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SANTO DOMINGO.- The eastern La Altagracia and La Romana provinces have Dominican Republic’s highest tele-density, with 163 cell phones for each 100 inhabitants in the former, and 111 in the latter.

Dominican Telecom Institute (Indotel) president Jose Rafael Vargas also revealed that Santo Domingo has 100 cell phones for that same number of inhabitants, adding that adults, youngsters and children were included in the calculation.

He said the prevalence of tourism explains the situation in those two provinces.

The official provided the figures Monday in the forum Dominican Republic Today: Technological Development and the Society of Knowledge, supported by the Society for Information and Knowledge Commission (CNSIC).

“In 1996 we barely had one cellphone for each 100 inhabitants and the few were concentrated in the country’s main cities. We barely had 82,000 cellphones in the entire country,” Vargas said.

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Written by: Ricardolito, 15 Jul 2009 9:13 AM
From: Dominican Republic, la Romana
Now why is it that I do not believe these figures?' More likely that the phones that were once purchased but have since been lost stolen or broken were not taken off the lists. Not withstanding ,,it is truly amazing the number of cell phones being used all the time while driving or eating and also the number of friends I have with no money in the cel to make a call
Written by: xwill7, 15 Jul 2009 10:09 AM
From: United States, Chicago
everyone adds a few pesos before the sim card is cancelled to get the free incoming calls. Some people that place a call on the cell phone are very quick when placing a call. Trying to bring the conversation down to less than a minute.
Written by: Juango, 15 Jul 2009 10:55 AM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
Every chica/novia has at least 2 phones. The poor fellows who bought them for her, thinks she only has one... too funny.
Written by: xwill7, 15 Jul 2009 11:23 AM
From: United States, Chicago
lol. true Juango. You gave her a nokia and papi chulo gave her the new Iphone
Written by: RosaLaLinda, 15 Jul 2009 3:03 PM
From: United States, Rock Hills, North Carolina
Ricardolito,

I would also like to know how much does it cost to have DSL (high speed internet in La Romana). Also, for those who know, is the speed comparable to what we get here in the States (and North America in general).
Written by: xwill7, 15 Jul 2009 3:54 PM
From: United States, Chicago
Rosa,
DSL cost around 3,000 per month. Yes, it is as fast as here in the states. Tricom is pretty good
Written by: Ricardolito, 15 Jul 2009 4:03 PM
From: Dominican Republic, la Romana
I pay a little more than 3000 a month and sometimes is fast and sometimes slow but never as fast as I have had on my rare visits to the USA ,,In the various internet cafes in la Romana and the capital the pace is so slow that you need 2 hours for what can be done in 10 minutes on a high speed ,,still is only 20 pesos an hour
Written by: ateo1992, 15 Jul 2009 8:57 PM
From: Dominican Republic
i have VIVA, as far as i know is the best!
Written by: tejada, 16 Jul 2009 1:09 PM
From: United States
Dominican cell phone system is one of the wackiest I've seen so far... at one point you could only call a cell phone from another cell phone (maybe they've changed that by now) and you have to buy minutes to make phone calls but you can receive calls even when you don't have minutes. Not to mention that everybody and their dog has a cell phone but they keep changing the dawg gone numbers every couple of months because apparently they go through cell phones like kids go through candy.
Written by: xwill7, 16 Jul 2009 2:21 PM
From: United States, Chicago
I have a cell phone with each major carrier in DR. In some remote mountain areas Claro works and Orange does not
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