Any Tricom customers here having trouble. My service was out most of Friday during the day and has been intermittent since. My bandwidth is fluctuating constantly from full speed (1.7Mbps) to worse than dialup.
Is this wimax coverage for Tricom that was out? Wimax can be weather-sensitive, at least here in Chicago.
not sure of your location but in the colonial zone there have been Tricom trucks out in force for several days cutting down "old" telephone cables - I cringe when I see them working at my building and hope they can tell the difference between Tricom cables and Claro.......but I have my doubts.
In overall, internet connections, no matter which company, at el Cortecito, are horrible ...
I have two different connections from 2 different companies just to "survive" and being able to receive and send work by email. Some days are hell to be able to do that ...
I don't know if this is your case, but Spring equinox is in full swing these days, and it usually disrupts satellite signals. That might be affecting Tricom's antennas.
If your place is wired for Claro, get it. The others are crap. Claro, once it is set up right works very well in Bavaro.
I don't know if this is your case, but Spring equinox is in full swing these days, and it usually disrupts satellite signals. That might be affecting Tricom's antennas.
I may be spending 3 months in PC (possibly El Cortecito or Punta Blanca) and was considering Tricom for service. What plan do you have? I was scoping out the 6-8meg service level, anticipating a 50-60% drop in throughput at times.
Ok, the way both your throughput is maxing out, I should be pretty good with Tricom wimax at 6-8meg service plan. I need to be able to video conference back to the office so my bottom has to be at least 2-3meg.
Ok, the way both your throughput is maxing out, I should be pretty good with Tricom wimax at 6-8meg service plan. I need to be able to video conference back to the office so my bottom has to be at least 2-3meg.
FYI, wimax was intended to compete with cable and DSL internet (as well as simplify the last mile), whereas 3g is more of a mobile phone data connection (delivering ISDN speeds over the cell spectrum). It could be that many of the locals don't have PCs at home and their main internet device is their phone, and the tourists use whatever wifi is made available in the resorts and rental complexes.
Tricom's WiMAX service plans max out at 2.6Mbps (as per caribmike)... I actually thought it was 1.8Mbps. The faster plan you are referring to must be either DSL or cable. I don't know anyone that has their DSL/cable service so I'm not sure how reliable they are.
I don't know if this is your case, but Spring equinox is in full swing these days, and it usually disrupts satellite signals. That might be affecting Tricom's antennas.