mo

95Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

During winter is quite safe plus much cheaper. Some nightclubs are free and yet there is still a lot of people. Great por lgbtq+ community.

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🌤 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 56

$2,931 / mo

29Mbps

London

United Kingdom

London is a SO beautiful city. The historical center is cute, but also majestic and luxurious. You feel the culture at every step. British people are really kind and welcoming! Plus, more than just one, you can enjoy TWO skylines 😍 so many skyscrapers, nothing beats its collection in Europe.

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💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive

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☀️ Feels 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 52

$4,232 / mo

23Mbps

Madrid

Spain

I really enjoyed staying in Madrid. Reasonable coast of life, plenty of things to see/do and deliiiiicious food.

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🌤 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 51

$2,821 / mo

32Mbps

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Hungary

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☀️ Feels 16° 60° 16° 60°AQI 111😷

1yr

$1,547 / mo

52Mbps

Sweden

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☀️ Feels 3° 37° 6° 44°AQI 37

3mo

$3,060 / mo

39Mbps

Italy

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💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

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☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 87😷

10d

$3,493 / mo

18Mbps

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Budapest

Hungary

I stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it when I was there. The city has a problem with British stag parties, so if you look like you're a British male and speak English expect to be treated with disdain (it's fair enough) The Hungarians can just generally be unfriendly, especially bartenders. It's a weird experience waiting to be served while 3 people ignore you. Or buying the same drink and getting charged whatever they want (700-1500

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☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 139😷

$1,515 / mo

37Mbps

Stockholm

Sweden

I absolutely love living in this city. It's very clean, safe and things generally always work! This is something I miss when I travel to other cities in Europe and rest of the world. Also co-working spaces are growing tons. Though night life might be pretty "boring", it truly is what you make it. Get to know other expats and friends through meetups or friend of a friend, and you'll have an awesome time here!

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☀️ Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 42

$3,658 / mo

39Mbps