Conakry - Post Report Question and Answers
Is high-speed home Internet access available? How long does it typically take to install it after arrival?
Available but unreliable. Mobile internet is decent. Some sites sometimes get blocked, e.g., Facebook. - Aug 2026
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