Telecommunications
Far From Level Playing Field
Communications Costs In Pacific Islands
| Country | Services Available | Monthly Fee (Basic) | Monthly Fee (Premium) | Service Providers |
| American Samoa | Dialup, Broadband, wireless | $24.95 (unlimited dialup/56kbps) $75 (broadband residential/128kbps) |
$800 (1Mbps/broadband business plan) |
Prices quoted are for Blue Sky www.blueskynet.as Also serviced by Verizon. |
| CNMI | Dialup, Broadband, wireless |
$39.95 ("Lite" service, 384kbps/128kbps) | $135 (ADSL 1.5 Mbps/512kbps) |
Prices quoted for Pacific Telecom Inc. www.pticom.com Also serviced by Verizon. |
| Cook Islands | Dialup, Broadband, wireless | NZ$20 (US$15) for 4 hours dialup NZ$120 (US$90) prepaid/50 hours dialup |
NZ$150 (US$113) for 768kbps/256kpbs broadband (basic business plan) NZ$999 (US$753) 1Mbps/256kbps broadband (premium business plan) |
Telecom Cook Islands www.telecom.co.ck (Oyster Net) |
| FSM | Dialup, Broadband, wireless currently being installed |
$19.95 for 10 hours dialup |
$149 for 120 hours combined dialup access |
FSM Telecommunications Corporation www.telecom.fm |
| Fiji | Dialup, Broadband, wireless | $13.35 (US$8.3) dialup +10 hours access F$44 (US$27) unlimited dialup |
F$39.50 (US$24) broadband 128/64 kbps F$499 broadband and wireless 1024/512 kbps |
Rates quoted for Connect Fiji www.connect.com.fj Unwired Fiji and Kidanet are other providers |
| French Polynesia | Dialup, Broadband, wireless | 3,300 XPF (US$37) 5 hours, 3 month plan 4,950 XPF (US$56) "light" six month plan |
14,850XPF (US$168) "Extreme" six month plan 21,780XPF (US$246.97) 90 hours |
Rates quoted for OPT http://www.opt.pf. Other providers available |
| Guam | Dialup, Broadband, wireless | $13.95 unlimited use dialup | DSL up to 1.2 Mbps $39.95 up to 2.5 Mbps $62.45 up to 3.5 Mbps $93.70 Cable broadband: Up to 128kbps $19.99 up to 512 kbps $34.95 up to 2.2Mbps $62.45 up to 3.2Mbps $93.7 |
Open market. Providers include most major American firms. Rate quoted here for DSL from GTA www.gta.net for cable broadband from MCV www.mcvguam.com |
| Kiribati | Dialup | A$30 (US$25) 128kbps |
A$500 (US$421) 512kbps 15GB included usage |
Telecom Kiribati www.tskl.net.ki |
| Marshall Islands |
Dialup, broadband in 2007, wireless proposed for parts of Majuro 2007/08 | $10 plus $3.6/hour | 128/128kbps $2000 256/256kbps $3000 512/512kbps $5000 |
Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority www.ntamar.net |
| Palau | Dialup, wireless, broadband |
$15/4 hours $99.95/unlimited dialup hours |
64kbps $449.95 128kbps $699.95 192kbps $1149.95 |
Palau National Communications Corporation www.palaunet.com |
| Papua New Guinea |
Dialup, broadband, wireless | K$49.50 (US$16) 10 hour dialup plan K374 (US$126) 500Mbps dialup plan |
K1804 (US$609) 512kbps broadband K2024 (US$683) 512kbps wireless (Port Moresby only) |
Rates quoted for Daltron www.daltron.com.pg but also serviced by PNG Telikom www.telikompng.com.pg . |
| Samoa | Dialup, wireless, broadband |
ST$19.95 (US$7)/15 hours ST$895 (US$343) 3Mbps dialup |
ST$3,395 (US$1302) 10Mbps |
Samoa ws www.samoa.ws |
| Solomon Islands |
Dialup, broadband, wireless available in Gizo, Honiara | SBD$826.56 (US$114) "Soho" package 128kbps/64kbps | SBD$3,960.16 (US$550.22) "Business" package 512kbps/128kbps |
Solomon Telekom www.solomon.com.sb |
| Tonga | Dialup, broadband, wireless |
TP$99 (US49) 64kbps/32kbps |
TP$1000 (US$500) 512kbps/256kbps |
Tonga Communications Corporation www.tcc.to Tonfon www.tonfon.to specializes in high speed broadband custom |
| Vanuatu | Dialup, Broadband |
VT1300 (US$12) 5 hours dialup VT6300 (US$60) 30 hours dialup |
VT16,800 (US$160) 128kbps VT84,000 (US$801) 1Mbps |
Telecom Vanuatu Ltd www.tvl.net.vu |
