Broadband Internet Access

Brazil

Foreign comunication groups, the Telefónica, Telemar and Brasil Telecom dispute the largest part of the market offered DSL under the telephone copper net. The speeds vary in 512 kbit/s. Is obligator the contract with a ISP being this a reason of judicial disputes and controversies. T-1/DS-1 are each day more common in the interior of the country. In big cities some WiFi hotspots are available. As of November 2005, some cable companies started do offer 2, 4 and 8 Mbit/s access (without a ISP obligation) for the same price as 512 kbit/s ADSL connections.