Government Internet Costs Dropping Due to VINGN

eGOV NEWS – The price of V.I government agencies’ Internet service bandwidth is dropping by more than 80 percent in the Bureau of Information Technology’s latest ISP contract, thanks to cheap bandwidth available through the V.I. Next Generation Network, BIT Director Reuben Molloy told senators during budget hearings Tuesday.

Molloy testified that BIT issued a request for proposals for an Internet service provider, and the new contract with Orbitel will cut the current price by 84 percent.

Historically BIT has paid a high of $675 per megabyte per second and is currently paying $210 per megabyte. But with the new contract with Orbitel, to connect to the VINGN, “BIT will shortly be paying $33 per meg. This represents an 84 percent decrease in our per-meg cost,” Molloy said. More