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There are 2 cell providers in the Philippines and both provide LTE. Smart is the market leader and operates on channels 1, 3, 5, and 28. Globe operates on channels 3, 7, 28, and 40. [https://www.gsmarena.com/ Check your phone’s compatibility]. Packages are available with the largest reported being 4.5GB for $15 on Smart and 8GB for $19. More data is available [http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Philippines here]. Globe reportedly “manages” their traffic in ways that some might find intrusive. | There are 2 cell providers in the Philippines and both provide LTE. Smart is the market leader and operates on channels 1, 3, 5, and 28. Globe operates on channels 3, 7, 28, and 40. [https://www.gsmarena.com/ Check your phone’s compatibility]. Packages are available with the largest reported being 4.5GB for $15 on Smart and 8GB for $19. More data is available [http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Philippines here]. Globe reportedly “manages” their traffic in ways that some might find intrusive. | ||
== Accommodation == | |||
[update when options are known (sometime early January)] | |||
== New Year's Eve == | |||
At least 4 of us are gathering in Manila the days before Jan 1, and will be celebrating NYE there together. | |||
== Questions == | |||
As always, ask on IRC. | |||
== Invite-only XMPP chat for participants == | |||
We have a more private communications channel for people who are definitely coming to Hacker Beach. It's an XMPP group chat at ''hackerbeach@chat.kosmos.org''. Please ask someone to invite you, in case you don't have access yet. | |||