High Speed Internet At Lower Cost Coming October 1
The Radiografica Costarricense S.A. (Racsa) announced earlier this month that beginning October 1 it will more than double the internet connection for it's customers, keeping the cost the same.

Existing customer don't have to do anything. Come October 1 their internet connection speed will increase considerably, depending on the connection plan purchased.

For example, Racsa residential customers who are currently connected at 128/64 pay $35 monthly. Come October 1, the 128/64 connection in increased to 512/128 and the cost will only by $34.95. Residential customers connected at 512/128 will be soon surfing at 2Mbps/256.

Pymes* and Pymes* Plus customers will also see their speed increased and rates lowered at the higher end. For eample, Pymes customers now connected at 1024/256 pay $250 per month, On October 1, the same connection speed will cost $79.95 and 2Mbps/256 will be $99.95

Racsa offers internet connection by dial up and cable modem through Amnet (formerly Cable Color) and CableTica.

Dial up customers have several options. For residential customers it offers an unlimited connection for $15 per month. Customer can dial up at any time from the registered telephone and stay connected as long as they want. Dial up customers will also have to pay the additional cost of telephone charges while connected.

Non residential customers can purchase blocks of connection time for a fixed fee, repaid internet cards and 900 En Línea (pay by the connection minute) service, among other products it supplies using the telephone lines.

The rates for dial up service are not affected by the announcement and dial up connection speeds depend on the computer modem and the telephone line.

For its part, the Instituto Costarricende de Electricidad (ICE) and parent of Racsa that provides ADSL internet connection over the telephone network said it is considering lowering ADSL connection rates to match Racsa's new cable modem rates and connection speed.


*Pymes is the acronym for pequeñas y medianas empresas (small and medium businesses).