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Mikeflanagan

really depends on your location, where i was living, could be daily easily, if its rainy season that amplifies the situation as well. because they will shut down grids on areas that are prone to flooding, its really hard to guestimate. you would need someone who works in IT in the area your moving to , in order to better discern the rate % of outages for where your going to stay. then you will run into some parts of brazil with rotating brownouts as well so I would be cautious

Mikeflanagan

the other issue is how much it will cost to put down to get the internet there providing you go with starlink, like some say initial setup can have as much downpayment as 2500 reais, then 500 reais +++ per month, In a situation like this unless you want to ensure no downtime, get a nobreak with up to 8-12 hours worth of battery on it to be safe.


and the starlink prices id suggest reaching out to them, but its not an instant setup.


other pain in the rear is if you move. your signal might not work at all and you might have to pay new fees.

sprealestatebroker

the other issue is how much it will cost to put down to get the internet there providing you go with starlink, like some say initial setup can have as much downpayment as 2500 reais, then 500 reais +++ per month, In a situation like this unless you want to ensure no downtime, get a nobreak with up to 8-12 hours worth of battery on it to be safe.
and the starlink prices id suggest reaching out to them, but its not an instant setup.

other pain in the rear is if you move. your signal might not work at all and you might have to pay new fees.
-@Mikeflanagan


Too steep for a price paid for residential broadband.  I was paying over R$ 100 per month for Vivo Fiber. 


This Satellite Service  only justifies if you need to run mission critical and you lack either...


1.Multihomed fiber at your doorstep

2.Lack a wirelss last mile.

3.No choices for dark fiber at your curbside.


Or that you need some backhaul link as insurance.


Or you are confined to a Rural area with a substandard ISP with no decent SLA. 


Folks, there is a price to pay when you go off the grid.  You forsake quality health care, essential health care, and infra structure you take for granted. 


It ain't like America, where short of some Native Reservations, you at least get an incumbent RUS Telco to provide you with all the essentials. The Cap money doled out there, gets to Telcos on an  annualized basis.  Here' there is a collection of such fee ( FUST), but the money gets squandered before it gets to your ISP. 


All of that stuff on living by the beach side, pecking your laptop, drinking pina coladas, not feasible here. You must be either in a large metro or a second or third tier city.   

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