moving to bogota

juaninlosangeles says on Aug 4, 2004, 11:53:

Good for you, I am 29 and moved to the US when I was 10 from Medellin, so I know what you are going through and I want to move to Colombia in the future as well. I wish you the best of luck and hope you find the lifestyle and happiness you are looking for back in Colombia.

Juan

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jmmyers says on Aug 4, 2004, 12:08:

devloper I'm a java developer considering a move to colombia. I would like to start my own company doing web application development for end user products, such as a flight scheudling application I'm working on completing here in the states. COP$1,000,000 a month for a mid level developer is about 15% of the U.S salary, very attractive for a business owner :).

Let me know what you find out in Bogota. What technologies are you looking at, and what are you trying to accomplish?

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gringoesteban says on Aug 4, 2004, 15:14:

good choice I have also decided to leave my job in Miami and move to Bogota, probably in November. I am currently the finance director for an IT company and would be interested to hear what you have in mind for your business. It sounds interesting....

Gringoesteban

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lucas626 says on Aug 6, 2004, 13:18:

IT bussines climate I was thinking of offering services using LINUX RH as an OS, I have done a large implementation of linux in my networks, I use linux to actually run "virtual" windows sessions for my users, using "thin" clients and running everything on the server, I also use linux for my firewalls and file and print servers (using SAMBA). I think in the education sector there would be a great need for "thin" client computing, considering the great cost avantages over Window$. I would also like to offer Voice over IP services to companies that have remote offices (U.S., Europe) I use a lot of VOIP gateways for my remote locations and save a ton of money, as a matter of fact I use a VOIP gateway for my personal calls to Colombia from my house and save a ton of money on my monthly bill.

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Hunter says on Aug 7, 2004, 14:03:

Linux in Cartagena The company in the url link below based in Ctg, sells, sets up networks etc using Linux.

The manager name is Dirk (German), maybe he can help you out with some advice mutual business etc.

http://caribenet.com/cartagena/index.php

Hunter

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cobbook6104 says on Aug 7, 2004, 17:18:

Good luck to you, you are a very lucky person to be able to return to the most beautiful country these eyes have seen. I will be there for good in senco anos.

florida bob

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goosekirk says on Aug 8, 2004, 16:39:

I'm moving to Bogota at the end of August, and I'll be looking for work. I've been an IT administrator for the past 9 years. I prefer Debian over RH, personally, but I think there's a market for setting up Linux systems and VOIP as you describe.

Only concern I have about VOIP in Colombia is that every net connection I've tried there has been terribly slow. In the cafes or homes with cable or DSL, it all seems to be high-latency and low-bandwidth. I'm curious to figure out what the situation is there.

Anyway, I'll be looking for work, too. Let me know if you're interested in meeting up.

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webmanco says on Aug 9, 2004, 08:37:

IT Climate in Colombia http://www.uncoli.edu.co/uncoli_hoy.php

Nueva Granada might be the one you are looking for, but it is too expensive.

Knowing Linux is good, for voip I want to start with asterisk as I also want to offer voip services. There are many companies abroad offering free or cheap longdistance calls.

In Colombia the mayor carriers are the only ones authorized to provide long distance calls, altough call shops in Colombia offer voip long distances calls. The CRT, Comision Reguladora de
Telecomunicaciones is doing a draft in order to decide how to deal with voip.

Wireless lans are good, since hardware prices had drop. WISP is another option since now Legaly is easier to take part of the business.

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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lucas626 says on Aug 10, 2004, 10:56:

how expensive is too expensive voipcolombia, thanks for the info on the school thing, but how expensive is too expensive, it cannot be much more expensive than what I would pay here in Miami for quality schooling. What do you know about this draft that the CRT is considering?. Also how tough is the conpetition on the long distance call shops?. I was thinking of approaching import,export businesses here in Miami that have offices in Colombia, they do a ton of calling on a daily basis and most have regular long distance calling plans with a regular long distance carrier or use calling cards, either way they are getting killed with the charges. I would like to approach some of these people in Colombia and offer VOIP services, they would save a lot of cash, as a matter of fact, I will be in Bogota next week and I will be doing some market research.

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LarsBrink says on Aug 11, 2004, 04:46:

One of the first internet companies in Bogotá Hi!

I know some of the guys who founded Paginas.net.

They have done lots of project-based investments in ideas from persons or groups of persons who then used their infrastructure, offices etc. to try to start up some different internet/IT related businesses. Among others a large TV news site, the fist internet bookstore etc.

Good luck!

Lars Brink - colombia.dk

~ Lars Brink ~ www.colombia.dk ~

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