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Keeping in Contact With Family, From Afghanistan?
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."
Where's the Australian connection?
The story is about Aghfas...Ashgaf...some other place besides Australia.
Also, the submitter doesn't appear to be Australian, and they haven't linked via an Australian news service website.
In fact there are no links to any Australian websites of any kind at all!
It appears this story has no Australian content or connection whatsoever!
When kdawson was in charge, we could count on him and Slashdot to serve up nothing but Australia-promoting stories, but the moment he's absent we have to wade through shit from other places.
Australians were rejoicing at the news of yet another once-excellent website being hijacked by our self-serving countrymen, whose embarrassingly adolescent inferiority complex makes them hellbent on convincing the world that we're actually important, and the focus of world attention.
Now it's back to this?
Was that all just some kind of sick joke?
This smacks of an evil conspiracy by terminally envious Kiwi sheep-shaggers.
Nah, they're much to pathetic to successfully achieve anything.
I forgot those dessert dwelling peasants attacked our freedom right? Give me a break.
An SQL query goes to a bar, walks up to a table and asks, "Mind if I join you?"
Break up with your wife and leave your family behind. They deserve better than a disgusting murderer for a husband and father. Set them free...
How about a personal visit to your family from an army official?
How's that for communication?
Die, occupant, die.
I do not believe in karma. "Funny"=-6. Do good and forbid evil. Yours, Oft-Offtopic Flamebaiting Troll.
"Anonymous Coward" is a perfect characterization of your army of cowards, behind your Bradleys. An handful of Mujahedeen armed w/ Kalashnikovs and IEDs are beating your stinky occupant ass for 8 years now.
May you find your grave in Afghanistan.
I do not believe in karma. "Funny"=-6. Do good and forbid evil. Yours, Oft-Offtopic Flamebaiting Troll.
I don't know the feasibility of using this over there, but if you have access to a computer you could look into a Magicjack.
Basically, you plug the Magicjack into a USB jack and it acts like a Voip gateway for a phone. You can use a regular phone or a computer Speaker/Microphone to call. Since you can use a local number for your jack, if you family calls you it will not be long distance. It also supports Caller-ID and voicemail. combine with this phone, and you got a lightweight solution. Although that handset isn't looking too stellar review wise.
It's not the cheapest solution though. Magicjack costs 39.95 for the unit which comes with 1 year of service. After that it's 19.95 a year. Also, the Military may frown on software being installed on their PC's. If you are bringing a notebook or Netbook you shouldn't have a problem though. Third, bandwidth could be an issue too, since it needs a minimum of 128 kb/s to function.
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