Email & Internet in Ecuador
Internet service in Ecuador has increased in the last
few years, so much so that you can find a lot of Internet
Café’s and places that provide internet services
almost everywhere you may travel. But the speed of the
internet in Ecuador still does not reach universal standards
and there are few places, like Quito and Guayaquil where
you can have optimal navigation.
Rates depend on the place but is generally $1.00 an hour
and the city with most internet places is Quito.
However, some hotels let travelers connect their personal
computers to telephone lines in the hotel or will let
them use hotel computers to connect to the net. Connections
in these places are the same as used in the US.
Net2Phone
This type of service is becoming more widespread in Ecuador
and it lets you make calls from a computer to the US,
Canada, Spain and some countries in South America and
Europe. This service is available in almost all of the
Internet Café’s in the country or can be
done from home, downloading the necessary program from
the Internet. This and other services for international
conferences via the Internet are half price of the conventional
ones but in the majority of cases, the quality is very
poor.
Communication Media: Radio,
Television and News
The communication media most used in Ecuador are radio,
television and newspapers, because they are the ones with
greatest reception.
Radio in Ecuador
There are many FM and AM radio stations that have different
programs: news, interviews, music, entertainment and curiosities.
The stations with most prestige are: Concierto 90.5 FM,
Colón 98.9 FM, San Francisco 106.9 FM, Centro 97.7
FM, Visión 91.7 FM, with varied programs. If you
are looking for classic rock, you could tune into Proyección
98.1 FM and 96.9 and on AM, the most listened to station
is Radio Quito.
Television in Ecuador
Television is another very used type of media. Practically
everybody has access to this medium. Main national channels
are: Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas, Gamavisión, that have
news programs, sports and entertainment for the whole
family.
Ecuador also has cable television service. The most widely
known cable television companies are: TV Cable, Direct
Tv and Univisión. Each companies offers different
packages with different prices according to the number
of channels the user wants.
Newspapers in Ecuador
The main newspapers in the country are: El Comercio, El
Hoy from Quito, El Universo from Guayaquil, Mercurio from
Cuenca.
You can also obtain international newspapers in certain
hotels but not all.
Magazines in Ecuador
There are also different magazines with different themes,
the main ones being: Vistazo, Gestión, with more
political-economical content. We also have Diners and
some cultural magazines like El Buho, País Secreto,
and others.
If the traveler wants to obtain information on music groups
and entertainment for children, you can get magazines
like: La Onda, Generación XXI, Cosmopolitan, Cosas.
Newspapers as well as magazines can be obtained in kiosks
located in the street and in shopping centers.
Prices: Newspapers: $0.35 – 0.50 through the week
and weekends between $0.60 – 1.00
Magazines: $ 2.50 – 4.00
