Internet in Mexico

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 has approximately 70 million Internet users and is currently experiencing a huge surge in demand for broadband Internet services. Mexico is the country with the most Internet users among Spanish speaking counties in the western hemisphere, and in August 2005 Cisco Systems, the industry leader in Internet backbone routing equipment, said they see Mexico and countries in Latin America 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.

It is also one of the only Latin American countries that has no Internet censorship.

Contents

Broadband ISPs

WiMax

ISPs that provide Wimax Technology:

Acceso Universal Packages (Internet connection plus a residential line)[2]
Name Downstream Local Calls Long Distance Mex, USA & Canada Price (MXN) Price (USD)
Acceso Universal 1 10 Mbit/s 150 100 min. 482 (~39)
Acceso Universal 2 30 Mbit/s 200 Unlimited (just Mexico) min. 728 (~58)
Acceso Universal 3 50 Mbit/s Unlimited Unlimited min. 1028 (~83)
Acceso Universal 3 100 Mbit/s Unlimited Unlimited min. 2028 (~250)
Acceso Universal (make your own package) 10 or 100 Mbit/s 150, 200 or Unlimited add custom min. starting at 449 (~36)
Acceso Universal Packages (Internet connection plus a commercial line)[3]
Name Downstream Local Calls Long Distance Mex, USA & Canada Price (MXN) Price (USD)
Acceso Universal 1 20 Mbit/s 150 50min. 359 (~28)
Acceso Universal 2 50 Mbit/s 200 Unlimited (just Mexico) min. 538 (~43)
Acceso Universal 3 100 Mbit/s Unlimited Unlimited min. 618 (~50)
Acceso Universal (make your own package) 20 or 100 Mbit/s 150, 200 or Unlimited add custom min. starting at 299 (~24)

ADSL

ISPs that provide ADSL:

Prodicty Infinitum (Telmex) Quick facts
Market Share 80%[4]
Growth in broadband users 190% (2004)[4]
Telmex Packages (Through a commercial line)[5]
Name Downstream Upstream Price (MXN) Price (USD)
Infinitum Negocio 2 Mbit/s 512kbit/s 404 (~31)
Infinitum Negocio Red 4 Mbit/s 640kbit/s 706 (~55)
Infinitum Negocio Premium 6 Mbit/s 768kbit/s 1,209 (~94)
Telmex Packages (Through a residential line)[6] Including other phone services
Name Downstream Upstream Price (MXN) Price (USD)
Paquete conectes 1 Mbit/s 256kbit/s 389 (~30)
Paquete acerques 2 Mbit/s 384kbit/s 599 (~47)
Todo Mexico sin Limites 5 Mbit/s 768kbit/s 999 (~78)

Cable

Cablevisión Packages[7]
Speed Price (MXN) Price (USD)
2 Mbps 360 (~28)
4 Mbps 519 (~41)
Megacable Residential Packages[8]
Speed Price (MXN) Price (USD)
2 Mbit/s 220 (~17)
3 Mbit/s 320 (~25)
4 Mbit/s 420 (~33)
10 Mbit/s 820 (~64)
20 Mbit/s 1000 (~90)
Cybercable Residential Packages[9]
Downstream Upstream Price (MXN) Price (USD)
1 Mbit/s 500 kbit/s 150 (~12)
2 Mbit/s 800 kbit/s 200 (~16)
3 Mbit/s 1100 kbit/s 251 (~20)
4 Mbit/s 1500 kbit/s 301 (~23)
5 Mbit/s 1800 kbit/s 352 (~27)
6 Mbit/s 2000 kbit/s 402 (~31)
7 Mbit/s 2000 kbit/s 452 (~35)
8 Mbit/s 2000 kbit/s 503 (~39)

Wireless (non-cellular)

Wireless (cellular)

References

Mexico portal
Internet portal
  1. ^ a b OECD Broadband Statistics December 2005
  2. ^ http://www.axtel.mx/servicios/casa/internet/acceso_universal/internet_mas_telefono (in Spanish)
  3. ^ http://www.axtel.mx/servicios/empresa/negocios/acceso_universal_negocio (in Spanish)
  4. ^ a b Wikipedia Telmex Internet
  5. ^ http://www.telmex.com/mx/negocio/internet/banda-ancha.html (in Spanish)
  6. ^ http://www.telmex.com/mx/hogar/paquetes.html (in Spanish)
  7. ^ http://www.cablevision.net.mx/cotizador/cotizador.html (in Spanish)
  8. ^ http://www.megacable.com.mx/inter_residencial.htm (in Spanish)
  9. ^ http://www.cybercable.net.mx
  10. ^ http://www.igo.com.mx/cobertura.html In Spanish
  11. ^ http://www.igo.com.mx/planesytarifas.html In Spanish
  12. ^ Mexico Broadband high speed internet wireless
  13. ^ Welcome to www.supernetmx.com
  14. ^ http://www.ultranet2go.com/notie/main.html In Spanish
  15. ^ http://www.ultranet2go.com/notie/home.php?ciudad=Veracruz
  16. ^ http://www.movistar.com.mx/TConecta@3.5G/index.html
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