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1990s
Dozens of companies began to offer Internet service since the early 1990s, mainly through the telephone modem, with speeds of 56 kbit / s and up, at a cost of US $ 25 per month of connection, while the minutes of Use of the telephone was paid to Hondutel as a local call. At the end of the 1990s, the service expanded and became cheaper, lending itself to many means of communication, through fixed telephony, mobile telephony, cable or satellite services in Honduras for more than a decade. -
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Submarine cables
Since 1993, Honduras has counted on the use of several submarine cables to provide a greater bandwidth to its population, among them are: Columbus II
Americas I
and the TPC-5CN cable with a capacity for more than 5 GB / s,
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Broadband
The bandwidth provided in Honduras is around 1 MB / s for US $ 25. compared to other more developed countries, such as Japan where 1 Gbit / s costs less than 50 US $, South Korea where the average speed is 50 Mbit / s (each Mbit / s costs 45 US $ cents per month) or Chile where 1 Mbit / s costs $ 40 per month. The average speed is 1 Mbit / s (125 kB / s) for a cost of 48 US $, usually in packages (all included) that include: Cable for one or more televisions, telephony, etc. -
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internet cable
able internet is the most common form of connection in Honduras, many companies that provide this service, among them are: Tigo (Formerly called Amnet),
Color Cable,
Setcom
Besttv Group
Multicable
Claro -
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Mobile internet
A few companies offer mobile internet service, such as Claro, Tigo, etc. In 2011, Tigo and Amnet merged their brands to become Tigo.