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Does anyone else have a claro-provided Thompson TG 580 wireless router/ DSL modem? Or is anyone else in Santiago experiencing constant disconnect issues from Claro DSL? I broke my other modem, which was working fine and supposedly this is the only router there is around. It's a total POS and...

Buenas, I am currently involved in a research project proposal involving heavy metals and contamination in the Dominican Republic. Currently my group and I are trying to focus on ailments resulting from heavy metal poisoning. As you can see from the link below, according to a 2009 WHO study...

Read the text in the image. Pretty great, no? :cheeky:

Does anyone know the APN and APN password/user? I need it for my blackberry that I have contracted with them. The one I found online was edge.viva.net.do with pass/user: viva I called and they told me to go to la principal and there they didn't know.

So I bought one of these bad boys a kindle DX and it got here yesterday. The neat thing about them is that they have free 3G/EVDO/GPSR for web-browsing, downloading books. Sure the thing is definitely not a web browsing magnet but I've been finding it useful for Wikipedia, email and such...

AZB has posted a few steps for making free calls using a smartphone/ ipod touch. I have neither and still wanted to be able to make free calls so I dug a bit and came up with this solution: Using this solution you can MAKE free calls (To US and Canada) and receive free calls (from anywhere)...

Well, here is my question. I need to leave the DR Saturday. At the airport I know I will have to pay the overstay exit fee (over stayed just a bit). Now that I am thinking about it my passport is expiring in less than 6 months. Now I had no questions about being able to enter the US with a...

Robert, Old thread re: files2store redirect attack, you stated to start a new one if there were any new problems. The problem had seemed to be fixed but just now I was redirected once again. I was using these search terms "how to register a domain name site:dr1.com" and upon clicking the...

Well, according the BBC there will be a partial lunar eclipse tomorrow. Luckily, we are right around the edge of possible viewing angles, so we'll be able to see it. It will be about 54% (peak) covered at around 7pm our time. I, for one, have never seen an eclipse, so I'll be out on the roof...

Found this while cleaning. Got a kick out of it, interesting to see how much Santiago has changed. Santiago looks like a campo. Guess we've come a long way. Since a lot of people on this forums are 'new' to the country thought I'd post it to give them a little taste of what it was like. This...

Try reading the left part first and guessing what it supposed to be in Spanish. Some are better than others...

I have a favor to ask of anyone heading to Baltimore in the next few days, if there is anyone. I need a book ( Biology 8th edition Solomon by Mcgraw hill) for PUCMM and there is an awesome deal in Baltimore on craigslist. Only problem is that the seller doesn't want to hear of anything...

Hello, I require a tutor for the next few days to study for the pruebas nacionales 12vo. (which are the 23/Jun). I live in Santiago near la Plaza Nacional. The only requirement is that the tutor know the subjects on the prueba, I speak spanish so a english speaking tutor is not neccasary. If...

Hello everyone, I want to become less dependent on walking and taking a taxi around Santiago, as taxi's are expensive. Problem is I have no idea about conchos and their routes, I've tryed paying attention to the ones I see but it still confuses me. I've searched the forums but it seems either...

I need to find a job but I don't have a cedula. I just talked with a call center they said "Excellent, we're interested in you- do you have a cedula?" BAM! Door closed, for now anyways. I know I need to get a cedula, I'm going to start the process as soon as possible but I also need tp start...