General Questions about Living in Argentina

[QUOTE=Paladin;445578]Gentlemen: For the past several weeks my Internet service with Speedy goes down from several minutes to almost an hour off and on all day... Generally it is only for 10-15 minutes but it truly fucks-up a call to the US on Skype. I live in San Telmo. Is anyone else having problems with Speedy and is Fibertel a cable internet provider. I believe that Speedy is a dial-up DSL, based on my router and no cable box... I really need some reliability now; but, is it worth the extra cost. I do not do any streaming.

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Paladin.[/QUOTE]I've always had two connections in Argentina, one DSL and one Cable. Currently Fibertel and Speedy.

[QUOTE=Paladin;445578]Gentlemen: For the past several weeks my Internet service with Speedy goes down from several minutes to almost an hour off and on all day... Generally it is only for 10-15 minutes but it truly fucks-up a call to the US on Skype. I live in San Telmo. Is anyone else having problems with Speedy and is Fibertel a cable internet provider. I believe that Speedy is a dial-up DSL, based on my router and no cable box... I really need some reliability now; but, is it worth the extra cost. I do not do any streaming.

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Paladin.[/QUOTE]Speedy is Telfonica Argentina, which is one of the worst phone / internet providers in the world!

You need to get Fibertel Evolution if you want a dependably fast, always there connection. It was recently upgraded to 50 MB/s download speed and has worked reliably with no downtime since I got it in February.

[QUOTE=DaddyRulz;445580]I've always had two connections in Argentina, one DSL and one Cable. Currently Fibertel and Speedy.[/QUOTE]Yup, that's what I had for the last 4 years I was there....Fibertel always the better of the two.

Thanks everyone for the info. I will check to see if Fibertel is available in my neighborhood.

Paladin.

[QUOTE=Paladin;445604]Thanks everyone for the info. I will check to see if Fibertel is available in my neighborhood.

Paladin.[/QUOTE]For many years I just locked on to the Hotel's signal that shares the walls with my building .

4 or 5 stories tall but there main unit is on the 1st floor and I'm on the second floor.

I can get a great signal from their 4th floor too.

So one day my internet went out on me so I casually walked in to the hotel and I asked the front desk clerk if they were having problems too.

He said theirs was down. I said it must be the whole neighborhood then.

A.B.D.- Always Be Downloading is my motto. Maybe 5 movies a day from Pirate Bay. Studio Screeners are the best, not the kind where you might see a Russian dude get up and go get some popcorn or hear people laughing and also have a wobbly image.

Got 3.5 Terabytes of TV series , Oscar winners , some porn got downloaded somehow.

Damn , with the hotel's signal I'm hitting 950 KB/s download speeds which to me is lighting fast. My own shitnet barely breaks 400 or 700 if there are 2000 Seeders and 900 Leachers.

But usually 285!

So Pal , have you got a hotel next door ?

TL.

Does any one know a good customs expediter? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks!

Can you purchase popcorn seeds at the local Disco? I snack too much and popcorn is better way in terms of calories to do it. I lost 5 lbs lately and would like to keep them off. I can buy a 10 serving bag for $1.89 at the local Trader Joes.

[QUOTE=BigBossMan;446024]Can you purchase popcorn seeds at the local Disco? I snack too much and popcorn is better way in terms of calories to do it. I lost 5 lbs lately and would like to keep them off. I can buy a 10 serving bag for $1.89 at the local Trader Joes.[/QUOTE]Look for "maz pisingallo". Disco and other chains surely sell it, and I am quite certain that you can also buy it at smaller neighborhood stores. Wholesale price is about 10 pesos per kilo, not sure about retail, if I had to guess, I'd say up to twice as much?

Hope this helps. Happy snacking!

[QUOTE=JuanManuel97;446025]Look for "maz pisingallo". Disco and other chains surely sell it, and I am quite certain that you can also buy it at smaller neighborhood stores. Wholesale price is about 10 pesos per kilo, not sure about retail, if I had to guess, I'd say up to twice as much?

Hope this helps. Happy snacking![/QUOTE]In the movie theaters its about ten times as much as you pay in the super. But thats the way it is in the states too if I recall.

[QUOTE=Gandolf50;446030]In the movie theaters its about ten times as much as you pay in the super. But thats the way it is in the states too if I recall.[/QUOTE]My bet is that the majority of movie theaters or at least screens in Argentina are probably owned by American companies. Corporations like Cinemark, AMC and Regal are international.

[QUOTE=JuanManuel97;446025]Look for "maz pisingallo". Disco and other chains surely sell it, and I am quite certain that you can also buy it at smaller neighborhood stores. Wholesale price is about 10 pesos per kilo, not sure about retail, if I had to guess, I'd say up to twice as much?

Hope this helps. Happy snacking![/QUOTE]"Maz pisingallo" may be Porteno for popcorn, but a company that prints its labels in proper Spanish will probably call it "maiz de palomitos" or just "palomitos". No matter which it is called, Gandolfo is correct when he says that the movie theater price is several time higher than the store.

Tres3.

[QUOTE=Tres3;446032]"Maz pisingallo" may be Porteno for popcorn, but a company that prints its labels in proper Spanish will probably call it "maiz de palomitos" or just "palomitos". No matter which it is called, Gandolfo is correct when he says that the movie theater price is several time higher than the store.

Tres3.[/QUOTE]Just to clarify, maz pisingallo is what is heated and popped to make the popcorn (maz = corn). Palomitas is a term common in Spain and Latin America, but not in Argentina where popcorn is known as "purur".

Cheers!

[QUOTE=JuanManuel97;446033]Just to clarify, maz pisingallo is what is heated and popped to make the popcorn (maz = corn). Palomitas is a term common in Spain and Latin America, but not in Argentina where popcorn is known as "purur".

Cheers![/QUOTE]I have just realized that for some reason, accented vowels do not show up in the text! It is not "maz" but "maiz", and "pururu".

= pochoclo.