Moving to Finland in a month

gini · Post by **gini** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:22 am

Hi all,

I am new to this forum. Found it by googling "forums in finland"

Ok so I will be moving to Finland in about a month for about 6 months, maybe more. I have already read related topics in this forum to this. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=65769

I know that the expense is quite high and all but I have my company to take care of it

I have a few other questions though.

1. I have heard that recently Netflix has been made available in Finland. What is it like ? Price ?? Any good alternatives to netflix ?
2. What are you guys using for the Internet over there ? Is the bandwidth capped ? Price ??
3. Is it absolutely necessary to know Finnish there ? I don't have to search for a job and my job doesn't require much interaction with people.

Please someone let me know.
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dave071061 · Post by **dave071061** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:20 pm

1. It´s OK if you don´t want really up to date TV or movies, 7.99eur/Mth, depends what you want, there is Apple TV for movies, or various VPN services if you want TV from your home country.

2. Depends generally on your accommodation, and where you will be based, Various cable, ASDL and 3G options at various costs. Cable and ASDL generally not capped, 3G depends on your Tariff

3. Depends where you are based, I´ve been here 10 yrs and don´t speak Finnish, It is useful to have someone who does to deal with phone calls to various utility providers and others, but other than that yes it is quite possible at least in Helsinki area to manage without Finnish, might be more difficult in more remote areas

6 months? you will just be leaving about the time the weather improves

gini · Post by **gini** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:51 am

7.99 eoro ?? A quick conversion shows me that it comes to nearly $11 a month

That's a bit steep considering I don't get a fairly newer selection

Might have to consider a VPN provider. The thing is that my past experience with them have never been so good. But my exp is a year old (when I had to go to India for 3 months !!)

Also I think I don't have to worry about the cable for now. I hope the company provides me with something good

10 years ? That's a long time !! I am sure now I can survive for half a year

Sadly I will be there for only 6 months. Might just get extended for another 2-3 but not more than that.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:57 pm

gini wrote:3. Is it absolutely necessary to know Finnish there ? I don't have to search for a job and my job doesn't require much interaction with people.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/10/26/ ... 351270435/

Jukka Aho · Post by **Jukka Aho** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:39 pm

dave071061 wrote:Various cable, ASDL and 3G [internet] options at various costs. Cable and ASDL generally not capped, 3G depends on your Tariff

New buildings tend to have optical fiber these days. Older homes are being upgraded to fiber in many places.

If it’s an apartment building, sometimes the fiber comes straight to each individual apartment. In some other cases, the building as a whole gets connected via fiber but there’s Ethernet cabling to the apartments.

If fiber or Ethernet cabling is available, connections to the apartments are typically terminated at the electrical fuse box. To activate the Ethernet port in the fuse box (or on the ONT), you usually need to register as a customer to whichever ISP the housing company has chosen to provide the connection to their premises. Sometimes this can be done online simply by connecting your PC to the Ethernet port in the fuse box (or on the ONT) and firing up your browser: the ISP will automatically redirect unregistered customers to their online registration page.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:09 pm

gini wrote:7.99 eoro ?? A quick conversion shows me that it comes to nearly $11 a month
That's a bit steep considering I don't get a fairly newer selection

Hope you don't like movies... http://www.finnkino.fi/eng/tickets/ticket_prices/

gini · Post by **gini** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:20 pm

Upphew wrote:
gini wrote:3. Is it absolutely necessary to know Finnish there ? I don't have to search for a job and my job doesn't require much interaction with people.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/10/26/ ... 351270435/

Hmm...looks like I don't need to worry after all!
Thanks for the info

gini · Post by **gini** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:23 pm

Jukka Aho wrote:
dave071061 wrote:Various cable, ASDL and 3G [internet] options at various costs. Cable and ASDL generally not capped, 3G depends on your Tariff
New buildings tend to have optical fiber these days. Older homes are being upgraded to fiber in many places.

If it’s an apartment building, sometimes the fiber comes straight to each individual apartment. In some other cases, the building as a whole gets connected via fiber but there’s Ethernet cabling to the apartments.

If fiber or Ethernet cabling is available, connections to the apartments are typically terminated at the electrical fuse box. To activate the Ethernet port in the fuse box (or on the ONT), you usually need to register as a customer to whichever ISP the housing company has chosen to provide the connection to their premises. Sometimes this can be done online simply by connecting your PC to the Ethernet port in the fuse box (or on the ONT) and firing up your browser: the ISP will automatically redirect unregistered customers to their online registration page.

Thanks for the valuable info. I guess I will get it pre-connected but well you never know.

gini · Post by **gini** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:25 pm

Upphew wrote:
gini wrote:7.99 eoro ?? A quick conversion shows me that it comes to nearly $11 a month
That's a bit steep considering I don't get a fairly newer selection
Hope you don't like movies... http://www.finnkino.fi/eng/tickets/ticket_prices/

That's some price list ! But thankfully I will stick to Netflix only. And maybe some Hulu if possible !

gini · Post by **gini** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:32 pm

Btw guys, I found this on a topix forum. Have anyone used this before. Can you confirm if this unotelly thing works ?
It this works, it might be the end to all my problems !

gini · Post by **gini** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:33 pm

I forgot the link

http://www.topix.com/forum/com/netflix/ ... 5DLNB0BLC2

jahasjahas · Post by **jahasjahas** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:58 pm

Hulu is only available in the US and Japan. Never tried it with a proxy, sounds too complicated. (I mean, if you're going to break the rules anyway, there are simpler ways...)

gini · Post by **gini** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:11 am

jahasjahas wrote:Hulu is only available in the US and Japan. Never tried it with a proxy, sounds too complicated. (I mean, if you're going to break the rules anyway, there are simpler ways...)

Yup! Got to know that about Hulu. Anyways, I have tried unotelly and it works fine on my PC and ipad. Haven't had the chance to check it out on my xbox or wii. The settings can also be changed at a router level. Hardly took 5 minutes to set it up. Not complicated at all. I have been trying it out from the states and also India.

If anyone will be willing to check it out there in Finland so that it can be confirmed. I will be blessed

Thanks a ton!

jahasjahas · Post by **jahasjahas** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:17 am

So, your plan for the next six months is to watch tv?

Oombongo · Post by **Oombongo** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:11 pm

jahasjahas wrote:So, your plan for the next six months is to watch tv?

It is dark and cold and grey and people are behaving weird. Hell, they aren't even walking in a straight line

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