I think the ugliest thing in DR are all does wires hanging everywhere. Telephone wires, electirc, when are they going to put them underground. At least in the downtown areas or el conde. Those anyone know when they are going to do taht? Or whose responsible for doing so? Has anyone brought this up to the goverment? It looks ugly
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wires everywhere
harold said:
A third world country that is poorer than dirt, has the largest ammount per capita enslaved in sex trade worldwide, has over 100k prostitutes in country, poor quality of government that overspends and overskims, poor highways, no electricity several hours a day, high rate of polution and you want them to bury the wires?
Curious!
And you think the DR is bad
No comparison to Mexico, there are more loose wires in PDC than ATT has in all the US.
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I agree it is time someone opened their eyes, but don't hold your breath. Time for another beer.
No comparison to Mexico, there are more loose wires in PDC than ATT has in all the US.
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I agree it is time someone opened their eyes, but don't hold your breath. Time for another beer.
That's right Hlywud
major cities on major roads may look organized. but go in the back roads of these cities in mexico and you will see more wires and cables hanging than spider man has in his web.
besides, why do you want the dr to become another puerto rico?
let the wires hang, let the 100k putas abound, the colmados sell presidente to anyone tall enough to reach the counter, cops stand on street crossings scratching their brains thru their nose,
it works great for missing_dr, azb, criss colon grandma, oh if the wires really bother you send an email to golo. you can move in the golden cage next door to him.
by the way golo how is the pequeno beverly hills in santo domingo doing........hey i heard some hatians were gonna be there starting construction on a new night club!!
major cities on major roads may look organized. but go in the back roads of these cities in mexico and you will see more wires and cables hanging than spider man has in his web.
besides, why do you want the dr to become another puerto rico?
let the wires hang, let the 100k putas abound, the colmados sell presidente to anyone tall enough to reach the counter, cops stand on street crossings scratching their brains thru their nose,
it works great for missing_dr, azb, criss colon grandma, oh if the wires really bother you send an email to golo. you can move in the golden cage next door to him.
by the way golo how is the pequeno beverly hills in santo domingo doing........hey i heard some hatians were gonna be there starting construction on a new night club!!
harald, on the malecon in Samana they have a beautification project going. Wires were put underground. Unfortunately, before the project totally completed it was stopped for lack of money.
The DR needs a lot of things, including reliable power to send over those wires 24 hours a day. IMHO, putting the wires below ground is pretty low on the priority list for most areas.
(On the other hand, this being the DR, it is always possible that the government will decide to spend money to bury the power lines and doing nothing about the blackouts.)
The DR needs a lot of things, including reliable power to send over those wires 24 hours a day. IMHO, putting the wires below ground is pretty low on the priority list for most areas.
(On the other hand, this being the DR, it is always possible that the government will decide to spend money to bury the power lines and doing nothing about the blackouts.)
In a nutshell, what is the solution to the blackouts. Is it simple or is it complicated?
Everyone says that the problem is taht the goverment doesn't pay their bill. Is that true? Is that the reason? If so why doen't they (citizens) demand a direct bill pay from banco central to the electric company. How do goverments of other countries do this procedure of paying their electric bill?
Anyways back to the underground wires. In the US there are wires hanging all over bad neighborhoods but at least the tourist sections look nice. They should do tha at least in DR.
Everyone says that the problem is taht the goverment doesn't pay their bill. Is that true? Is that the reason? If so why doen't they (citizens) demand a direct bill pay from banco central to the electric company. How do goverments of other countries do this procedure of paying their electric bill?
Anyways back to the underground wires. In the US there are wires hanging all over bad neighborhoods but at least the tourist sections look nice. They should do tha at least in DR.
There are a lot of citizens that don't pay either. Bootlegged power is one of the problems. In the campo, a lot of the wires you see are from homes making illegal connection to the power lines.
The causes of the blackouts are more than failure to pay by the government. Inadequate maintenance of the power generating equipment is also one of the causes.
If you are really as interested in the Dominican Republic as your frequent questions suggest, and if you don't read Spanish, then you should sign up to make use of the archives that DR1 has for the news reports in English that it puts out every weekday. You'll find answers to most of your questions in those archives.
The causes of the blackouts are more than failure to pay by the government. Inadequate maintenance of the power generating equipment is also one of the causes.
If you are really as interested in the Dominican Republic as your frequent questions suggest, and if you don't read Spanish, then you should sign up to make use of the archives that DR1 has for the news reports in English that it puts out every weekday. You'll find answers to most of your questions in those archives.
Estimates for Actual meter readings
One big problem going on now is that the Electric company went for years without ever reading the meter. Instead, they billed by estimate, just like they do in the USA, except in the USA, they don't go for more than a couple months before they read the meter. That was why people were still getting billed the same amount even when there were frequent power failures.
The time has come to pay the piper and it isn't pretty. I'm seeing families that have been paying RD$200-300 a month getting hit with RD$10,0000 bills, pay up at once or have your power cut.
Are they out of their minds? Don't they know better?
The government has been doing a wonderful job of cleaning up the electric wire problem in Boca Chica. They have steadily been burying all the wires, and they've even installed concrete phone poles and artistic street lighting with underground wiring. This all started after Hurrican George and it has slowly but steadily been getting done. The new old-fashioned antique style lights on Duarte in BC are pretty nice looking. I haven't seen them turned on yet.
Give it time.
One big problem going on now is that the Electric company went for years without ever reading the meter. Instead, they billed by estimate, just like they do in the USA, except in the USA, they don't go for more than a couple months before they read the meter. That was why people were still getting billed the same amount even when there were frequent power failures.
The time has come to pay the piper and it isn't pretty. I'm seeing families that have been paying RD$200-300 a month getting hit with RD$10,0000 bills, pay up at once or have your power cut.
Are they out of their minds? Don't they know better?
The government has been doing a wonderful job of cleaning up the electric wire problem in Boca Chica. They have steadily been burying all the wires, and they've even installed concrete phone poles and artistic street lighting with underground wiring. This all started after Hurrican George and it has slowly but steadily been getting done. The new old-fashioned antique style lights on Duarte in BC are pretty nice looking. I haven't seen them turned on yet.
Give it time.
Of course if you lived in New Jersey
You might not get power until this evening.
Power outtages in Monmouth County since last Friday. 69,500 houses and businesses without power.
Little rain storm did them in.
And the gringos ain't prepared for it like we are.
One poor lady was so sad since she lost all her ICE CREAM!!
Yeah!
HB
You might not get power until this evening.
Power outtages in Monmouth County since last Friday. 69,500 houses and businesses without power.
Little rain storm did them in.
And the gringos ain't prepared for it like we are.
One poor lady was so sad since she lost all her ICE CREAM!!
Yeah!
HB
I learned to never buy icecream! Only what I'm going to consume in one sitting. Not to have anything in the fridge that is too valuable so if I lose it its no big deal.
And about the wires. On Isabala Catolica its funny to watch the tourists taking fotos of the wires. It is one of the more famous wire picture taking places that I have seen. So if there weren't wires then what would all the tourists be able to tell their friends when they went home? Its unsightly but to me its part of this place and just accept what isn't going to change. There are many more things here that are much more important to worry about , in my opinion.
And about the wires. On Isabala Catolica its funny to watch the tourists taking fotos of the wires. It is one of the more famous wire picture taking places that I have seen. So if there weren't wires then what would all the tourists be able to tell their friends when they went home? Its unsightly but to me its part of this place and just accept what isn't going to change. There are many more things here that are much more important to worry about , in my opinion.