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Forum: Spain
Apr 19th 2013, 10:22 pm
Replies: 172
Views: 13,686
Posted By londonbee

Re: Pound slumps again..

Don't worry, if Benny and his Squid boys can successfully short the crap out of gold, any currency's going to look good.
Forum: Spain
Apr 19th 2013, 5:58 pm
Replies: 172
Views: 13,686
Posted By londonbee

Re: Pound slumps again..

Oh boy. Straight out of the Bernanke shill book.
Forum: Spain
Apr 4th 2013, 7:18 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,588
Posted By londonbee

Re: Infanta Cristina in the dock....at last.

As the Chinese say, the fish rots from the head
Forum: Spain
Apr 4th 2013, 7:16 pm
Replies: 83
Views: 30,755
Posted By londonbee

Re: Thinking of buying in Torrevieja

If possible rent, for at least the next 5 years.

Only unless someone puts a gun to your head, buy. Probably not what you want to hear but just because everything's on a fire sale in Spain doesn't...
Forum: Spain
Apr 1st 2013, 7:23 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 408
Posted By londonbee

Domesday

While spending the Christmas time of 1085 in Gloucester, William had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire to find out what or how much each landholder had in...
Forum: Spain
Apr 1st 2013, 7:15 pm
Replies: 85
Views: 6,085
Posted By londonbee

Re: Why Spain is becoming an export powerhouse..

“Spain is turning into the next Germany”

What utter cr*p.

Where exactly is Spain's Mittelstand then? This is the same bureacratic Spain with its rigid labour laws and real estate debts we're...
Forum: Spain
Apr 1st 2013, 6:05 am
Replies: 8
Views: 961
Posted By londonbee

Re: ADSL or Wireless thingy from nearby town?

Unfortunately this was not the case with us.

If you have a telephone and the local exchange is not overloaded then it is simple.

Movistar told us it was impossible to install ADSL at our house,...
Forum: Spain
Mar 27th 2013, 4:39 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,850
Posted By londonbee

Re: France squeezing Expats, who's next?

Most people would agree on your points John. This isn't an issue of wanting a lifestyle, it's an issue of being left alone by interfering governments.
Forum: Spain
Mar 26th 2013, 6:26 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,850
Posted By londonbee

Re: France squeezing Expats, who's next?

:amen:

the phrase "honest living" has become a contradiction
Forum: Spain
Mar 26th 2013, 6:17 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,850
Posted By londonbee

France squeezing Expats, who's next?

Expats are easy pickings for bankrupt governments.
Cypriot bank levies and now this in France.
...
Forum: Spain
Mar 19th 2013, 4:48 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,489
Posted By londonbee

Re: Advice needed

Somebody else told me about the EU rights. I wanted to confirm it before going to the agent and being that guy spouting his rights to the locals who couldn't care less.
Forum: Spain
Mar 19th 2013, 12:11 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,489
Posted By londonbee

Re: Advice needed

I've been using Orange contrato 10Gb/mes but I need 30gb+ a month to do my work. The line however is reliable and would be great the day I can get good bandwidth on one of these things. Unless...
Forum: Spain
Mar 19th 2013, 11:41 am
Replies: 37
Views: 4,489
Posted By londonbee

Re: Advice needed

It's a worthy warning to all prospective tenants and buyers that we both checked the property address on Movistar website and verified availability with the agent. Beyond that what are you supposed...
Forum: Spain
Mar 19th 2013, 9:20 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,379
Posted By londonbee

Re: Early results from Spanish VA experiment + a note on internet here in Spain

Why didn't you recover the payments? Seems strange
Forum: Spain
Mar 18th 2013, 7:25 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,489
Posted By londonbee

Re: Advice needed

The two non-fixed line alternatives:
- Satellite: The local satellite provider offers 1MBps for a rather expensive package (Orange mobile is better)
-WIMAX: doesn't cover here.

Third alternative...
Forum: Spain
Mar 18th 2013, 2:52 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,489
Posted By londonbee

Re: Advice needed

Looking into it now. Wimax would be preferable due to ping times vs Satellite. I've tried contacting Wimax providers here before but no reply from any of them :blink:. Any recommendations?
Forum: Spain
Mar 18th 2013, 2:51 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,489
Posted By londonbee

Re: Advice needed

Was it satellite or a WIMAX system you are using?
Forum: Spain
Mar 18th 2013, 2:50 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,489
Posted By londonbee

Re: Advice needed

Same here, agent told us we could get 6MB internet in the property.

I am currently using a mobile wifi router but 10G/m (on Orange @ 35E/m) isn't nearly enough bandwidth for work. I'd need a...
Forum: Spain
Mar 18th 2013, 2:07 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,489
Posted By londonbee

Unhappy Advice needed

So today, after a long wait for ADSL, the Telefonica engineer finally shows up at our house. He pokes around for a few minutes, says he'll be back in "5 minutos" and then never returns.

According...
Forum: Spain
Mar 16th 2013, 10:17 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 5,031
Posted By londonbee

Re: Savers in Cyprus have to chip in for bailout,will it happen in Spain

The value of expat assets in European accounts in Cyprus & Spain must be less than 1% of the daily value of speculated transactions on currencies. It will be a drop in the ocean. Long term GBP will...
Forum: Spain
Mar 16th 2013, 9:08 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 5,031
Posted By londonbee

Re: Savers in Cyprus have to chip in for bailout,will it happen in Spain

...followed by a tsunami and a plague of locusts
Forum: Japan
Mar 16th 2013, 8:21 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 2,735
Posted By londonbee

Living in Okinawa?

Has any non-military non-Japanese folk tried living here?
What was your experience?
Forum: Spain
Mar 16th 2013, 8:18 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 5,946
Posted By londonbee

Re: Can ANYONE save me from this gloom?

Australia is an amazing place. And guess what, so is Spain! Both are great places to live. Australia being a great place to live doesn't detract anything from Spain.
Forum: Spain
Mar 16th 2013, 8:13 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 5,031
Posted By londonbee

Re: Savers in Cyprus have to chip in for bailout,will it happen in Spain

Desperate governments in desperate times

The pound won't be affected. So little of currency values these days is traded on fundamentals.
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