Bogotá Expands Fibre Internet as One-Third of Homes Still Wait

Bogotá has Colombia's most reliable internet infrastructure, with median home broadband download speeds hitting 158.84 Mbps and latency as low as 12 milliseconds in the first half of 2024, according to SpeedGeo data [2]. That puts the capital ahead of every other major Colombian city.

Fastest provider? Movistar. Biggest expansion? ETB-UFINET.

Between April 2024 and March 2025, Movistar posted an average download speed of 207.7 Mbps and an upload speed of 179.0 Mbps, making it the fastest broadband ISP in Bogotá over that period, according to Ookla's Speedtest Connectivity Report [4]. Claro Fibra, ETB and Tigo remain the main residential alternatives, with plans ranging from 100 Mbps at about 65,000 COP/month to 300 Mbps for roughly 85,000-110,000 COP/month [3].

But the news this month is the infrastructure play. ETB and UFINET announced a neutral fibre-optic network partnership to bring fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) coverage to nearly 2.5 million homes in the Bogotá region by 2024. That scale makes it the largest fibre network in Latin America, according to the companies [10].

The gap: one in three homes still offline

Despite the city's reputation as a digital capital, approximately one in three Bogotá homes still lacks fibre optic connectivity, a gap that remains a key infrastructure challenge [5]. Coverage today is strongest in Chapinero, Usaquén, Teusaquillo and La Candelaria, where residents can get symmetrical speeds of 200-500 Mbps without much trouble [1].

For anyone living outside those central neighbourhoods-or renting in a building that hasn't been wired-the choice is less clear. ETB's partnership with UFINET is designed to change that by opening a neutral wholesale network that multiple ISPs can use, potentially expanding competition and pushing fibre deeper into the metropolitan area.

Tech employment in Bogotá has grown 30% since 2019, hitting 110,580 jobs, and tech salaries have surged 83% over five years [1]. With 740 startups-about 57% of Colombia's total-and global offices from Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco and IBM, the city's economic weight increasingly depends on connectivity [1]. That makes the fibre gap not just a consumer inconvenience but a business risk.

For now, the playbook is simple: if you live in a well-covered neighbourhood, you can get fast and relatively cheap fibre. If you don't, keep an eye on ETB and UFINET's rollout. It's the largest FTTH expansion in Latin America-and it might soon bring your street up to speed.