I also suspect that many torrents are throttled.Unless you find a proxy site that works, and I have not, It will not be possible to see any programs using HULU in the DR. DSL speeds would work OK, but those types of services are generally blocked outside the US.
I do not know of any temporary internet cards you can purchase.
HotSpot doesn't work from the DR. That's what I had. It was Ok for a while, but then Hulu, the networks and other TV stations caught up with them.
In Google there's a great variety of video too, some of them very interesting, like this documentary about the assassination of Kennedy.
The Kennedy Assassination, Beyond Conspiracy
Thanks for the link, Mike - very interesting.