Wired Turkey

One of the things that I have found quite surprising (and a little bit of a problem as I really need some off-grid time) is how amazingly wired Turkey seems to be. Not only does pretty much everyone have a decent ADSL or cable line to their hotel or pansiyon, but everywhere I’ve been has wireless internet access from even the most rustic “we don’t do TVs or radios” beachside bungalows, to treehouse hut campsites.

A blessing and a curse I guess. Means it would be dead simple for me to come here on holiday even when things are a little too busy to really warrant it at work, but means I’m not quite ever away from work at the same time. Hmmm…

Strangely, upload speeds appear to be strangely choked throughout the country based on connection testing I’ve done all over the place from even dedicated bandwidth places. Inside Trukey they seem fine, but as soon as you get o level3 access, especially through TurkTelecomm through to the Netherlands, you definitely notice a drop in speed and quality of service. Ought to make getting all those 2MB photos up to flickr a little bit interesting.