I had a Onemax sales-rep come by my apartment for a demonstration yesterday. The bad news is we didn't get a signal so I was unable to perform any speedtests, pings and traces. The following is based on what I was told by the sales-rep::
- They just started signing up costumers a few days ago. I couldn't quite get the info on how operational it all is, obviously they are still working on expanding.
- They seem to have a very competitive attitude, the sales-rep had comparative charts showing all Dominican ISP's with their speeds & rates. I got the impression that pricing maybe negotiable for customers interested in top of the line speeds.
- They were able to establish symmetric 4MB links, the website is showing a maximum of 3MB.
- Their coverage map shows Santo Domingo from Zona Oriental all the way to Herrera, Malecon up to at least Kennedy with only a couple of deadzones. According to the map I am not in a dead zone but as I said there was no signal. Either a glitch or they'll have to draw an additional deadzone into the map tomorrow. I hope not
- They have around a dozen antennas installed so far. Their own equipment, not existing cellphone-tower infrastructure or anything like that.
- Depending on location, the signal works best on ground level, higher up (3+ floor) requires testing. I found that a little odd, apparently it has to do with the angle in which the signal is emitted from the the antennas.
- They run their own internet backbone connection, not using Codetel's equipment.
- The company is run by a Frenchman who was previously at Orange (or ran Orange-DR not sure).
Overall I had a very good impression and hope they'll be able to offer me service soon.
