Category: Digital Nomad Info

Working as a digital nomad in Cusco, Peru

Internet connection options and speed

We do travel for the fun and for the great local experiences, but we do care about our internet connection speed and about having our spaces to work comfortably from while on our journey. Here’s what we have found in Cusco, Peru.

At our stay with Airbnb we were pretty happy with what the number showed on a speed test,

but experienced also slow/interrupted internet during a video call or while browsing the internet true being that we are not the only ones in the house that uses the same WiFi probably. The second option – always the hotspot from your phone – gave the following results:

Upload is pretty nice compared to the WiFi connection, but download is also enough and stable to have good video calls.

There are several operators in Peru, best coverage is offered by Claro, but us arriving on the weekend and having limited possibilities, we’ve ended up buying a SIM/chip from Entel in the local market in Cusco. It has unlimited Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram etc. and additionally has 3.5GB of internet. It probably ain’t the best to get, but for us it works, because usually our WiFi does a good job. The price for this prepaid option with Entel was around 12 $ and it is a monthly plan.

Laptop friendly workspaces

Though this place might look cool, it ain’t comfortable for a full day of work, so make sure you have other options at your accommodation. Choose right! It won’t be hard to find that through Airbnb. If you sign up from this link you’ll get up to 39$ towards your first trip.

With one-of-a-kind homes and experiences, Airbnb is a great way to travel. When you sign up, you’ll get 25$ off your first home booking of 75$ or more and 14$ towards an experience of 46$ or more. Coupons expire one year from date of sign up.

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Working as a digital nomad in La Paz, Bolivia

Internet connection options and speed

The WiFi connections speed isn’t shiny, but it is able to handle in general video meetings with several participants. Speed test with WiFi:

There is always a plan B, and that is to buy yourself a local SIM card (25 BOB = 3.6$) and charge it with some credit or internet (4 GB costs 50 BOB = 7.2$).

Later we’ve found that there are more options actually and you can get more internet in combos way cheaper, here’s Entel’s offer from (October 2019):

So I was able to get for 14.5$ 11GB-s of internet. Here’s what the internet speed test gave us by setting up a hotspot with it:

These options will be more than enough for our work from La Paz.

Laptop friendly workspaces

It won’t be hard to find that through Airbnb. If you sign up from this link you’ll get up to 39$ towards your first trip.

With one-of-a-kind homes and experiences, Airbnb is a great way to travel. When you sign up, you’ll get 25$ off your first home booking of 75$ or more and 14$ towards an experience of 46$ or more. Coupons expire one year from date of sign up.

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Working as a digital nomad in Sucre, Bolivia

Internet connection options and speed

The WiFi connections speed isn’t so shiny, but it was able to handle a video conference call with 4 participants (3 video streams downloading, 1 video stream uploading) on Google Hangouts. Speed test with WiFi:

There is always a plan B, and that is to buy yourself a local SIM card (25 BOB = 3.6$) and charge it with some credit or internet (4 GB costs 50 BOB = 7.2$). We did that by buying ourselves phone numbers from Entel. Here’s what the internet speed test gave us by setting up a hotspot with it:

These options will be more than enough for our work from Sucre.

Laptop friendly workspaces

Usually you would need a desk and a chair, but it ain’t bad if you have alternatives to switch places when you do your work. We are pretty happy with our place has to offer for us with a panoramic view of the city.