Originally Posted by juice99

the topic says it all.. i'm looking for a country with cheap costs of living ( i will get money from working online so i don't mind high unemployment in this country)

but i need pretty fast internet (would be even better with low pings to europe...), good weather ( i'm in Poland, and it's very cold ), and low costs of living. i wouldn't mind the sea or ocean too

let's look at what i so far considered:

Thailand/Malaysia - it's not cold for sure, but internet is pretty slow and since my work depends on it, i don't know... also, i looked at telegeography, and all traffic from east-asia is going to US and then to Europe, that's really bad... it's slow i checked and there is average of 500 ms ping replies )

Vietnam/Laos - underdeveloped still. some stuff is actually more expepsinve han in europe (like internet). won't even say a word about internet speed.

Cyprus/Malta - pretty warm and close to europe. but internet costs and overall costs of living not really good.

Uruguay - so far the best bet, but internet still not quite good... and i don't know spanish but that i can learn. but then again - electronics in Uruguay is so expensive, and so cheap compared to malaysia.

any other ideas? Bali in Indonesia also quite good, but also slow internet...

more developed countries are more expesinve... but maybe i missed some small (or not so small) country that is pretty cheap but also has quite fast internet? if you have any ideas, please post them here

Originally Posted by simonandmartina

I'm pretty sure that Korea has the fastest internet in the world. It's lightyears faster than anything I've ever experienced in Canada. Super, super fast.

As well, the cost of living is cheap. Full dinner can cost you $2-4 American dollars, and you'll be stuffed completely. Taxis cost 1/10th what they do in Canada, and a bus ride with set you back 90 cents. There's also a big push for English here (they're trying to make it a national language), so you'll be able to get by very easily.

And the weather's not bad. Monsoon season was two weeks long. Now it's November and it rains once every two-three weeks.