Study Abroad Scenarios: Country and Regional Profiles

In general, home-based high-speed access is faster in European and Asian countries than in the United States thanks to the availability of higher-bandwidth ADSL technologies, but coverage is not always available nationwide. Access may also be complicated by foreign keyboards, foreign power standards, and even foreign power plug shapes. In some countries, network access also depends on complex corporate and political issues that have nothing to do with the physical ability to plug in a network cable.

More details are provided at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_Internet_access#Broadband_issues_by_country and in the country and regional profiles linked below.

Frequently visited countries and regions

The following popular study-abroad countries and regions are profiled on separate pages, describing potential power, keyboard, and networking issues to consider.

• Britain
• Australia and Ireland
• Continental Europe
• Japan and South Korea