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Keeping in Contact With Family, From Afghanistan?

Posted by timothy on from the and-don't-say-learn-pashto dept.

LiNKz writes "Within a short while I will be heading to Afghanistan and in the interest of keeping in communication with my wife and family I've been looking at different means of it, from VoIP to cellular services. I'm not sure how well connected or how stable of a connection the base I'm deploying to has, which means VoIP might simply not be an option. I have, however, noticed in my searches that Afghanistan has recently boomed with cellular coverage though that too seems to be difficult to ascertain. I'm curious if the Slashdot community has any information or experience regarding international cellular services offered in this country and the means of obtaining it."

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  1. first post by RegTooLate · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    get your comm out fast! like fp

  2. The Taliban will ring your mother! by Mendy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rhod Gilbert on Afghanistan

  3. Been there, done that, don't go. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's a shitty place, with - sadly - no future.

    Sorry to be 'non-geek', but if you want to stay in touch with your loved ones, the best thing to do is...not go.

    Nearly everybody has tried - for over a hundred years - the Brits, the Russians, their placelings, the Taliban, now the US-led coalition & their placelings. It's like herding rabid cats.

    I'm a patriot, but please believe me when I say there are better ways and places to serve.

    Nuke 'em from space etc.

  4. Learn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dari

  5. Re:may you die. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How about we clone Jeffrey Dahmer so he can do as he pleases to your offspring?

  6. Re:may you die. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the mapkinase, the

    Oh, and fuck you too...