Internet In
Costa Rica To Be 100
Times Faster
Get ready for
lightning speed
internet service
in the coming
year as the
Radiográfica
Costarricense (RACSA)
retools,
investing some
us$360 million
dollars in
infrastructure
that will
increase
connection speed
up to 100 times
that of today.
Alberto Bermúdez,
RACSA's general
manage, says the
state
institution will
offer
connections up
to 1GB and at an
economical
price, starting
at us$30 a month
for the basic
service.
Currently, RACSA
and ICE offer
connection
speeds from
128kB to 4Mbps
at prices
ranging from
us$11 to us$30,
by way of dial
up, cable modem
(in conjunction
with the cable
companies) and
ADSL.
The new high
speed RACSA
connection will
first be
introduced in
the Gran Área
Metropolitana
(San José), from
Rohrmoser to San
Pedro.
In Costa Rica,
45% of the
population (some
2 million) is
connected to the
internet.
Currently RACSA
competes with
its parent
company, ICE
which provides
mobile internet
and ADSL and
AMNET with its
cable internet.
The move by
RACSA will force
competitors,
including ICE,
to ajust their
prices downward
and increase
connections
speeds as well.
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