Bonaire - Suitable for long-term remote work?

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My experience has been quite different, especially recently. When were you there last?
March of last year
 
Which resort?
A couple of them. I don’t remember the last one, but one of them was Buddy Dive.
 
I tend to agree about Buddy Dive. The quality really depends on one's location in the resort, but the biggest problem is it sometimes drops out, then comes back in a few minutes. It is also much better NOT in the evenings when all the guests are trying to stream something. My t-mobile service has unlimited data but is restricted speed while using it internationally. So if the BD wifi drops, I can switch to connecting via the cell service....sometimes slow is better than zero bandwidth.
 
I tend to agree about Buddy Dive.
Bad Internet, or Internet that drops... I've heard this in at least 3 different forums now, so this one is off my list. The price would be huge for a 2 month visit anyway, seems like something I would only try if I was going for 2 weeks or less, and not working at all while there.

It sounds like Bonaire has good infrastructure though now, so at least I haven't heard of large long-term outages -- a short outage, or being able to drive somewhere to get another signal is not a deal-breaker for me.

Unlike last year in Puerto Rico, where they appear to have some real infrastructure problems, maybe from hurricane damage still. That's no excuse for AT&T to have billboards claiming "5G is here, get 5G now" -- at the time 5G was barely available in large US cities. What they were actually selling was 2G or maybe 3G, but they were calling 5ghz frequency modems "5G" -- totally dishonest for a company like AT&T that obviously knows the difference between 5ghz (been around for 10-20 years) and 5G (5th generation latest networking specs).
 
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