http://www.mpdailyfix.com/turkey-and-the-internet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turkey-and-the-internet Opinions. Commentary. News. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:14:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.mpdailyfix.com/turkey-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-35008 Bea Sun, 04 May 2008 18:30:42 +0000 http://www.mpdailyfix.com/turkey-and-the-internet/#comment-35008 Paul, info from an insider versus a tourist will vary greatly. While all the major hotels do have good internet connections, the three and four-star hotel may have an antiquated system with no one to pay attention to it. In our homes, it doesn't take 30 minutes to download emails from anywhere. While even the faster or fastest speeds aren't what they're supposed to be for the speed we subscribe to, the internet is still fast. It usually took about 2 minutes to download about 50 emails mostly coming from out of the country. Also, while most people in the large cities of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir have good internet speeds, the smaller towns without a lot of affluent people especially may not have faster speeds and rely on dial-up. Even back when I had dial-up in Istanbul, it worked fairly well. As for the internet cafes, you are right. They are typically filled with young boys playing games, but there are those who cater to the more serious. Nice internet cafes abound, not to mention wireless is in Starbucks, Gloria Jeans, other coffee shops and even other places where the Yuppie crowd congregates. I'm so glad your family enjoyed Turkey. It is truly my favorite place in the world and I've lived there for 10 years. My blog shares a lot more of the day to day life in Turkey. Paul, info from an insider versus a tourist will vary greatly. While all the major hotels do have good internet connections, the three and four-star hotel may have an antiquated system with no one to pay attention to it.
In our homes, it doesn’t take 30 minutes to download emails from anywhere. While even the faster or fastest speeds aren’t what they’re supposed to be for the speed we subscribe to, the internet is still fast. It usually took about 2 minutes to download about 50 emails mostly coming from out of the country.
Also, while most people in the large cities of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir have good internet speeds, the smaller towns without a lot of affluent people especially may not have faster speeds and rely on dial-up. Even back when I had dial-up in Istanbul, it worked fairly well.
As for the internet cafes, you are right. They are typically filled with young boys playing games, but there are those who cater to the more serious. Nice internet cafes abound, not to mention wireless is in Starbucks, Gloria Jeans, other coffee shops and even other places where the Yuppie crowd congregates.
I’m so glad your family enjoyed Turkey. It is truly my favorite place in the world and I’ve lived there for 10 years. My blog shares a lot more of the day to day life in Turkey.

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