More companies in Costa Rica are making use of fiber optics to provide many households in Costa Rica with high speed internet connections, with speeds up to 100 Mbps.

Central America Data says that one of the companies who is pioneering this move is Netsys. The company will reportedly start offering residential fiber optic services, particularly in the area of ​​Rohrmoser.

Another company, Coopeguanacaste, will be targeting the districts of Nicoya, Santa Cruz and Carrillo. According to the report, both of these telecommunications companies say that they will offer more affordable internet packages than their competitors, such as the state-owned telecommunication companies like ICE, Tigo Star and Cabletica.

The internet market in Costa Rica has not been very competitive, and prices between companies have remained static. The website reports that this price stagnation does not offer service penetration in different areas of Costa Rica, and in no way does it encourage the adoption of high speed internet.

Another company, JASEC, is already offering its fiber optic services to its 1,200 clients. The company said that it plans to provide 46,000 connections with speeds of up to 100 Mbps in Cartago.

Nacion reports that the the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) is planning to offer its fiber optic service by June of this year, and plans to reach approximately 150,000 new connections.

Adolfo Arias, head of ICE's infrastructure division, says that price is "subject to the commercial capabilities."

Cabletica, on the other hand, said that it is currently in the "design phase" of FTTH for its so-called "specific projects." The company said that it has no future plans of extending the service. The Telecommunications Company has been known to provide housing sectors, which also includes residential and condominium towers, with the option to use fiber optics.

The telecoms company currently offers an Internet service with DOCSIS 3.0 technology that provides its subscribers with internet speeds of up to 100 Mbps. The benefits, the company says, are similar to FTTH, which offers streaming videos at 4K.

The scope of FTTH services, and pricing, will depend mostly on increased competition.

Giles Maury, senior manager of Deloitte Consulting, said that today's networks are "underutilized." He added that improving the situation of internet connection "is not a technological issue."

The change for these companies to adopt fiber optics internet has come from the increased demand of its customers for video calls, gaming and HDTV. All of these services require high-speed connections.