Keeping in Touch in Hungary

For expats moving to Hungary communicating with friends back home is as easy as most western countries. Hungary has readily available high-speed Internet, which makes social networking, Skype and email simple, cheap and easy to access. Furthermore, Hungary has well-developed landline and cellular telephone networks which will ensure that you are connected all of the time. That being said, if you plan on moving to a small village or rural area, internet access can be incredibly slow and getting signal can be a problem.

Both T-Mobile and Vodafone offer pay-as-you-go and monthly subscriptions, which are helpful when first arriving in Hungary.  

USB broadband sticks work in the large cities but can be ineffective or slow in less populous areas. Antennaworld offers fast broadband and they up to 8 000 Ft per month as well as an initial 20 000 Ft installation fee. Thus communicating with friends and family across the globe should never be a problem.

Calling cards are available for purchase both online and in some stores within the larger cities, these cards offer cheap calls to almost every country in the world.

Being part of the EU means that flights to and from other parts of Europe and North America are relatively inexpensive, so should homesickness hit, home will never be too far away.