{"id":168075,"date":"2023-03-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=168075"},"modified":"2023-03-16T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T22:00:15","slug":"snapshot-2023-update-of-fixed-broadband-internet-rates-across-the-caribbean-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2023\/03\/snapshot-2023-update-of-fixed-broadband-internet-rates-across-the-caribbean-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot: 2023 update of fixed broadband internet rates across 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, on Tuesday 14 March to exact, the United Kingdom telecoms company, The Cable<\/a>, published the results of its latest research on the price of fixed broadband Internet service worldwide. The exercise was conducted between 2 January 2023 and 1 March 2023, with collected data from 219 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 219 examined, Exhibit 1 lists the Caribbean\/CARICOM (Caribbean Community) countries that were included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exhibit 1:\u00a0 List of Caribbean\/CARICOM countries included in the 2023 fixed broadband Internet survey (Source:\u00a0 The Cable)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The previous review of fixed broadband internet rates was conducted in almost a year ago, with the results published in April 2022. So in addition to presenting the new findings, we will compare some of the 2023 results with those recorded in 2022.<\/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 four key ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

    The Cable continues to provide a detailed account of the methodology employed, however, outlined below are some of the key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n