Summary

• Key Broadband Players: Speedy, Virtua, Ajato, Velox, Turbonet
• Main Access Technology: ADSL, CATV (Cable)
• Average Speeds available to consumers: 250k - 1024k
• Brasil Telecom says it has has 900,000 broadband subscribers as of the end of October 2005, up 95% year-on-year. Telefonica subsidiary Speedy says it has 1.1 million customers and will invest $27 million to grow the business. Brasil Telecom wants to sign-up 180,000 VoIP customers by the end of 2006. (via Telegeography)

Main Providers

• The main broadband provider is Speedy, a subsidiary of the telecommunication provider Telefônica (formerly know as Telesp, bought out by Spain's main telecommunication provider Telefónica around 1998). Provides services mainly in Brazil's southeastern states.
• Virtua owned by NET, Brazil's largest cable TV company http://nettv.globo.com (which in turn is owned by Brazil's largest TV network, Globo http://www.globo.com)

Coverage Areas

• "Speedy"

Mainly the southeastern states of Brazil

• "Virtua"

Southern and southeastern states of Brazil

• "Velox"

Some southeastern and some northern states of Brazil

ADSL Package Choices

• Speedy

1. Residential 250k - 250/128 - US$24.74 per month
2. Residential 500k - 500/128 - US$35.36 per month
3. Residential 750k - 750/128 - US$48.64 per month
4. Residential 1M - 1M/128 - US$79.19 per month
5. Business 350k - 350/128 - US$48.64 per month
6. Business 550k - 550/128 - US$73.43 per month
7. Business 800k - 800/128 - US$110.62 per month
8. Business 1.2M - 1.2M/128 - US$177.02 per month
9. Business 2M - 2M/300 - US$610 per month

Minimum Contract Duration

• Speedy - 1 year

Other Cost

The users may purchase/rent the equipment from the service providers or purchase their own from third party. Most broadband service providers in Brazil also require you to signup to a second "content" provider in order to be able to login to their broadband network. More on this here http://www.abusar.org/faq.html.