Telecommunications in American Samoa explained

Communication services in American Samoa are diversified among telephony, radio broadcasting, television, and Internet services.

Telephone

Membership: North American Numbering Plan (NANP)

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 4 commercial, 4 non-commercial, 2 LPFM, shortwave 0 (2005)

Radios:57,000 (1997)

Television

See also: List of television stations in American Samoa.

Television broadcast stations: 4 (2006)Televisions: 14,000 (1997)

Internet

In 2009, American Samoa was connected to the Internet using the American Samoa Hawaii Cable (ASH) undersea communications cable that increased bandwidth from 20 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s.[1] [2] The project used a defunct PacRim East cable built in 1993 that previously connected Hawaii with New Zealand. The cable system now connects Samoa to American Samoa and then to Hawaii where it will connect to global submarine networks. In July 2018, the Hawaiki cable[3] was activated[4] with a branch providing a 200 Gb/s[5] connection from Pago Pago to Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, and Oregon.

Situation in 2016

In 2012, American Samoa had the most expensive Internet access service in the U.S. according to Engadget.[6]

Under Governor Togiola Tulafono investment in a fibre optic network to replace aging copper infrastructure across all the islands of American Samoa[7] and the construction in 2015 of a 1.2 Gbit/s satellite uplink via O3b Networks which more than doubled available bandwidth to the rest of the world[8] resulted in broadband Internet service becoming more affordable, with the price of the cheapest available residential package decreasing from $75/month to $50/month and download speeds of the base package increasing from 256 kbit/s to 768 kbit/s.[9] The improved connectivity to the outside world has revived previously stalled hopes that a call center could be opened in American Samoa, boosting the local economy.[10]

Internet service providers (ISPs)three ?[11]
.as
Internet Hosts 1,923 (2008)
country rank in the world: 141
Internet users NA

Aleki Sene, Sr. Telecommunications Center

The Aleki Sene, Sr. Telecommunications Center[12] in Tafuna is the tallest building in American Samoa (it is 4 stories tall). Construction of the building began in 2009 and ended in 2011.[13] Out of the tallest buildings of each U.S. state and territory, the Aleki Sene, Sr. Telecommunications Center is the shortest.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: iTWire - Samoans one step closer to broadband. www.itwire.com. 21 December 2017.
  2. Web site: eLandia and American Samoa Inaugurate Submarine Cable. eLandia. 21 December 2017.
  3. Web site: Hawaiki Cable Network. 26 July 2018.
  4. Web site: Samoa News - Hawaiki cable now live, promising faster, more reliable internet service. 26 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Hawaiki Transpacific Cable Completes Final Landing at American Samoa. 26 July 2018.
  6. Web site: The most expensive internet in America: fighting to bring affordable broadband to American Samoa. Engadget. October 8, 2018. 2012.
  7. Web site: AMERICAN SAMOA FIBER OPTIC NETWORK . December 2015 . Underground Construction . Oildom Publishing Company of Texas, Inc. . 2016-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222133416/https://ucononline.com/2016/01/04/american-samoa-fiber-optic-network/ . 2016-12-22 . live .
  8. Web site: American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) Goes Live with O3b Networks, Significantly Improves Broadband-based Services to Territory Residents . 2015-06-15 . O3b Networks . 2016-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222134908/https://www.o3bnetworks.com/american-samoa-telecommunications-authority-astca-goes-live-with-o3b-networks-significantly-improves-broadband-based-services-to-territory-residents/ . 2016-12-22 . bot: unknown .
  9. Web site: Internet - ASTCA. 10 November 2015. 21 December 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20151110131037/http://astca.net/internet. 10 November 2015.
  10. Web site: Economic Development plan revives hope for call center . . 2015-02-15 . Osini Faleatasi Inc . 2016-12-22.
  11. ASTCA - Samoatelco http://www.samoatelco.com/, BlueSky Communications http://bluesky.as, Pacifica IT http://toacom.net
  12. Web site: Miller . Monica . American Samoa Telecommunications Authority . RNZ . 15 September 2020 . en . August 2017.
  13. http://www.sraa.co.nz/Projects/Commercial/ASTCA+Telecommunications+Building.html "ASTCA Telecommunications building - Swan Railley Architects". Retrieved September 4, 2019.

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