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There are several service providers offering ADSL service in Portugal, to both the residential and the professional market. The majority of the residential market is split between the 2 larger operators: Portugal Telecom and Sonaecom. Portugal Telecom A former monopoly, Portugal Telecom is still the largest telecommunications company in the country today. Due to their previous monopoly status their landline infrastructure covers all of the national territory, making them the only operator that can offer direct service anywhere in the country. Portugal Telecom uses different brands to segment their ADSL service, including SAPO for the residential market and Telepac for the small business market, among others. In November 2006 Portugal Telecom announced their ADSL2+ service, adding a 24 Mbit/s speed grade to their market offer and effectively catching up to competitor SonaeCom that had been offering ADSL2+ speed grades for several months. Prices for SAPO ADSL service:
These prices do not include Portugal Telecom's phone line subscription which is €15,32/month. Sonae com Sonaecom started operations in 1999, soon after the government opened the telecommunications market to competition. The company started by renting Portugal Telecom's lines in order to offer their voice service to customers, but soon started laying their own infrastructure and can now offer direct service in the main metropolitan areas. Sonaecom also uses different brands to segment their ADSL offer, these include Clix for the residential market and Novis for the professional market. Taking advantage of the increased bandwidth provided by their ADSL2+ network, Sonaecom announced in June 2006 the launch of their service to customers in select areas. Prices for Clix ADSL packages:
As seen above, it's normal practice for ISPs in Portugal to include monthly traffic limits in their broadband packages (the same happens with Cable ISPs). Additional fees will apply when customers exceed these limits. Other ADSL operators in Portugal |
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