Internet in Chile

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The technical regulator for the Internet in Chile is the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, through the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel).

The Internet country code is .cl.[1]

Internet access[]

See also: Ranked lists of Chilean regions § By computer ownership and Internet access

In 2011 there were 1.854 million Internet hosts in Chile.[1] According to the International Telecommunication Union, 45% of the population in Chile had access to the Internet in 2010.[2] The household penetration rate for fixed Internet connections stands at 39.01%, with 1,991,277 subscribers as of September 2011.[3]

Internet usage[]

According to a national survey[3] on telecommunication services consumption, published by Subtel in January 2009, 40.6% of Chileans use the Internet, while 59.1% do not.

Places where Chileans get online
Place % (*)
Home 45.6
Work 39.0
Cybercafé 29.0
Friends/relatives' house 18.4
University 12.8
School 8.9
Did not use 2.6
Others 1.6

Note: Multiple responses are allowed. (*) Out of those who use the Internet.

Visits to a cybercafé during last week
Frequency % (*)
Once 41.7
2-5 times 39.3
6-10 times 7.9
More than 10 times 4.6
Don't know/No response 6.6

(*) Out of those who've visited a cybercafé in the last week.

Connection speeds[]

Speed Connections
(June 2020)[4]		 %
≤56 kbit/s 834 0.0%
56 kbit/s-128 kbit/s 2,364 0.1%
128 kbit/s-256 kbit/s 1,927 0.1%
256 kbit/s-512 kbit/s 5,112 0.1%
512 kbit/s-1 Mbit/s 9,113 0.3%
1 Mbit/s-2 Mbit/s 46,454 1.3%
2 Mbit/s-5 Mbit/s 183,264 5.1%
5 Mbit/s-10 Mbit/s 297,579 8.3%
10 Mbit/s-100 Mbit/s 1,106,512 30.9%
100 Mbit/s-1 Gbit/s 1,933,090 53.9%
>1 Gbit/s 468 0.0%
Total fixed connections 3,586,717 100.0%

Broadband market[]

Market share[]

Company Connections[4] Market share
(June 2020)
VTR Banda Ancha 1,350,347 37.6%
Movistar 909,702 25.4%
Claro Comunicaciones S.A. 473,251 13.2%
Mundo Pacífico 316,709 8.8%
Entelphone 204,725 5.7%
Telsur 187,975 5.2%
GTD Manquehue 76,024 2.1%
Entel-Chile S.A. 26,801 0.7%
Telcoy 17,317 0.5%
CMET 8,387 0.2%
Claro Serv. Empresariales 5,698 0.2%
CTR 4,935 0.1%
STEL Access 3,174 0.1%
Global Crossing 674 0.0%
RTC 666 0.0%
Netline 141 0.0%
Fullcom 86 0.0%
Netglobalis 63 0.0%
Austro Internet 35 0.0%
AT&T Chile S.A. 7 0.0%
Total connections 3,586,717 100.0%

Plans[]

Companies offering home use broadband connections include:

VTR[]

VTR, Chile's largest cable company, offers several "always on" plans[5] through cable modem (as of June 2020):

  • Flat-rate HFC plans:
    • 200 Mbit/s (downstream)/7 Mbit/s (upstream), US$26/month (unlimited)
    • 500/10 Mbit/s, US$32/month (unlimited)
    • 600/16 Mbit/s, US$43/month (unlimited)

Note: Exchange rate used: 1 US dollar = 821.14 Chilean pesos (May 2020 average)

Movistar Chile[]

Movistar Chile, Chile's biggest phone company, offers several FTTH plans[6] (as of June 1, 2020):

  • Flat-rate FTTH plans:
    • 200/100 Mbit/s, US$25.56
    • 500/250 Mbit/s, US$31.65
    • 900/450 Mbit/s, US$45.04

Note: Exchange rate used: 1 US dollar = 821.14 Chilean pesos (May 2020 average)

Entel[]

Entel, another major telecommunications company, offers several plans[7] through FTTH and LTE:

  • Flat-rate FTTH plans:
    • 250/30 Mbit/s, US$26.77
    • 500/50 Mbit/s, US$32.86
    • 940/400 Mbit/s, US$46.26
  • Wireless LTE-based connections:
    • 10/4 Mbit/s, US$18.25
    • 30/5 Mbit/s, US$24.34

Note: Exchange rate used: 1 US dollar = 821.14 Chilean pesos (May 2020 average)

Gtd Manquehue[]

offers (through FTTH):

  • Flat-rate plans:
    • 200/100 Mbit/s, US$34.08
    • 200/200 Mbit/s, US$35.29
    • 400/100 Mbit/s, US$36.51
    • 400/200 Mbit/s, US$37.71

Note: Exchange rate used: 1 US dollar = 821.14 Chilean pesos (May 2020 average)

Network neutrality[]

On 13 June 2010, the National Congress of Chile, amended its telecommunications law in order to preserve network neutrality, becoming the first country in the world to do so.[8][9][10] The law, published on 26 August 2010, added three articles to the General Law of Telecommunications, forbidding ISPs from arbitrarily blocking, interfering with, discriminating, hindering or restricting an Internet user's right to use, send, receive or offer any legal content, application, service or any other type of legal activity or use through the Internet. ISPs must offer Internet access in which content is not arbitrarily treated differently based on its source or ownership.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Chile". CIA The World Factbook. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  2. ^ Definitions of World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators, March 2010 Archived 2014-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, International Telecommunication Union, March 2010. Accessed on 30 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2009-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b "Series conexiones internet fija (Período Información Primer Trimestre 2002 – Junio 2020)". Subtel. 2020-11-18.
  5. ^ "Internet hogar: planes de banda ancha con Nextgen Wifi". VTR (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  6. ^ "Contrata Internet Hogar Fibra Óptica | Planes Hogar | Movistar". ww2.movistar.cl. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  7. ^ "Planes de Hogar Internet, Telefonía y Televisión | Entel". entel.cl. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  8. ^ "Net neutrality enshrined in Dutch law". The Guardian. London. Associated Press. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Chile publica su ley que garantiza la neutralidad de la Red | Navegante". El Mundo. Spain. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  10. ^ "¿Quién quiere acabar con la neutralidad en la Red?". EL PAÍS. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Law 20,453". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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