The Dominican Republic is served by several telephone companies: Codetel and Tricom. In addition to these companies and their public-telephone offices located in the larger villages and cities of the Peninsula, many hotels and private communication centers also offer telephone, fax and computer internet communications services. Cyber Cafe's are located in Samana, Las Terrenas and Las Galeras, be prepared to pay from $4us and up, per hour for Internet access to retrive your e-mails or to browse the World Wide Web.