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BridgeLinguatec-Buenos
Aires: • No
computer lab but they had tvs and dvds. |
AUSTRIA |
Actilingua: • Internet
limited to sharing a computer lab with 7 computers
and limited speed. Bring a laptop with ethernet
cable but must put ip address/network address/domain
settings in manually. Computer labs in town
are faster, but cost about $3 for 15 minutes
or so. Unsecured
wireless is rare, but there is one on Rennweg
and Fasangasse with "airport in the title," but
I could not pick it up with my internet card,
others could. |
| BELIZE |
| FCD: • Phones
expensive. Locate internet cafe with satellite
connection (non-BTL), much cheaper for international
communication using VOIP service such as Skype.. |
BRAZIL |
Bridge
Linguatec-Rio: No internet
service for about 3 weeks and only 2 computers.
UFSão
Jão del Rei • Computers
are slow. |
CANADA |
U
Alberta: Internet
available at my home stay so only went online
before or after class at the university. |
COSTA
RICA |
CPI: •E-mail & Computers: • Internet
really slow at CPI so use internet cafes. • CPI
had limited computers.
Wireless internet available in Heredia and
Monte Verde, not Flamingo. Internet cafes were
abundant and easily accessible in all 3 locations. Phones & Phone
Cards: • Phone cards bought
in U.S. don't work, so buy there. • CPI
had phones. • Don't recommend Sprint
phone cards, it was busy my whole time in CR.
Limited phones; phone cards hard to find. • Only
some phone cards work in CR, so best to just
buy them at local stores in CR. • Phone
cards expensive and don't always work on public
phones. |
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BA-Quito: • Have
to pay to use internet. • Quito has many
low priced Internet cafes and phone service. |
| EGYPT |
NRCSA-Cairo: The
internet is available where I'm staying (since
I stay at the residency), and they also have
a computer lab. But that closes a lot. It is
hard to talk to anyone about a phone card or
buying a phone, the easiest thing to get your
hands on is a sim card, but even then you need
a phone that will take one, which mine didn't.
It is easier to just download skype to talk to
your family. |
FINLAND |
All
sites: • Have
a cell phone then buy a pre-paid phone system. • ...
buy a cell phone or new sim card if your phone
allows switching sim cards. |
| FRANCE |
All
sites: • Internet
good, phones less so. • Cell
phones are an expensive trap.
Saint Etienne: • Difficult
to find internet access on campus. Phones cost
90 Euros. |
| GERMANY |
Marburg: • ...Institute
advertises 'internet' service for students,
but it is virtually non-existent. The system
is terrible
and only available for 1 hour per day, M-F!
You have to sign up a month in advance.
Hamburg: High cost of phone calls. |
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GUATEMALA |
Proyecto
Linguistico: • Internet is
slow, but it works. |
ITALY |
CIMBA: • No
phones in the facilities, only a couple of pay
phones outside. Few computers to check e-mail. • Always
had access to internet and phones. |
JAPAN |
Chukyo: • If
you plan to purchase a cell phone or internet
service, it helps to have a credit card. |
KOREA |
Korea
U: • Cell phones are expensive |
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BridgeAbroad-Playa
de Carmen: • ...
internet cafes plentiful.
Cuauhnahuac
(Cuernavaca): • Calling
anywhere was a pain. • ...
buy both local and international phone cards
at the school, not in the U.S.A. • ...
make sure cell phone will work there. • School
internet slow, so better to use internet
cafes.
Fenix: •
Internet in Zacatecas costs 70¢ an
hour. • Internet
to USA bad. • Internet cafes
always available. • Learn
to use the phones before arrival. • This
establishment in Zacatecas has international
calls for .10-12¢/minute. PC-CHE@P
The outside building says PAPELERIA Address:
Elias Amador
# 118 Delli Café Phone numbers:
922-17-27 922-91-00. • Know in advance
what arrangements are available with host
families to make calls
home, AND the cost. • You can
use computers there, but limited number.
Do have wireless
connectivity, so could use laptop.
TEC
de Monterrey: • It
is best to take your laptop since TEC is high
tech, more than NMSU. • Communication
with the U.S. can be difficult, most international
students buy "Unefon" cell
phones which are cheap, pre-paid phones
with reasonable
rates to the U.S. Some U.S. cell carriers
such as Nextel and Verizon have plans
that will
work in Mexico and are reasonable. |
NETHERLANDS |
Utrecht: • Phone
usage is based on the cell phone, so students
need one. |
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BridgeAbroad:
(Malaga) • Host families will
not let you use the phone. • Lots
of computers at school, but not outside.
(CLIC-Sevilla) • School
computers awful, old, too few, internet
not working. Local internet cafes great,
but
had to pay.
NRCSA: • Don't
expect internet access in homes and apartments.
Texas Tech Sevilla Center: • Take
laptop with wireless capabilities, since only 10 computers at facility for
60 students.
UPO: • Get
Vonage so you can talk to your family regularly. Take a laptop to do homework
and checking e-mail. Cyber Cafes get expensive. |
SWEDEN |
Karlstad: • Cell
phones inexpensive. |
UK (England,
Scotland, Northern Ireland) |
British
Studies London Summer Program: • I
had problems with calling and emailing relatives.
I say this because we did not have phones
and also the internet did not always work. • Computers
hard to access.
Central Lancashire: • Required
to purchase University phone card to use
the phone from my room, which was not satisfactory. |
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