Wednesday 17
September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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ICE and Correos Join
Forces For A National
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ICE and Correos Join
Forces For A National
Address System
Can it be possible that
soon "direcciones a la
tica" (Costa Rican style
of addresses) be
something of the past?
Well, that is the goal
on alliance between the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
and Correos de Costa
Rica.
Currently, addresses in
Costa Rica go something
like this: from the
corner of Plaza Mayor,
50 metres west, 25
metres south, the house
with the black fence and
limousine parked in
front. (That is the
address for
Insidecostarica.com).
The first task in
getting to your
destination with the
above address is to know
where Plaza Mayor is,
and then have a sense of
direction, knowing your
south from your north,
not an easy task, you
can rest assured.
The common practice in
Costa Rica, if you are
not familiar with a
location, is to ask at
least three people and
the majority consensus
is then used for your
next step that gets you
closer to your
destination.
Both ICE and Correos
(the post office) are
working together to have
a "national address
system" in place so that
mail can be delivered
quicker and to the right
address, as well as
utility bills, which
never seem to get lost,
since the majority of
the utility bills are
not delivered by Correos,
but by utility
employees, like in the
case of ICE which
delivers door to door
telephone (fixed line
only) and electricity
bills.
According to the deal,
ICE will provide the
database for Correos,
while Correos provides
the mail carriers to
deliver the mail.
Both institutions say
they guarantee the
confidentiality of their
client information that
they are about to share.
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