{"id":38760,"date":"2013-08-11T00:23:38","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T04:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/?p=38760"},"modified":"2020-09-15T03:36:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T08:36:29","slug":"ecuador-technology-fibre-optics-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/blog\/ecuador-technology-fibre-optics-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador Technology – Fibre Optics – Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily Brief – Ecuador Technology Scores Big <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This article\u2019s headline should resonate with those that read my August 9, 2013 piece on Internet service in Ecuador\u00a0 It was hardly a glowing assessment, but one which realistically\u00a0 defined the extent of advancing Internet service in Ecuador and the regions in which it proliferated most\u2026and\u2026least.<\/p>\n

The key theme of the article was that for anyone requiring serious Internet access, akin to what is commonly found in the USA, Canada and Europe, the only realistic option was a business-oriented fibre optic line, offering a true direct 1:1 connection onto the Information Highway. The process is costly and can take some time, as fibre optic cabling is actually custom brought out to site, from the central hub nearest the installation location.\u00a0 Sometimes, the fibre optic cabling was on back order and the waiting game commenced.\u00a0 Looking to the future of Ecuador technology, that wait is almost certainly over. With a subdued fanfare of sorts the Correa Administration just announced that not only would the availability of fibre optic cabling no longer be an obstacle, but that by 2014, Ecuador would actually be a net fibre optic cable exporter.\u00a0 The reason for the optimism is the announced creation of the largest fibre optic cable factory in\u00a0all of Latin America. In 2007, Ecuador had a mere 3,500 km of fibre optic cabling laid throughout the nation.\u00a0 During the Correa Administration that number expanded 10-fold in little over 5 years, as 35,000 km of fibre optic cabling exists today.\u00a0 The stellar growth was actually considered \u201climited\u201d by members of the Correa Administration, as Ecuador constantly had to import the fibre optic cabling.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, a private sector initiative by TelcoNet, an Ecuadorean telecom and Fiberhome Telecommunication, headquartered in China, has created the Latham Fiberhome Factory for the production of fibre optic cable. Mr. Jaime Guerrero, the Minister of Telecommunications in Ecuador announced that with this giant step, \u201c\u2026Ecuador would transition from an importer to an exporter of fibre optic cabling by 2014, while also ensuring a readily available supply of fibre optic cable for domestic Internet service providers (ISPs).\u201d This dramatic change ensures that Ecuador will move closer to the cutting edge of first-world communication data and Internet service, with a domestic brand of product, which will add much needed high-tech jobs to the Ecuadorean economy. Minister Guerrero anticipates that the factory production capacity can be rapidly ramped up to provide for the needs of Venezuela, Colombia, Per\u00fa, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina combined.\u00a0 Precisely the export-oriented, high-tech economic impetus, which the Correa Administration economic plan has emphasized. However, the rate at which \u201cthe plan\u201d is rapidly becoming a reality is nothing less than astounding.\u00a0 One more reason to focus global investment attention on the tiny nation of Ecuador. The new production plant will be fully capable of producing the most modern, most highly advanced fibre optic cable currently available, consistent with the highest global manufacturing standards.\u00a0 It is just one more example of private sector capitalist innovation in Ecuador.\u00a0 While Internet penetration throughout Ecuador still has a long way to go, this latest development clearly illustrates that the future of high-tech in Ecuador looks very bright.\u00a0 Technology has scored big in Ecuador and the beneficiary is going to be every Internet user across the nation, as service quality is ramped up, while costs are driven way down.\u00a0 Usher in the new era for Ecuador technology !<\/p>\n

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Ecuador technology has scored big and the beneficiary is going to be Internet users across the nation. As service quality is ramped up, the costs will drop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":38733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[31860,31822,7731,31857,31855,31848,31849,31847,7866,20272,31852,31859,31853,31850,31856,31854,31851,3456,4992,31858],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Residency-In-Ecuador.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38767,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38760\/revisions\/38767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38760"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=38760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}