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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