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Telecommunications in the Bahamasis accomplished through the transmission of information by various types of technologies withinThe Bahamas,mainlytelephones,radio,television,and theInternet.

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Route of theARCOS-1fiber opticsubmarine communications cable.22 isCrooked Island,23 isCat Island,and 24 isNassau,Bahamas.
Telecommunications in the Bahamas
Telephones: 137,000 fixed lines, 141st in the world (2012).[1]

254,000mobile cellularlines, 176th in the world (2012).[1]

Calling code: +1 242[1]
Radio: about 15 radio stations operating with BCB operating a multi-channel radio broadcasting network alongside privately owned radio stations (2007).[1]
Television: 2 stations (onein Nassau and one in Freeport, arebroadcasttransmitter,commercially run Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB); multi-channel cable TV subscription service is available (2007).[1]
Internet: 226,855 users, 152nd in the world (2012).[2]
71.7% of the population, 47th in the world (2012).[2]
8,730 fixed broadband subscriptions, 52nd in the world (2012).[3]
2.8% of the population, 120th in the world (2012).[3]
20,661 hosts, 117th in the world (2012).[4]
121,856 IPv4 addresses allocated, 385 for every 1,000 people (2012).[5]
Top level domain: .bs[1]
Internet Service Providers(ISPs):[citation needed]

Internet censorship and surveillance

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Access to the Internet is unrestricted.[6]There were no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitorse-mailor Internetchat roomswithoutjudicial oversight.[7]

The constitution provides forfreedom of speechandpress,and the government generally respects these rights in practice. An independent press combined with a relatively effective—albeit extremely backlogged—judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system ensures freedom of speech and press. The constitution prohibits arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions in practice.[7]Strict and antiquated libel laws dating to British legal codes are seldom invoked.[6]

In April 2013, the BahamasCommissioner of PoliceEllison Greensladewarned that the police would press charges against people who post “lewd” or “obscene” pictures on social media websites and Attorney GeneralAllyson Maynard-Gibsonannounced that the government was working on legislation that will police information posted on the Internet. "We have to balance freedom of the press with protecting the public,” she added.[8]Also in April Rodney Moncur was charged with "committing a grossly indecent act" by posting autopsy photographs of a man who died in police custody on hisFacebookpage.[9]

Phone calls to the Bahamas are monitored by the U.S.National Security Agency'sMYSTICprogram.

See also

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References

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Public DomainThis article incorporatespublic domain materialfromThe World Factbook.CIA.

  1. ^abcdefghijk"Communications:: Bahamas, The",The World Factbook,U.S. Central Agency, 28 October 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  2. ^ab"Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000–2012",International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013
  3. ^ab"Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012",Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE,International Telecommunication Union.Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
  4. ^"Internet hosts",CIA World Factbook,U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 2012, accessed 17 June 2013
  5. ^Select FormatsArchived13 May 2009 at theWayback Machine,Country RFI IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.
  6. ^ab"Bahamas",Freedom in the World 2013,Freedom House. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  7. ^ab"The Bahamas",Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012,Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 22 March 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  8. ^"Offend someone online in Grenada... go to jail",Caribbean News Now,1 July 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  9. ^"Rodney Moncur Charged In Court Over Facebook Pictures",Lamech Johnson,Tribune 242,5 April 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
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