Today I have learned that the telecommunications in Costa Rica will be a lot more reliable. According to the Sun Herald, Global Crossing Limited, a company that provides computer networking services worldwide and legally domiciled in Bermuda, has joined forces with the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and Radiografica Costarricense (RACSA) to develop a fiber-optic submarine cable will facilitate the expansion of ICE’s international network to the rest of the world through Global Crossing’s network.
In Costa Rica, services for electricity and telecommunications are handled by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and in the past few years the entity has been struggling to upgrade their services and walk and in hand with the technology available in the rest of the world. Although the services they provided have had some minor difficulties through the years, the new cable connection, which is an extension of the Pan American Crossing (PAC), which connects the United States‘ west coast, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela and the Virgin Islands will make things easier for Costa Rica telecommunications and their connections world wide.
This change is great news since it would be possible to have faster and better internet connections, phone services and such everywhere in Costa Rica, properties will increase their value due to better services offered in every area. Costa Rica is now part of a bigger technological channel and can provide top notch connectivity for everyone. With this change, the new bandwidth will enable the transmission of approximately 185 million e-mails per second, assuming an average e-mail of 20KB; allows 2.5 million people to watch a video online, assuming 1.5M per connection; and can handle 60 million phone calls, which is way bigger than what we have been using.
This is a huge step for the country and I am glad to actually be a witness of the positive changes made in the country. Costa Rica is going far and that is just another excuse to move here.
