½ûÂþÌìÌÃ

Menu
½ûÂþÌìÌÃ
Search
Magazine
Search

Izmir

iambrianok

Hi   I'm moving from Poole, UK to Izmir in April to start a job there. Be great to hear from other expats who live there.
What's it like

See also

Living in Izmir: the expat guideAny french or english speaker to Izmir?looking for kababayan here in izmirLookin for new friendsAny expats in Izmir?
ArvaritA

you'll love it! :) but Istanbul is always more fun ;)

iambrianok

How long does it take to get from Izmir to Istanbul?  Could I manage a weekend there, for example?

iambrianok

thanks
I looked to see about flights -and I see that I can fly to Istanbul for quite a low fare in just an hour. Maybe that would be better.

What's internet access like in Izmir region? I'm guessing its uptodate and modern.
brian

Jenbob

hey

Im moving there in 2days, Im also from the UK :) are you enjoying it so far?

Jen

unity100

iambrianok wrote:

What's internet access like in Izmir region? I'm guessing its uptodate and modern.
brian


izmir sits on one of the main internet backbones going out of turkey. therefore the quality of internet is good - especially for the provider UyduNet (old Kablonet - cable connection). you can get unlimited (without quota) connection. the ping is also very good, you may play with ~200 ms to u.s. game servers and ~100 ms to eu game servers.

if you use 3rd party services like your freedom, you may get even lower ping.