So I’m in BA and I’m getting all of my tech necessitates sorted out. So far things are not bad. We have DSL in the apartment that seems comparable to AT&T DSL (nothing great but workable) and WiFi is plentiful in the many local cafe’s. I find myself hoping from cafe to cafe to access google maps and skype on the iphone.

One of the first things I noticed was that two services I like, Pandora and Netflix are unavailable here due to licensing restrictions. Basically the media companies are too big and too stupid to provide their own solution yet too freaked out to let the good people of South America have access to their wealth of fine media. At any price it seems. Luckily a simple US based proxy setup will provide you access to both Netflix and Pandora. Find an anonymous proxy on the net or set your own up with Linux and Squid.

The other thing I’ve worked on is a good cheap solution to forward my US based cell number to my iPhone here in Buenos Aires. I looked into rolling my own solution via Asterisk but have so far been using Skype and having a pretty good time of it. The Skype app works well on the iPhone when combined with Wifi. Currently forwarding my AT&T number to my SkypeIn number. This isn’t a great solution because currently I can only access data via wifi so it’s great for being at home or making calls when I’m near a wap but not great for random incoming calls. I’ll get a sim card this week and take it to the next step.

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