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| Broadband Subscribers per hundred population |
Mexico approximately has 25 million Internet users[2] and is currently experiencing a huge surge in demand for broadband Internet services. Mexico is the country with the most internet users in Latin America, and in August 2005 Cisco Systems, the industry leader in Internet backbone routing equipment, said they see Mexico and other Latin American countries as the focal point for growth in coming years, with Mexico receiving the biggest chunk of their investments, identifying it as a hypergrowth market for equipment suppliers. Additionally looking at the historical growth for the period from 2001 to 2005 we see broadband Internet jump from 0.1 subscribers per hundred population to 2.2 subscribers per hundred population, a growth of 2200% in just 5 years[1].
Telmex has a de-facto monopoly in providing (A)DSL connectivity. After being converted from a state monopoly to a private monopoly by President Carlos Salinas de Gortari in 1990 it took the mexican Government 5 years to establish regulations in the Telecommunications Act and only then competitors were allowed to enter the mexican telecommunication market, leaving Telmex' and its owner Carlos Slim enough time to extend their technological lead.
Broadband ISPs
ADSL
ISPs that provide ADSL:
- Prodigy -Prodigy Infinitum Provided by Telmex
- Telmex started selling ISDN connections under the Prodigy Turbo brand name in the mid 90s. The service has been replaced for a few years now with ADSL connections which are sold under the Prodigy Infinitum brand name.
| Market Share | 80%[3] |
| Growth in broadband users | 190% (2004)[3] |
| Name | Downstream | Upstream | Price (MXN) | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitum 1000 | 1 Mbit/s | 128kbit/s | 399 | (~37) |
| Infinitum 2000 | 2 Mbit/s | 256kbit/s | 689 | (~63) |
| Infinitum 4000 | 4 Mbit/s | 768kbit/s | 1199 | (~109) |
Cable
- Cablevisión Cablevisión Digital Only available in Mexico City.
| Name | Price (MXN) | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Velocidad 300 kbit/s | 203 | (~19) |
| Velocidad 450 kbit/s | 303 | (~28) |
| Velocidad 1500 kbit/s | 393 | (~36) |
| Speed | Price (MXN) | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Mbit/s | 199 | (~17) |
| 2 Mbit/s | 299 | (~28) |
| 3 Mbit/s | 399 | (~38) |
| 4 Mbit/s | 499 | (~48) |
| Speed | Price (MXN) | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 512 kbit/s | 149 | (~11) |
| 1 Mbit/s | 199 | (~15) |
| 2 Mbit/s | 249 | (~18) |
| 3 Mbit/s | 299 | (~22) |
| 4 Mbit/s | 349 | (~26) |
| 5 Mbit/s | 399 | (~30) |
| 6 Mbit/s | 449 | (~34) |
Wireless (non-cellular)
- E-Go (MMDS) provides service in Monterrey, Guadalajara, Toluca & Mexico City[8] with plans ranging from 459 pesos to 689 pesos[9]
- SupernetMX provides service in Chetumal, Bacalar, Calderitas, Huay pix & Xul Ha[10] with plans ranging from 275 pesos to 1320 pesos[11]
- Ultranet2Go provides service in Puebla, Veracruz & Aguascalientes[12] with plans ranging from 249 pesos to 999 Pesos[13]
Wireless (cellular)
References
- ^ a b OECD Broadband Statistics December 2005
- ^ CIA Fact book Mexico Communications
- ^ a b Wikipedia Telmex Internet
- ^ http://www.telmex.com/mx/negocio/in_pdgyInfinitum_comparaPlanes.html (in Spanish)
- ^ http://www.cablevision.net.mx/cotizador/cotizador.html (in Spanish)
- ^ http://www.megacable.com.mx/inter_residencial.htm (in Spanish)
- ^ http://www.cybercable.net.mx
- ^ http://www.igo.com.mx/cobertura.html In Spanish
- ^ http://www.igo.com.mx/planesytarifas.html In Spanish
- ^ Mexico Broadband high speed internet wireless
- ^ Welcome to www.supernetmx.com
- ^ http://www.ultranet2go.com/notie/main.html In Spanish
- ^ http://www.ultranet2go.com/notie/home.php?ciudad=Veracruz