ICE Acquires Additional
Broadband Internet
Connection
Costa Rica now has an
added internet
connection, guaranteeing
fast and continued
connectivity to the rest
of the world.
The new connection to
the Columbus Network
undersea fibre optical
cable in the Atlantic
gives ICE more direct
access to broadband
internet and allow the
state institution to
more simultaneous
connections.
The direct route with
Columbus represents and
investment of us$80
million dollars by ICE
that connects to the
Colombia to Florida
Express Route, that
links links Cartagena,
Colombia to Boca Raton,
Florida.
Columbus Networks'
Colombia-Florida Sub Sea
Fiber Project, dubbed "CFX",
includes more than 2,400
kilometers of deep-sea
repeated high-capacity
fiber optic cable. It
also includes a new
landing station in
Cartagena where other
regional communications
providers are co-located
for interconnection with
Columbus Networks.
CFX is the largest
network expansion
project the company has
undertaken since
Columbus Communications
acquired the company in
September 2005.
Columbus Networks is a
wholesale service
provider that offers
advanced, high-speed
bandwidth capacity to
telecommunications
companies and Internet
Service Providers.
Columbus Networks is the
94 percent owner and
principal operator of
the Americas Region
Caribbean Optical-ring
System (ARCOS).
The ARCOS cable network
interconnects the United
States and 18 countries
in the Pan-Caribbean
Central America
providing the regions
only fully redundant,
ring protected cable
network. |
