Nevertheless, islanders enjoy average fixed broadband download speedswhich outstrip the UK and other small countries.
[1] Internet connectivity to the rest of the world is provided by undersea cables linked to Guernsey, the UK and France.
In 2016, a ship – believed to be the King Arthur owned by Mediterranea di Navigazione – dragging its anchor on the seabed in the English Channel cut the three main internet cables to Jersey and Guersey.
[6] Mobile data prices are lower in Jersey than other similarly sized countries, such as Bermuda and Malta, but slightly higher than the major operators in the UK.
[1] Jersey is incorporated into the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan, using the following area codes: Fixed PSTN lines in use; approx 57,700 (2009).