YouTube long videos
Chatting with a friend
A friend mentioned that uploading long YouTube videos outside is really not cost-effective
A video is 2GB in size, and the upload speed is not only very slow, but also consumes a lot of mobile data
You should know that mobile data is super expensive. If you exceed the upper limit of the data size, not only will the speed be limited, but you will also pay a large amount of data charges
Facing this situation, there are two options
One is to upload long videos at home at night, using the home wifi network, without worrying about data speed and exceeding the quota
The other is to buy a portable wifi. These wifis are different from mobile phone cards. They are designed for people who travel and need large data traffic. They are also an alternative solution for those who cannot install wifi at home.
Out and About
As a digital nomad explorer
You often go out, in different environments, different regions, different countries, and rent different hotels or B&Bs, etc.
This means that you will not have a room to install your own dedicated network, and you can only rely on the wifi in the hotel. However, the network speed of the rented room is usually unstable and may not meet your requirements, especially for remote personnel who rely heavily on online meetings and uploading large media files
Secondly, in different countries and regions, the signal strength of the mobile network is different, and the support of network operators is different, so you need a professional network solution that does not rely on mobile phones, has stable power supply, stable signal, and is cheap. This is portable wifi
Homelab
There is another situation
Although you are a digital nomad, you also bought a house, or the room where your parents live
You choose to travel to different regions, but you always have a home, which has your computer, your garage, and some of your personal and valuable items
For example, in this article, in a long-term rented house, some development board servers are deployed to build some network applications, open source software or hardware
These open source applications are hosted on the local server and accessed through the public network using a proxy
Just like the blog website in this article, it can be used to record thoughts and photos during travel, and can be used to access Google ads to obtain some online advertising revenue
For example, data synchronization services such as photos, NAS
For example, some online music, games, or notes, or to-do, calendars, are all deployed locally by me using docker
Homelab at home is also some of the open source application support that I must have when I am away
In order to ensure network stability, a portable wifi is also needed to ensure long-term network stability and avoid unavailability due to home broadband failure
network
In short
The most important thing for digital nomads is the digital Internet, and the foundation of the Internet is the network and traffic
When you are out and about, the battery life and network of your mobile phone are things you need to learn and optimize
For example, buy a mobile phone that supports fast charging, a large-capacity power bank, solar charging, portable wifi, etc.
Tips
When you try to become a digital nomad
When you are away from home or stay at home for a long time
You will encounter various problems, don’t be afraid, don’t panic
Just find a way to solve the problem in time
It’s like an experiment, or a play, until you are really in it