| Belize’s Internet Still The Slowest; Among The Most Expensive |
| Mon, May 12, 2014 |
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| Another survey of internet bandwidth speeds and pricing in the Caribbean has been done - and again Belize has come out dead last. The 2014 survey includes 19 countries in the Caribbean. It shows Belize as the only country still offering a 128K as its lowest available speed. But Belize's highest bandwidth speed, 8Meg was above at least two other countries and tied with many others. Still that 8meg maximum came nowhere close to the 160 megs being offered in Barbados or the 100 megs offered in Curacao, Grenada and Jamaica.
And while it doesn't nearly compete in terms of speed, in terms of price, Belize's highest internet speed easily outstrips the competition - and in fact is the highest in the region.
That 8 megs costs 353 US dollars per month, while in Barbados 160 megs costs 100 US dollars per month. While in Jamaica 100 megs costs 125 US per month. St Lucia which offers 8.8 megs for 211 US dollars per month is the second closest to Belize in terms of high price.
And based on a the price for a two meg connection, Belize is also the highest in the region at 120 US dollars a month, compared to the lowest, which is Trinidad at just over twenty US per month.
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