Good news for viva customers. Viva will be starting 4G LTE service within 2 months. My source tells me they will be using claro's LTE frequency band 4 (1700/2100).
They should have complete coverage throughout major cities in DR. Their system is being installed as we speak. remember: viva...
I was lately feeling lazy and weak because I had not stepped foot inside a gym in about 5 years. I was enrolled in gold's gym in santiago and had used the santo domingo branches for some time.
A week ago I was ready to join the gym again but to my surprise, I found gold's gym prices to be very...
I have been having an issue over my galaxy note 3 phone where my incoming whatsapp calls and my google voice hangout calls didn't have audio. meaning; i would receive a call but i could not hear the other side, they heard me fine. so when I would call them back, the call will be normal and audio...
ever-since google announced more than a year ago that it will no longer support 3rd party apps to log on to google voice,
many apps (example: groove ip) moved on to other projects and offered their own service with new american number provided.
the services became paid services and complicated...
I was under the impression that I needed a consent letter from the mom to take out a dominican born baby if I needed to travel without her. So happens I asked the immigration at the airport on a previous trip about the consent letter. The immigration officer told me I needed it as my baby is...
My permanent residency will be expired in a few months. I have been seeing come conflicting rules change info on google and seems like the new process has become quite intimidating. In the past I have been able to renew my own residency card without problems. It only cost me money. Now it seems...
The 2 best days in a propane gas system installation in a car are: the day you install it in the car and the day you remove it from the car.
I have had propane gas system installed in my car for many years. At first, I was very happy with the results as I was driving from santiago to santo...
My baby is less than 2 yrs old. Mom is dominican citizen and baby is born in santiago.
through me, he got US passport (citizenship). he has dominican birth certificate and lives in DR.
question:
I need to take him to USA to visit along with his mom. the question is: if he travels in US Passport...
This thread is to insure some people who are applying for visa for their dominican counterpart, that getting a tourist visa is not as impossible as many people think.
My Girlfriend is the mom of my baby and does not possess any property, job nor bank account or any considerable amount. I filled...
LTE (4G) is here and it took over the internet by storm. I just got my new 4G card from claro and wow, my internet is flying. download speed is clocked at 45 mbps and upload is 10+ mbps. its just insane fast. I am sure in zones where network has good signal, people will clock above 50 mbps...
So I just came back from the new embassy to get my son's citizenship in order.
its a huge modern building arroyo hondo (???) I simply reached there with my GPS. The building is well guarded and very modern. seems like twice the size of the old one. I got there 7am for a 730am appointment. 1st...
i am not sure if this has been posted already in some other thread but it so happens, google maps have added a few latin american countries for turn by turn navigation. Fortunately, dominican republic is on the list. I have used it on my sony xperia z with android 4.3 and it worked like a charm...
I have been researching on santo domingo airport long term parking facility and have come up with 2 different sets of rates. The webpage of the airport says its 960 pesos / day but on other webpages I see that 1st day is 420 pesos and then the rest of the following days are 300 pesos / day. I...
Finally I saw someone hook a nice fish at malecon. The place is located right in front of Cervecer?a nacional and La feria de ganaderos on malecon. Many locals come to fish, beginners and experts. many just come to hang out with them and drink beers. Colmado delivery is always coming to being...
The joy of buying a car in DR = total headache.
I bought a car from dr1 member and all was done properly through a lawyer. A contract is required by a lawyer with a notary stamp. So the lawyer takes a week to make the contract. I could not complain as he was not charging me. I did have to pay...
I do not take credit for this as I have found this method in some forum.
I'm going to show you how to listen to Pandora outside of USA for free. For those who don't know what Pandora is, it is a music radio station that is only available in United States.
Step1
Register an iTune account and...
A while back Dipresantana posted some Ola based maps for the navitel app for android phones. Seems like the old maps don't let you navigate on the new navitel app which works on ICS or jellybean. The new app simply shows you a straight line from point A to point B. The old map with old app would...
I use google chrome as web browser and then i installed media hint extension (free) to get my hulu, netflix and pandora radio activated (american proxy). This method does not seem to effect the speed of the internet and everything seems normal. This extension works as soon as you turn on chrome...