DR Innerweb Speeds: The Earth has Tilted Off It's Axis

Robert

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Maybe they are starting to take note?

I see they plan to offer 15 ~ 20 MB.

I can't wait to see the pricing for those speeds!

5MB costs RD$5,995 + 28% = RD$7,673 (US$210) monthly.

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Codetel announces 15Mb/s speeds
Codetel is announcing new plans with max speeds of 15 and 20 megabytes per second. It also announced its Plan Prepago for purchasing Internet service for one day or a month, without a bill. It also announced its new Wifi modems. The announcement came with the celebration of the 80th year of Codetel services in the DR.
Codetel has come under fire lately, mainly for failures in its mobile service that were unknown of during the days of its predecessor, Verizon.
Net Index (speedtest.net) places the DR in 154th place out of 178 countries tested in the world for low speed, with an average 0.73 Mb/s. Codetel is the largest mobile and Internet provider in the DR.
 
Feb 7, 2007
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Yes I am getting 1.1 mbps (off my 0.5 mbps previously) in my office.

Have to check at my home (used to be 256) to see what I get.
 

InsanelyOne

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Tricom just increased their speeds as well. I'm now getting a little over 2 Mbps (I was getting 1.4 Mbps) and it's costing me less money!!!
 

cobraboy

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I understood the new speeds take place on the 20th...
 
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I understood the new speeds take place on the 20th...

Depends... maybe it goes differently in each city. here in higuey both my office and house have been migrated.

My plan at my apartment is just 256 kbps. my modem now synchronizes at 600+ kbps down and 300+ kbps up.

I physically got on speakeasy speedtest 515 kbps down and 260 kbps up.

0000-00-00 00:01:07 E |DSL |State: WAITING
0000-00-00 00:01:11 E |DSL |State: INITIALIZING
0000-00-00 00:01:19 E |DSL |HYBRID 4
0000-00-00 00:01:19 E |DSL |Link up 1 US 320 DS 640 (INTL:G.dmt)
 

AZB

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it seems I will be upgraded (for free) from 768k download / 128 upload to 1.5m/256
wow. thats a big jump for me.
AZB
 

Daniel10

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What kind of routers do you guys use? I'll be coming over in a few weeks and have a brand new ethernet router here. Would it be handy to bring with me, or do you need an ASDL router for Codatel and Tricom?