{"id":170667,"date":"2024-05-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/?p=170667"},"modified":"2024-05-24T06:42:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T11:42:36","slug":"snapshot-2024-update-of-fixed-broadband-internet-rates-across-the-caribbean-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2024\/05\/snapshot-2024-update-of-fixed-broadband-internet-rates-across-the-caribbean-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot: 2024 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. We also compare the current findings with those from the previous exercise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On 21 May 2024, 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 7 September 2023 and 10 November 2023, with collected data from 223 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 223 examined, 31 Caribbean\/CARICOM (Caribbean Community) countries were included. However, our review of the findings covers 30 countries (see Exhibit 1) as the data provided for Puerto Rico was inaccurate and would have skewed our analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exhibit 1: List of Caribbean\/CARICOM countries included in this review by ICT Pulse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to analysing the current findings, we will compare these results with those from the previous exercise, for which the data was collected between 2 January 2023 and 1 March 2023.<\/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