Conakry - Post Report Question and Answers
Is high-speed home Internet access available? How long does it typically take to install it after arrival?
Yes, the internet works very well for us. The best option is the VDC cable. Bringing it to our house cost a lot (>$1000), it is expensive $150/month, but reliable and fast and unlimited. VDC continued to run strong during the political violence in 2020 when all the other services halted. Dash internet is $100/month, pretty fast, but it drops a lot. It is hard to stream or have virtual meetings on Dash. Orange network costs a lot, as you pay for data used, but it’s our go-to, when Dash is too droppy. - Sep 2022
I am a devoted booster for Conakry, but I have to admit that this is a weak point. If you can't live without high-speed internet, this is just not a great place for you. We've tried two or three home internet services, plus my highspeed, high data phone hotspot, and all of them just fall dead at least a few times a day, if not most of the day. Things seem to have gotten worse in 2021. - Jun 2021
No. Probably a few weeks for installation. - Nov 2019
Mediocre quality (can't really stream much but can squeeze out Skype most of the time). $100 or so per month. - May 2016
The Internet is not very fast or reliable, and it costs about $100 per month. - Sep 2009
There is internet available for about US$100 per month, but it doesn't qualify as high speed. It is enough to search the web and use Vonage. - May 2009
Internet is available but it's not reliable. It is sometimes fairly fast, other times frustratingly slow, or completely down. A chain of cyber cafes, MounaNet, is very popular here. - Mar 2008
