Recommendations from Entel:

The national territory has a complex geography, which together with other factors causes some places to have less connectivity than others. Along these lines, there are a series of suggestions that users can follow to have a better browsing experience during the summer period.

Thousands of Chileans have already taken their well-deserved vacations, and many more will probably take advantage of the season this February. In the current health context, there has been a greater tendency to travel around the country, instead of traveling abroad.

In this sense, traveling does not imply disconnecting completely, since it is necessary to have technology at the time of visiting your destinations. Whether to access maps, navigation applications, music and, of course, share your vacation with your friends and family through social networks. For this experience to be really good you have to take into consideration that, due to its geography, in Chile not all cities have the same network capacity, so if many people use the same antenna, the network response may decrease when trying to cover all the demand.

Fortunately, this can be avoided by following a few simple tips:

1. Plan ahead for your destinations and consider the digital needs of everyone on the trip.
2. Download the videos, music or maps that you are going to use, before leaving and ideally connected to a fixed network. This way you will avoid running out of music along the way or in the middle of an episode of your favorite series.
3. Diversify downloads on different devices: it is not necessary to occupy the storage of a single device. If you have a Tablet for your children, download all their cartoons and games there and on your computer the movies and series for you.
4. Although the temptation will be great, do not connect to public wifi to access sites with sensitive information, such as banks. Remember that with great connectivity comes great responsibility.
5. Close apps you are not using and set them to use data only when they are open or you are connected to a Wi-Fi network. It is important to consider that many apps, even if they are in the background, still use mobile data



In cases where there are many people and you see that your whatsapp messages are not even being sent:



6. Prefer the use of instant messaging or SMS rather than voice calls or chat that require mobile data such as WhatsApp or other apps of the same style.
7. Reduce the number of devices you have connected to the network at the same time, trying to use only one device, cell phone or computer, for example.
8. If you travel to Rapa Nui, remember to follow all these tips, since there, the connection is satellite and your digital experience could be affected if you try to download large volumes of data. If you require it, choose to do it in less frequent times.

Entel states that these small actions not only improve the experience, but will also contribute to de-stress the network, especially in locations that have less connectivity.