Internet in Mexico

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Mexico Broadband Quick Facts
Broadband Growth Historical[1]
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0.1 0.3 0.4 0.9 2.2
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.


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[edit] Broadband ISPs

[edit] 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.
Prodigy Infinitum (Telmex) Quick facts
Market Share 80%[3]
Growth in broadband users 190% (2004)[3]
Prodigy Infinitum Packages[4]
Name Downstream Upstream Price (Pesos) Price (USD)
Infinitum 1000 1 Mbit/s 128kbit/s 399 (~$37USD)
Infinitum 2000 2 Mbit/s 256kbit/s 689 (~$63USD)
Infinitum 4000 4 Mbit/s 768kbit/s 1199 (~$109USD)

[edit] Cable

Cablevisión Packages[5]
Name Price (Pesos) Price (USD)
Velocidad 300 kbit/s 203 (~$19USD)
Velocidad 450 kbit/s 303 (~$28USD)
Velocidad 1500 kbit/s 393 (~$36USD)
Megacable Residential Packages[6]
Name Price (Pesos) Price (USD)
Velocidad 256 kbit/s 190 (~$17USD)
Velocidad 2048 kbit/s 299 (~$28USD)
Velocidad 3000 kbit/s 399 (~$38USD)
Velocidad 4000 kbit/s 499 (~$48USD)

[edit] Wireless (non-cellular)

[edit] Wireless (cellular)

[edit] References