{"id":162535,"date":"2022-04-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=162535"},"modified":"2022-04-08T06:11:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T11:11:02","slug":"snapshot-2022-update-of-fixed-broadband-internet-rates-in-the-caribbean-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2022\/04\/snapshot-2022-update-of-fixed-broadband-internet-rates-in-the-caribbean-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot: 2022 update of fixed broadband internet rates in the Caribbean region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The recently published research from The Cable (UK) on fixed broadband rates from over 200 countries worldwide, which includes over 30 Caribbean countries, is examined.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earlier this week, United Kingdom telecoms company, The Cable<\/a>, published the results of its latest research on fixed-line broadband Internet rates worldwide. The exercise was conducted between 19 January 2022 and 30 March 2022, and collected data from 220 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 220 examined, Exhibit 1 lists the Caribbean\/CARICOM (Caribbean Community) countries that were included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exhibit 1: List of Caribbean\/CARICOM countries included in 2022 fixed broadband Internet survey (Source: The Cable)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The previous review of fixed broadband internet rates was conducted in late 2019 and early 2020. In addition to presenting the new findings, we will compare some of the 2022 results with those recorded in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Methodology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Similar to previous iterations of the exercise, the data collected was presented in the four key ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. the average cost of a broadband plan per month<\/li>
  2. the cost of the cheapest plan in each country per month<\/li>
  3. the most expensive plan available, and<\/li>
  4. the cost of 1 Megabit per second (Mbps) of bandwidth for one month.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The Cable provides a detail account of the methodology employed, however, outlined below are some of the key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n