To keep in touch with family or friends you can use the internet. There are several options such as telephone dialup connection, speed 56k6, or ADSL with various speeds. ADSL is quite expensive and the speed fore up and download is very low.

DIAL UP CONNECTION

If you have a landline phone connection you can use the internet with a modem, cost for this connection is about US 39 per 3 months. If you never established a internet connection with a fax / modem ask your local supplier for assistant.
Dialup number140

Primary DNS server: 200.1.159.58
Secondary DNS server: 200.2.162.14
Smtp server: pop1.sr.net
Pop 3 host: pop1.sr.net

Just login and fill in your user name and password, fore e-mail you can use web based mail like hotmail or Yahoo you can also use a e-mail address provided by your local Surinam provider.
There is also the possibility to have your own domain your mail address will away be the same no matter where you are, ask you local provider for further information.

ADSL

In Surinam there is ADSL for a bronze connection 64 Kb upload and 128 Kb download you have to pay US 55 per month, setting up this connection will cost you US 300. Connection speed is not high and you cannot compare it with the speed your used to. There is also no way you can access a newsgroup ore setting up a FTP server, Telesur does not support news and FTP servers.
Contacting home front.

To keep in touch with the people at home you can use MSN or Skype, we don’t think we have to explain MSN Skype however is a voice over IP program by using skype you can talk to people all around the World and in will not cost you anything.
If you don’t have ADSL bud a phone connection the only cost you have to pay is the time you use your phone.

Time intervals are:

0.600 – 17.00 hour 1 impulse = 1 minute
17.00 – 22.00 hour 1 impulse = 2 minute
22.00 – 06.00 hour 1 impulse = 3 minute

This means that one hour internet during day time will cost you SRD 4.25* = 1 euro.
Keep in mind the time difference between Surinam and you home country.

* Depending on exchange rates

Download: SKYPE