Chiriquí Chatter

Today is the 11th and it is around 7:40 AM. It appears that there isn’t much, if any, improvement in the Cable and Wireless Internet performance. This is just more incentive to get out and enjoy the day.

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Oops. I spoke too soon. It is now 10:05 andthe speed had dropped off to about 85 Kbps. I think I will go down and visit with Cable Onda today.

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Today is the 9th and it is the third consective day that my Internet bandwidth has been poor. At 6:50 AM, my throughput is running between 0 and 30 Kbps. When it is running this bad, some web pages never arrive because of packets timing out and being lost. My antivirus software can’t successfully complete [...]

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It has been a while since I wrote of bad C&W performance, but today (March 7) is not one of C&W better days. My throughput is currently running between 0 and 20 Kbps.

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La Pensa reported yesterday that the electric grid for Panama reached a record 80% on FebruaryWith all the construction going on in Panama City and throughout Panama, that raises concerns for the grid being able to meet future demands.
It was interesting to see the distribution of energy usage in Panama.
Panama center consumes 62.8% of the [...]

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Remember the Cable Onda special I told you about?
I was considering going down and getting the service, but a neighbor beat me to it. He says the signal is very poor and there is no sign of ABC or CBS. I don’t know if there are other items, listed on the brochure I posted, that [...]

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I just found out that Cable Onda has a special going and you can get the following channels for $25 a month for a year. I guess I need to go down and check with them and get some more specifics.

I understand also that they are supposed to be charging $33 a month for 512Kbps [...]

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Yesterday around 4:00PM MoviStar had my cell activated. It only took about 55 hours after purchase. All in all I can’t complain. The young lady that solved the problem was so charming that I just couldn’t get up set.

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If it weren’t for C&W, then MoviStar would be the worst at providing cell phone service in Panama. I bought a new cell phone two days to insure that people that knew my old number could still get in touch with me. I was told on Monday it would be a matter of hours and [...]

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I had a couple of hours of music and then C&W dropped its transfer rate to about 50Kbps. Nothing is perfect. Certainly not C&W.

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