Other practical information about Guam

Practical information about Guam

Postal service

Postage stamps are readily available at the U.S. Post Offices, hotels, some stores and vending machines. Mail freight also is supported by DHL, UPS, DHX, EMERY, FEDEX.

Electricity

All normal wall outlets are 120 volts, 60 cycles with U.S. plug patterns.

ATT communications satellite dish. 5 stories high as wide as 3 buses.

Communications

Cable, telex, direct dial phone service, and Internet connectivity via T1 or DS3 lines, dsl or cable modems are available to all overseas points. Local phone service is provided by the Guam Telephone Authority with over 71,000 subscribers. The telephone network features digital switching and redundant fiber inter-office facilities as well as cellular service. The telephone switching protocal called Feature Group D places Guam in World Zone I which includes the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii that are reached by dialing 1+ the area code + number. Because Guam is considered domestic by the FCC, domestic rates and access to toll-free numbers (i.e. 800, 877, 888) are similar to those in the U.S.

Guam is a telecommunications trans-Pacific hub for Sprint, MCI, GTE, IT&E and AT&T linking the US and Asia via undersea fiber cables. It falls within an area covered by several Asian communications satellites and is within two time zones of almost all East Asian countries. Integrated Switching digital Network (ISDN), dsl, cable modem connections for Internet access locally as well as Internet ds3 lines to the States are solidly established.

Transportation

There are several airlines serving Guam to most major international, continental, and Pacific destinations. These are ANA, Gulf Air, JAL, Northwest, Continental, Thai Air, Qantas, Philippine Air, and Nauru Air. A public bus transportation system began operation in 1982. Tour excursions, taxicabs, and car rentals are available.

Mt. Santa Rosa
Receiver with typical UFO to the left.

Radio and Television

The radio stations operating on Guam are Adventist world Radio, Catholic Education Radio, Hit Radio 100-KOKU, KOLG Light 91 FM, KPRG Public Radio, KSDA FM JOY 92, KTWG 801 am, K-Stereo 95.5 FM, KUAM 610AM, Newstalk K-57, Power 98FM, and Trans World Radio.

The television broadcasting companies are KGTF Public TV, Kuam TV8, KTGM-TV14 and Marianas Cable TV (about 100 channels of programming).

Banking Institutions

The financial institutions operating on Guam are: Allied Bank, American Savings & Loan, Asahi Bank, Bank of Guam, Bank of Hawaii, Bank of the Orient, Century Bank, Citibank N A, Citizens Security Bank Inc, Finance Factors Ltd, First commercial Bank, First Hawaiian Bank, Hongkong Bank, First Savings & Loan of America, Guam Savings & Loan, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co, NAVMAR Federal Credit Union, Oceanic Bank, Pacific Islands Dev Bank, Union Bank, Hawaiian Trust Company Ltd.