Hello @terganftp It's good to hear from you again and to know that you are making progress in setting up your house against all odds. This is really important, and even the smallest possible win is worth being grateful for.

You have done well for yourself so far, including making the best purchases of all the useful items that could serve your purpose. Your mathematics of these things always stands out. 👌😃

Just like in Nigeria, people work in the city all their lives and retire to the cheaper urban centers or villages at retirement; this might just be similar to yours. Working in Canada and maybe returning back to live in the Philippines.

The bills are now much cheaper in the Philippines, and you don't have to worry about working so hard to pay the higher bills and utilities like in Canada. Life in so many places is just like that; you work so hard only to use it all for settling bills and sometimes have practically nothing to save.

I could as well relate the Philippines with Nigeria; the data prices for data plans would have been relatively the same except for the increase in tariff we recently experienced. 2GB of data costs $1 across all our networks now. One can estimate the amount spent by the number of GB used per day.

The major differences between Nigeria and the Philippines are the economic factors and standard of living, but in all they are relatively the same and affordable to a large extent.

Getting a solar power supply is cheaper compared to purchasing a power bank. I totally understand the mathematics. Before now, MTN sells a solar battery and panels for $267, which jjmusa2004 uses in his home to power his laptop, fan, and smaller devices. I have equally hoped to get something like that since I just needed power for familiar gadgets, but in all these prices aren't the same anymore. There is often a constant increase in prices of things, just like with the data subscription.

Basically, I don't trust online prices of items or make other online. I prefer to walk into a store and be sure of whatever I am purchasing.

A lot of people around here have installed solar batteries, inverters, and panels, and the least price I have caught of such was above a million naira. It may be expensive but can pay off for years of electricity bills. Sooner rather than later everyone will switch to that as their source of power, including myself. 😄