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Costa Rica Internet Broadband Grows 27.3%
First-Half of 2009
By Costa Rica Blogger
Costa Rica Reaches 5.8% Overall Broadband
Internet Penetration, With Private and
Public Schools Reaching 15% and 27% Growth,
Respectively Results of the Cisco Costa Rica
Broadband Barometer Project reported a 27.3%
growth in fixed broadband connections in
Costa Rica during the first half of 2009.
The increase in broadband connections was
mainly in the enterprise and home segments.
According to the study, prepared by the
Costa Rican High Technology Advisory
Committee (La Fundación Comisión Asesora en
Alta tecnología or CAATEC) and sponsored by
Cisco, Costa Rica reached 270,757 fixed
connections and a 5.8 percent penetration in
its population.
Costa Rica Internet Broadband Coverage
Map (source:
caatec.org)
The Cisco Broadband Barometer analyzed
broadband penetration in public and private
schools in the country. Public and private
schools experienced a 15 percent and 27
percent broadband growth, respectively,
during the first half of 2009.
Despite the growth, Costa Rica still needs
around 52,000 new broadband connections to
reach the goal defined by the Cisco
Broadband Barometer in conjunction with the
government. That goal is 325,000 connections
and 7 percent broadband penetration by 2010.
Highlights:
* Nearly 52,000 connections were added to
the fixed broadband market in Costa Rica
during the first half of 2009. There was a
17.7 percent growth in connections with
speeds between 512 kilobits per second
(Kbps) and 1 megabit per second (Mbps)
during the first half of 2009.
* Connections with speeds between 512 Kbps
and 1 Mbps represent 37 percent of the fixed
broadband market. Connections with speeds
higher than 1 Mbps represent only 27.7
percent. The home segment continued to
concentrate the majority of fixed broadband
connections during the first half of 2009,
reaching 206,877 connections and attaining a
23 percent growth.
* The enterprise segment experienced 28.6
percent growth during this same period.
* Broadband connections continue to
concentrate in the urban areas. The cantons
with the greatest penetration were Montes de
Oca (20 percent), Escazu (19.4 percent) and
Santo Domingo (17 percent). The cantons with
less penetration were San Mateo, Guacimo and
Coto Brus, with only 0.7 percent
penetration.
* ADSL connections grew 32.2 percent and
cable modem grew 19.8 percent. In the
educational system. 39 percent of public
schools and 61 percent of private schools
have broadband connections.
* The majority of public and private schools
in the country have connections with speeds
between 256 Kbps and 512 Kbps.
* Mobile Internet is still at an early stage
in Costa Rica, with only 6 percent of GSM
cell phone lines having Internet access
activated.
* There are still 52,243 connections needed
to reach the goal defined by the Cisco
Broadband Barometer: 325,000 connections and
7 percent broadband penetration by 2010.
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