Working remotely from Nepal without losing a day to power cuts

Nepal's power supply has improved a lot since the load-shedding years, but local outages, transformer faults and fibre cuts still happen, especially during the monsoon. If your income depends on being online, you need a plan.

At home: the minimum setup

• A UPS for your router and ONT, which keeps the internet up for an hour or two.
• A laptop with good battery life, plus a power bank that can charge it over USB-C.
• A mobile data plan (NTC or Ncell) you can tether to when the fibre drops.

Why many remote workers move to a coworking space

Building real redundancy at home (a generator plus two ISPs) is expensive and noisy. A good coworking space spreads that cost across members.

• Generator backup that powers the whole floor, not just a router.
• Two independent fibre lines from different providers.
• A quiet, bookable room for calls during your clients' working hours.

Questions to ask a space

• How long can the backup run, and does it cover desks and Wi-Fi?
• Which two ISPs do you use, and does failover happen automatically?
• When was your last full outage, and how long did it last?