Bandwidth

[ANTHONY DEBRUYNE]

I work online and would like to relocate to Costa Rica.  My concern is the availability of reliable internet and sufficient band width for my purpose.  Ideally I would like to have 25mb/s.  It seems most high speed residential bandwidth in CR runs at about 6mb/s and 50mb/s is available for $4000 per month!  Yikes.  What are some persons experiences working online from CR?  Have you found the bandwidth sufficient for your needs?

[JASON HOLLAND- COUNTRY EXPERT]

Hi Anthony,

Just did a speed test on my connection. Looks like I’m at 2 mbps. That works for me as far as running Netflix, watching videos online, and uploading stuff to Youtube and such. My Internet is reliable. There have been some short and infrequent outages. I’m not sure that 25 mb/s is available in residential plans. The highest I’ve seen is 10 mb/s from Tigo for $90 per month.

Here’s some contact information for local providers. They might have some more insight on this. They should have a customer rep that speaks English.

Cable Tica – http://www.svcabletica.com/Sucursal/Cabletica/WFContacto.aspx

Tigo – http://www.tigo.cr/personas/atencion-al-cliente/contactenos

Racsa – http://www.racsa.co.cr/cable_modem_servicios_hogar.php

[THOMAS MERGENS]

Jason, is that in a developed area, and do you get that service via wire-line or through satellite?

[JASON HOLLAND- COUNTRY EXPERT]

Hi Thomas,

I’m in a developed area, Tamarindo, with cable Internet. A lot of areas have similar service, even pretty out of the way spots. Although there are still some areas where cable is not available. In those cases, I’ve heard of people getting a satellite connection. Another alternative is a “mifi”/3G/cellular data connection since there are cell towers everywhere. I know Movistar, a local cell provider, offers a little antenna you plug into your laptop via USB to get online. Of course, speed is an issue with that.

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