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astme92
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 Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: High speed internet and WiFi access |
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javascript:emoticon(' ')My wife and I will soon be moving to Montenegro in May. Can high speed internet be activated via cable or landline? Are there WiFi services. We will be living in Igalo. Thanks |
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markowe
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Location: Novi Sad, Serbia
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: High speed internet and WiFi access |
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| astme92 wrote: |
| My wife and I will soon be moving to Montenegro in May. Can high speed internet be activated via cable or landline? Are there WiFi services. We will be living in Igalo. Thanks |
Hi. Wow, moving to Igalo! If it's not a secret, do tell us how come. I have spent a lot of time in Igalo and Herceg Novi, and a certain Krsto and his wife, a member of this forum, lived for 4 or 5 years in Herceg Novi.
In answer to your question, Igalo IS served by ADSL broadband, which you subscribe to via the telephone operator T-Com. There is no English website unfortunately, but the details in Serbian (ahem) are here: http://www.t-com-cg.com/privatni.aspx?akcija=197
Basically, it is not necessarily available everywhere - it depends which phone exchange you are connected to and whether ADSL has been made available there yet. On this page, in the window on the right where it says "ADSL provjera dostupnosti", if you knew the phone number of the place you were living you could check the number to see whether ADSL IS available. It is the 088 area code. If you want to know the details, like prices etc. I can roughly translate them for you.
But it might also be tricky getting ADSL introduced as a foreigner, i.e. not being the owner of the apartment or whatever. It might be best to ensure that any place you rent has ADSL before you move in.
As for wireless, there is no town-wide wireless (Wi-Max) network, but you could attach a DSL wireless router to your ADSL modem (just make sure it IS for ADSL, not for cable modem, there is a difference) and then you would have wireless (Wi-Fi) around the house. That is a pretty cheap solution, though ADSL itself is still not rock-bottom cheap like in the West.
Let us know if you need any other info about living in Montenegro - someone here might be able to help.
Mark
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astme92
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject: Why Igalo? Internet & Used cars |
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My wife is a fysiotherpist who will be working with patients suffering from reumatism. I am retired and support her by being the "housfrau." We will be there for six months. We understand the apartment will have a phone line, but we don't know the exchange and whether it has ever had ADSL. I doubt it has it now. Why is there a problem for non-Montenegrans to get ADSL?
We also would like to buy a used car and try to save on rental costs, with the idea of selling the car at the end of our stay. Does this make sense? |
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markowe
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:58 am Post subject: Re: Why Igalo? Internet & Used cars |
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| astme92 wrote: |
My wife is a fysiotherpist who will be working with patients suffering from reumatism. I am retired and support her by being the "housfrau." We will be there for six months. We understand the apartment will have a phone line, but we don't know the exchange and whether it has ever had ADSL. I doubt it has it now. Why is there a problem for non-Montenegrans to get ADSL?
We also would like to buy a used car and try to save on rental costs, with the idea of selling the car at the end of our stay. Does this make sense? |
Aha, working in the Institute in Igalo. I am guessing you must be Norwegian then!
The issue with ADSL is just that in order to sign a contract for things like telephones, Internet etc. is that you probably have to be the house-owner, or have his/her permission in some way. So if there is no ADSL, I guess it is a case of explaining to the owner (if you know who he/she is) what you want and getting THEM to do it, so... extra hassle. Also, I see from the site of the provider that the minimum contract length is 12 months! Sounds crazy - maybe there is some arrangement they can give you for 6 months, as you are a foreign visitor. Perhaps they tie you in to 12 months because they are giving you the modem for free or whatever. Either way, you will need a bit of help with that from whoever is arranging your stay.
Buying a car and then selling it again DOES make rational, human sense, unfortunately in this crazy part of the world, it can often be a disadvantage thinking this way! I will leave that to someone else to explain, but I think possibly it would be easier to take a car down with you, though it's a long drive, wherever your coming from...
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Krsto
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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Location: Novi Sad Serbia
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:37 am Post subject: Re: Why Igalo? Internet & Used cars |
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| astme92 wrote: |
My wife is a fysiotherpist who will be working with patients suffering from reumatism. I am retired and support her by being the "housfrau." We will be there for six months. We understand the apartment will have a phone line, but we don't know the exchange and whether it has ever had ADSL. I doubt it has it now. Why is there a problem for non-Montenegrans to get ADSL?
We also would like to buy a used car and try to save on rental costs, with the idea of selling the car at the end of our stay. Does this make sense? |
Hi there. I spent six years in Herceg Novi up until 2 years ago and spent most of that time working at the Physiotherapy School in Igalo.
As a foreigner on a six months contract you wont be able to register a car. You have to be permanently resident. The only way you can actually drive a local registered car is to buy one and register it in a local residents name. You can then drive it with an authorisation from the local court. However you have to be very careful buying a used car in Montenegro as many of them are of dubious origin.
The other problem might be travelling in to Croatia - Dubrovnik is only 30 kms away. The Croats are still very sensitive about what hapenned in the wars of the 90's and when I was in Herceg Novi Montenegrin registrations were not very welcome in Dubrovnik.
I do know foriegners in Herceg Novi who have cars registered in Bosnia (the Bosnia registration is more acceptable in Croatia), registered in the name of a Bosnian. That might be one way of doing it.
However, you might find that bringing a car with you is much easier. You could then probably sell it before you left. |
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astme92
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| Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:03 am Post subject: What about a rental car? |
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Thanks to Krsto and Markowe! You have been very helpful. We heard that Montenegro living will be challenging, politically, and your insights and experience is very appreciated. We may not have the option to bring in a car, something we should have thought of ourselves, but is long term renting reasonable? We also heard that the transporattion system is very good there although we love exploring nature on our own.
Perhaps renting in Dubrovnik and using the car in Montenegro would soften the problem of driving around those two countries. What do you think?
We will try to get in touch with the apt owner to determine phone number, ADSL availability, etc.
Again, thanks for the help. |
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