Re: Internet Access readily Available
"You should have a laptop with a modem; much easier; & it eliminates the storage & copying problem after downloading."
Please explain.
"Some luxury hotels in Santo Domingo have internet connections in the individual rooms."
Which ones, for example (1 or 2)?
"Some hotels will allow you to connect your laptop to their connection in their lobby desk or business office, for an hour or so."
Which ones, for example (1 or 2 that allow this)?
"Large hotels have DSL connections. If this is important to you, I suggest you e-mail the individual hotel before you make your reservation, stating that internet access is important & MUST be included. It's a buyer's market, throughout the country."
How will stating you MUST have access, help?
"Codetel & Tricom have local access #s throughout the country; you can log on w/o paying toll charges."
Dialing into Codetel or Tricom isn't a problem, but it will do no good without an account, something a visitor will not have.
"All standard telephone connections will hanlde a modem. "
Not true. Most internal phone systems (within hotels and offices in the DR, and around the world) are actually not modem compatible. For that, you need an analog line. Most internal systems are digital, not analog, and in fact, they will fry your modem. Never assume. Take it from a computer road warrior.