Email and internet access is available at internet cafes (more commonly referred to as cibercafés in Spanish) in most towns and resorts. Prices vary; in cities hourly rates can be as little as €1.80, rising to around €6 in some smaller towns.

The average Internet speed in Spain is 1024/300 kbps, costing €20 to €39 per month for an unmetered line. Faster connections up to 8 Mbps are available, but the price is considerably higher (€150 for 8 Mbps). However, over the last 2 years companies like Jazztel, Wanadoo or Ya.com are offering packs including Television+Phone calls+ADSL up to 20 Mb for 20€-30€ a month.

Several companies, including Comunitel and Direct Telecom offer ADSL and VoIP (Internet Telephony) packages. As VoIP is becoming the norm in most of the world, Direct Telecom, from humble beginnings in 2000, is slowly overtaking the other big fish and getting a large percentage of the broadband market. Also, Telefonica, Jazztel, and Wanadoo all provide DSL based television services (Imagenio, Jazztelia TV and Wanadoo TV respectively).

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