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I'm reading here their plans...
Hogar 500 + Flash 256 Kbps = RD$1,345 mensuales
Hogar 1000 + Flash 256 Kbps = RD$1,535 mensuales
Hogar 2000 + Flash 256 Kbps = RD$1,715 mensuales
this is their promotion through 15 september.
I am thinking I will talk with them and try to get them to lower my price.
Hogar 500 + Flash 256 Kbps = RD$1,345 mensuales
Hogar 1000 + Flash 256 Kbps = RD$1,535 mensuales
Hogar 2000 + Flash 256 Kbps = RD$1,715 mensuales
this is their promotion through 15 september.
I am thinking I will talk with them and try to get them to lower my price.
A little bit off topic, but has anyone used the wireless internet plan (flash movil 3g) from Verizon? If so, is it reliable? How about connection speed? When I'm in The DR I need to have access to a connection almost everywhere I'm at (not necessarily be connected 100%, just be able to connect any time I need to). This has proven difficult. They have the prepaid cards which are a relatively cheap way to connect, but you have to have access to a telephone line that's not setup in one of their control plans.
Any info will be appreciated.
Any info will be appreciated.
Robert said:
Robert - only HALF of the problem is the Email and that half is pretty easy to fix .... Darlene mentioned CONNECTIVITY problems which I still don't fully understand, as I've been saying, I only get disconnected when the power goes out to luch or if I unplug the cable from my laptop.
Stay well,
Amy
suarezn said:
I tested it (and the Orange GPRS option) for our company a couple months ago. I used the laptop->cable>cell phone option. It works... but it sucks. I didn't keep records of the connection speed, but it was passable when it worked. I'd use it as a last resort. (It was much better than Orange, though.)
What I remember about it: Functional when you have at least one bar of reception. Not terribly fast, but faster than dial up. Lots of disconnects. Worked in every city I was in. (LRM, POP, Cabarete, SDQ, STI). Overall, it was a resounding "NO" for us to use.
I had better luck driving around and jumping on unsecured wireless nets in SDQ.
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Speaking of wired/wireless nets.... I split the Verizon DSL bill with my neighbors as we all share one connection. I pay 50%, he pays 50% and as soon as someone else moves in to the vacant apt near me, we'll all be at 33%. Just a thought.
tim
carina said:
That's the same answer I just got. You also have to commit to a two year contract. My original 2 year agreement was up many moons ago and I kinda like being able to ditch them whenever I want.
Man. There is NOOOOO customer service in this country. None. They always act like they are doing you a huge favor by taking your money for mediocre and often overpriced products.
At least the beer is always cold
Scandall
Professor of Leisure Studies
Scandall said:That's the same answer I just got. You also have to commit to a two year contract. My original 2 year agreement was up many moons ago and I kinda like being able to ditch them whenever I want.
Man. There is NOOOOO customer service in this country. None. They always act like they are doing you a huge favor by taking your money for mediocre and often overpriced products.
At least the beer is always cold
Scandall
Professor of Leisure Studies
You are so correct professor. :cross-eye
I called Nelson ( my Verizon buddy ). He suggested that I book a completely new phoneline with the cheaper Hogar 500, and when that is installed that I should cancel the expensive one.
But it seems too complicated, change phone number etc...
But still the difference is about 18000 pesos a year
Will think of this a little.
carina said:You are so correct professor. :cross-eye
I called Nelson ( my Verizon buddy ). He suggested that I book a completely new phoneline with the cheaper Hogar 500, and when that is installed that I should cancel the expensive one.
But it seems too complicated, change phone number etc...
But still the difference is about 18000 pesos a year
Will think of this a little.
Another two year commitment with those weenies?
The fact that they will probably come and uninstall it just to install it?
Waiting? Waiting? Waiting?
Change phone numbers?
The inevitable screw-ups?
Forget it.
Scandall
Scandall said:
Hehe.
That?s why he said order the new one before cancelling the old one.
And the reality is probably that while we would sign up for another 2 year slave contract, another offer will come up with FREE service or half price..
All seems too complicated, might be better just to keep the VIP Plus and deny there even is a cheaper one..
Verizon is hosting some nasty spammers in Samana (dsl), and since they changed almost all the email-addresses from codetel.net.do to verizon.net.do, except the abuse@codetel.net.do, they are blocked from time to time, by the numrerous anti-spam traps.
