Comments on: Expat Tech: Increasing Slow Network Speed and Performance in Buenos Aires

By: DaVe

DaVe — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:37:26 +0000

The 30 Mbps has been much better for me. I have some occasional issues when downloading at the same time, but it is better.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:30:00 +0000

Dave,
I checked with Fibertel and I am upgrading the connection to 30 Mbps. I hope that will work for Vonage. The 6 Mbps worked fine except there were occasions when the the receiver could not pick up anything what I was saying. I will follow your suggestion to move my Vonage router in front of my wirelss router as well. Thanks!
Lisa

By: DaVe

DaVe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:23:16 +0000

Vonage worked good with my 6 Mbps line. The only time I had problems was when I was downloading something else and as soon as I stopped that it worked perfectly. I did move my Vonage router in front of my wireless router, which also helped.

I now have Fibertel Evolution which is 30 Mbps. I can download and use Vonage at the same time with no problem.

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:47:05 +0000

Great blog. I was in BA last month and faced similar issues using Vonage. Dave, where u able make calls finally through Vonage? I even increased the speed to 6 mb and it didn’t help. I will be there again next month and hence would like to know if u found a solution. Thanks!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:08:25 +0000

Hola
Que recomendas para alguien que va a estar en Argentina por solo 2-3 semanas pero necesita estar online? Voy a alojarme en una casa sin conexion a internet instalada

By: DaVe

DaVe — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:19:04 +0000

Actually Fibertel increased their lower rate from 3 Mbps to 6Mbps and it has made a huge difference! If you rent a place, make sure they upgrade to this speed for you.

By: sean wolfe

sean wolfe — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:58:41 +0000

hey great blog! I'm happy to find it and this is great information for me as I'm headed down soon and will also be working remotely.

Looks like many of your issues are on the wireless side as opposed to the broadband / internet provider side. Have you considered running a wired connection to see how your performance improves?

By: Mauri

Mauri — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:11:07 +0000

Muy bueno. Es increíble como los monopolios controlan los precios y las características de los productos a gustos propios.
Por suerte hay lugares en Argentina, que están implementando Wi-Fi gratis. En la provincia de San Luis, por ejemplo, ya está libre el servicio de wi-fi gratuito para la provincia entera, y ya hay planes para la Ciudad de Córdoba. No se de mas lugares, pero seguramente se irán incrementando. Obviamente, las conexiones son muy deficientes, pero por algo hay que empezar.

Un saludo desde Córdoba.

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By: DaVe

DaVe — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:48:47 +0000

Thanks for the compliments and welcome to Buenos Aires (soon). There is not huge range of providers here. Your options pretty much are: Fibertel ( http://www.fibertel.com.ar ) - cable Internet Arnet ( http://www.arnet.com.ar ) - DSL Internet Telefonica ( http://www.telefonica.com.ar ) - never used them You can also get high speed networking cards from the mobile phone providers (Movistar, Personal, and Claro).