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Asynchronous vs. Synchronous work. If you can time your internet bursts to your travel schedule you are in heaven. If you need to collaborate with others on their schedule, or respond to unexpected events on tight timeline... maaan I'd love to find a way.

Your Vietnamese and Indian plans are markedly better than my Canadian full-time cell plan. That's awesome to know. And depressing to know.
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Noraly does it well relying on wifi in guesthouses and hostels. That's not my definition of stable internet, though. But if you work for yourself and have the flexibility to go a few days without internet if need be, then I say hell ya—give'er.
I'd have to do a test run, maybe a month or so on the road here in Balkans, to see how it would work. Some planning is definitely required, but it seems like it should be doable.
Like staying in an area with internet coverage for a few days, to be able to work, and riding through remote areas on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Maybe reaching a spot with decent internet on Monday or Tuesday, and then just rinse and repeat.

Also, if you travel through countries that are less expensive than the EU and US, you don't need a ton of money.

For those areas that have some internet coverage, this seems to be a popular solution: https://soliswifi.co/pages/how-it-works

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During COVID I tried to teach German and English online (video conversations via Skype and share Google Docs) while travelling in Turkey. An unholy p.i.t.a due to the lack of fast, uninterrupted, reliable hotel wifi.
Ya, that's something you'd need a really good internet connection, to work without any issues. My work is a bit more forgiving in that regard.

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Am currently in India and my data SIM for fast internet costs usd$9 a month for 100gb of data.

Both VN and IND data mobile speeds are faster than anywhere I've seen in Europe. And of course a lot cheaper. Germany wifi connections also seem incredibly slow.
That's true, and data is really cheap in India.
However, some very remote areas will be an issue, India is no exception. But in the cities, yeah, I had better internet than in Europe.

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If you can time your internet bursts to your travel schedule you are in heaven.
Yup, that's the idea. As said, planning is the key here, but it seems doable.

Staying for a couple of months in a place with a good internet connection, working and piling up on cash, so that you can have some slack for the next couple of months while on the road, where your connection might be spotty; that's also a possibility.
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A lot of people try to become youtubers and influencers.

Let me know if that's your plan. So I can block you now
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A lot of people try to become youtubers and influencers.

Let me know if that's your plan. So I can block you now

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Actually more like an hour and a half or so a day. I'm a trader, so I just need to be online 30 min before NY exchange opens, place orders if there are any opportunities and that's it. Occasionally there may be other work, the other thing I do, but that's also light on time and flexible in terms of schedule. With such a working schedule, depending on time zones, I could either ride in the morning and work in the evening or work till like 11 am and ride till dark.
Seems doable to me, as long as there's internet available.
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it depends a lot about your kind of work. The internet usage is a lot different if you have to do:

Video conferences, Screen sharing, VPN Remote working, Streaming, Video Uploads, be available in Teams...

in comparison to have to "upload" some translated ebooks any view weeks, check email, deliver some script code and so on.

So it is hard to compare those "this worked for me" for the readers who probably need a complete different setup.

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