As well, the ingnorance and stupidness they show, when you present them those facts............, better find your email address outside their network.
As i wrote before, Centennial (3G) has still some virus problems on their gateways and mailservers, ignorance there as well, avoid them too for emailaddresses, because they go in en out the blockinglists as well.
And don't let them install anything in their service centers, because they will disable your anti-virus protection to install their infected software !!!
I don't have fresh info about Orange and Tricom (only some very old Tricom cases).
And than there is satellitite, with his own problems and goodies.
As well, the ingnorance and stupidness they show, when you present them those facts............, better find your email address outside their network.
As i wrote before, Centennial (3G) has still some virus problems on their gateways and mailservers, ignorance there as well, avoid them too for emailaddresses, because they go in en out the blockinglists as well.
And don't let them install anything in their service centers, because they will disable your anti-virus protection to install their infected software !!!
I don't have fresh info about Orange and Tricom (only some very old Tricom cases).
And than there is satellitite, with his own problems and goodies.
Hold The Phones...
This special says the contract is for a minimal of one year.
"Periodo minimo de contratacion de Flash 1 ano"
so you should be able to cancel the current one and resign up for this one and you are only obligated for one year. Scandall...to save 12000 a year is worth that. You are going to use them for another year anyway. Also...the deal is that "Upgrade gratis a Flash 384Kps"
I will be with them for one year on Sept 17th. I miss the special which is only through 15th. But when the next one comes along I will cancel my plan, pay the 2500 cancellation fee, and get the new plan. I will not see a savings for three months because of the cancellation and install fees...but still it is worth it.
Of course they are going to try to say anything they can to stop you from making the change. I think this is a case where you may have to talk to the manager in person.
This special says the contract is for a minimal of one year.
"Periodo minimo de contratacion de Flash 1 ano"
so you should be able to cancel the current one and resign up for this one and you are only obligated for one year. Scandall...to save 12000 a year is worth that. You are going to use them for another year anyway. Also...the deal is that "Upgrade gratis a Flash 384Kps"
I will be with them for one year on Sept 17th. I miss the special which is only through 15th. But when the next one comes along I will cancel my plan, pay the 2500 cancellation fee, and get the new plan. I will not see a savings for three months because of the cancellation and install fees...but still it is worth it.
Of course they are going to try to say anything they can to stop you from making the change. I think this is a case where you may have to talk to the manager in person.
Snuffy, could you please post a link to the 'Hogar + Flash plans' promotion? I can't find it at www.verizion.com.do nor on www.verizon.net.do. The only thing I found was the 'Planes Hogar' without Flash under 'Productos y Servicios.
TIA
NotLurking
TIA
NotLurking
Snuffy said:
suarezn said:
I have been using it for several months.
I connect using a Kyocera KX414, which I only use for connecting to the Internet, so I signed for the cheaper plan, but for unlimited Internet usage.
Notice that you have to sign up for two years.
The only thing difficult was getting the USB wire to connect the phone to my computer in POP. Finally I had to travel to Santiago to get it.
The performance depends on from where you are connecting.
In POP "malecon" it was worse than dialup, but on a hill near a Verizon antenna is not so bad, may be a bit better than dialup.
Until now it always worked, but sometimes I have to desactivate the compression software that comes with Flash 3G and that theoretically speeds up it, because it just stops working.
It doesn't include email. but I use my own domain to receive and send email and it is not suitable for downloading large files, reading busy newssgroups or streaming music or video.
Ben
Disnetworks and/or DirecTV dont work well on the same dish, IPTV is the solution, that is TV over Internet.Alex101 said:
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Snuffy said:
Ahhh, thank you! I'll see if I pick up a brochure tomorrow. I like this cheaper plan.
NotLurking
That 2 year commitment just means you have to pay 5,000 pesos if you decide to cancel, in the old days that meant you could keep the cool Cisco router they gave you when they installed the service, (I hacked the password on mine to turn it into an actual router instead of just a modem, so I could hook up my whole home network to the internet without a proxy) now the router is really just a crappy DSL modem, and worth about 20 bucks tops, but still 5,000 pesos isn't quite an arm and a leg if you want out of Verizon.