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The Dominican Republic
is primarily served by one major telephone company,
a Dominican subsidiary of Verizon.
Motorola’s Tricom is also involved but
not to the extent of Verizon. Although the cities and larger
towns have regular, hard-wired distribution systems, with
much of the country remote and mountainous, transmission
between city systems is by microwave with a series of towers
crossing the country. In addition to voice transmission,
computer-quality data flow and internet connection is offered
with standard modem speeds approaching 50k bps. The more
rapid Verizon Flash service is available in the larger towns
and DSL is now offered in the big cities. |
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As many
of the country’s
smaller cities and towns have only a local Verizon or Tricom
telephone center where calls may be made, cellular service
has become very popular. In addition to Verizon, cellular
service is provided by Tricom, Orange and Centennial with
most of the country being covered. |
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However, due to terrain
restrictions, there are still “dead spots” with much of the
Samana peninsula’s mountainous interior and some of
the more remote coastal areas (including Las Galeras) without
cellular service. Fortunately the Las Galeras community is
served by a wired Verizon system and two private telephone/internet
centers. |
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Las Terrenas
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In addition to having wired systems,
there are Verizon telephone centers with internet access
and private internet cafes in Las Terrenas, Samana and Sanchez.
Short-term, cellular phone rentals are also available from
some cellular phone centers and more peninsula hotels are
now offering some communication services including long distance,
internet access and fax to their guests. |
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