Hi mike
I am wondering about your thoughts on internet especially if you are on the north coast. I am hoping to return but need truly stable min 1 mob down speed.
I appreciate your opinions.
i am far from the northshores,
i am on the southern tip of the East, Punta Cana.
but that doesn't matter,
available internet services can vary from small area to the next neighboured area.
i live myself in such Claro-Stoneaged-Area,
a lil pueblo named Cabeza de Toro.
we still can not get Claro TV over the cable, 79 channels via Claro parabol is the max.
not that i would need more telenovela channels, lol.
a sfor phone i can get all the available plans.
as for internet i have the maximum they can provide here,
which is a 3MB download/0.7MB upload line.
it is completely fine for my own use, which means i have usually 24/7 a dozen selfupdating weather Tabs open, chat on 5-6 bords like here on DR1( their tabs are also always open), i have all the time 3 tabs for email accounts open and in the evenings watch via the same connection over my wifi Movies on Netflix.
sometimes, during the peak usage hrs, the connection reaches it's limits, specially when the babygal watches at the same time a Kids Movie/series via Netflix in the next room.
such connection is by my own knowledge the most basic everywhere available connection by Claro, you should get such everywhere, including on the Northcoast, but again, ask the guys from the North about a specific area which you have in mind.
i hope Claro keeps their promise, to connect my pueblocito before year's end with the fiberconnection.
on that i would take a medium package with several times my up/download speed, TV over cable(most basic package runs around 240 channels then) and the same Phone Plan, for even a few hundred pesos less than i pay now for the stoneage connection(stoneage but fine for the needs of my own work).
i pay at this moment around 3.300.- pesos per month for phone and TV and Internet package together, including the addy for 3 TV boxes(the regular connection includes one TV box).
the connexion is stable and reliable "most" time of the year.
an other option, in case you would live "remotely" without a landbased connection or you would stay independend of a location based Plan,
you could take a cellphone data plan with a 4G phone.
my samsung provides me almost everywhere with 15-20MB download and 9-15MB upload, worlds quicker than my landbased homeconnection for the PC, lol.
you can use such smartphone as a router, as i do often with mine when fishing with friends and customers who want to send their photos and videos "live", i use that 4G only since a few months but have to say it never let me down til now, great comfy speed, coverage everywhere where i sweep around including up to 10nmls off the coast over water.
connect such with your laptop or a PC with a wireless connection, should be sufficient for very most usages of internet based work.
Mike
