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Internet only, speed goes to 50 meg after 3/mo. I signed a new contract with c/w ofc. in Boquete (I had 3 meg ADSL). BTW fiber optic is available mostly Bajo Boquete for now, AFAIK.

1000 meg, first 3 months, $33/mo from Cable and Wireless. The fiber cable goes into the box inside my house.

There is a free smartphone app I use "Dminder" that shows I can get about 4000 IU in about 15 minutes here. For those folks that were stuck in apartments/condos without direct sunlight, too bad. However, starting Monday, get cracking! You are probably deficient, particularly retirees!

Cuidado por duende pandilleros!

That's really fast! How expensive? Last week c/w ran optic down my street and said i could connect in a week or two. How did you get notified it was ready? I know I need to sign a new contract to get it, but the office is closed and the c/w website isn't much help. I currently have 3 meg ADSL line from c/w.

Seniors (who have more health problems, bad backs, hips, knees, etc) can't stand and wait 30-40 minutes. There has to be a better way. Do decisions makers read CL?

The longer lines at some markets keep people near each other and out of their homes for longer times. Isn't that what is supposed to be limited?

An Uber driver would have a really bad review if he did this!

Makes sense! Not yours to rent. So my servidumbre has a guava tree (7.5 meters from road centerline). Can anybody help themselves to the fruit? Not a problem, just curious?

Bud, I just sent money to a Panamanian Ngäbe worker from my PayPal account (US) to his that uses https://www.paypal.me/***, with *** being his user ID. I am not sure he has a Panama bank account. I will have to ask him how he set it up. There is a PayPal Me that I think he signed up for.

WU is great. I set up an account as backup. Also have the app on my iphone. When none of my debit cards worked on a trip to Colombia, I sent money to myself, this saved me. Fees were reasonable.

Wells Fargo & Co. on Wednesday detailed steps it has taken to address problems following a series of scandals that have resulted in more than $4 billion in fines and settlements since 2016 and tougher scrutiny from regulators. also: https://nypost.com/2016/10/19/wells-fargo-under-criminal-investigation-over-fake-accounts/ Keith, this took me less than a minute. You could have done this yourself.

Interesting. I worked in electronic banking for a REALLY big bank. We had redundant data centers mirroring each other in realtime to avoid any possible disasters/glitches. So in addition to being a criminal enterprise, they appear to be incompetent too.

I believe you can get one from US Embassy/Consul and send to them. I did this in the past, when they were here in Boquete. Now a lot of this SS stuff has been transferred to US Embassy, CR, so heads up on that.

The mailed POL forms have a unique QR code for you, so download is not possible.

Bonnie, I agree. I signed up mymedicare.gov today, but can't sign up for the my social security using the same Boquete address. Go figure! Anyway the hold time to call SS is 55 minutes vs 10 minutes some time back. Especially maddening when they keep screwing up my deposits.

Are blood test now required for renewals? I thought it was just for blood type (which of course doesn't change). Also not clear to me is if one's blood type is accepted from a foreign license.

The oft bashed US dollar makes the following currencies about 30% more expensive: Canadian and Australian dollars. The following currencies have taken a major exchange hit too: Euro, pesos from various Latino countries, etc. People from these places are facing significantly higher cost buying stuff here in Panama. Restrictive border hopping has made residential tourism less attractive. I know of 2 more developed countries where costs are 25 percent lower. There is competition for expat dollars.

I think there is a fine and a visit to the police station if one can't produce a cedula. Kudos for helping a ciudano.

Just recovered from an almost 2 wk bout. Tried probiotics and then took eskapar and it cleared up in hours. Probably from not nuking hot water long enough for coffee. Never a problem before living for years in Bajo Boquete.

Checking documents does not prevent horrible car wrecks, patrolling the highways for reckless behavior does, with the resources available, in my opinion. To be clear, the limited transito resources are being used for the wrong activity.

So when is Uber coming to Boquete?

6x the highway fatality rate of the US per 100,000 km driven. I might even buy an airbag jacket (they do exist)!

For vehicles registered in boquete, I paid $8 late fee for current yr. Another vehicle was inop for several years. I got a mechanics letter (Ludwig) for being inop and they waived previous years late feel.

The money is better checking documents at the Caldera Checkpoint!