When I introduced the Meet Curacao Mailbag last week, I really didn’t know what to expect. Were people going to like the idea? Was I going to get swamped? Was I going to get a gratuitous amount of hate mail? What exactly is a “Justin Bieber” and why does it keep trending on Twitter????

These questions kept me awake at night but in the end, our readers had some nice submissions for the mailbag. So, let me just never mind this flimsy introduction and get right to it.

3G phones
Hey,

Frank

Ah, a tech question to break the ice. Right up my alley! Well, I have written about this numerous times on Curacao Connected and I’ll recap it here for those who still have questions regarding 3G internet and cell phones.

Right now, UTS’ 3G chip will only give you ‘data’. That means, most of us are just using the chip in the special little modem and getting 3G internet on our laptops or desktops. You can stick the chip in a 3G enabled cellphone and you should be able to surf and have data transfers on your phone as well. Some people have e-mailed me and told me that this works on their phone, so we have confirmation that it works like that.

Sadly however, the “voice” part of the equation does NOT work yet. When you have that 3G chip in your phone, you can’t receive calls, which basically defeats the purpose of having a cellphone. UTS said last year that they don’t know yet when they will start offering the 3G with voice, but just a few weeks ago, they said that it should be before the end of 2010.

Considering that they have been talking about voice since 2008, I’ll believe it when I see it.

Do you speak Indonesian?
Hi,

Isabella

I don’t listen to Laser 101 so I don’t know which ad you mean. But I’ll take this as a challenge. I’m going to start listening to Laser these days to hear the ad and I’ll try to have a translation for you hopefully the next time we do a mailbag.

Wife: You never listen to Laser because you’re always listening to that horrible music on Radio One.
Dave: You’re just jealous because I have crazy dance moves!

Clean up crew
Hi Dave,

Hugo

I drove passed the roundabout yesterday and the broken windshield was still there. The wife thinks that the person that it belongs to should remove it. Personally, I’m torn. On the one hand, I think Selikor should remove it (I mean, it is what they’re here for) but on the other hand, I’d like to see the government create this special clean up crew that exists solely for immediately cleaning any crap that is on the street. If someone throws a cup on the ground, these guys are on the scene instantly and they pick up the cup while kicking you repeatedly in the groin. That will stop little Johnny from littering!

Ow, and I want this crew to look very snazzy in the process. They need to wear costumes like Iron Man. SPEND MY TAX MONEY WISELY, GOVERNMENT!

Funchi with bakalao?
This question was dropped in the comments…

Toen ik in Juni 09 op Curacao was hoorde ik vaak op de radio het liedje funchi met bakalao..Zou u me kunnen zeggen wat de juiste titel en uitvoerder is van dit nummer?
Alvast bedankt!
Kuikentje

Dave: Eh………
Dave: * stares off into space *
Wife: See, if it’s not on Radio One, you don’t know it.

Do you have any questions? Don’t hesitate and mail it to david@curacaoconnected.com. And oh yeah, don’t forget to check out his website!