South Africa fails to meet basic broadband standards

South Africa fails to meet basic broadband standards

Akamai has released its Q4 2014 State of the Internet report, which shows that South Africa is the only country in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region which failed to meet basic broadband standards.

The report further showed that South Africa’s average broadband speed and average peak broadband speed significantly declined quarter-over-quarter.

Akamai’s State of the Internet report is based on data gathered from the company’s “Intelligent Platform”, and provides insights into global connectivity and Internet metrics.

The latest report showed that South Africa performed dismally when it came to broadband speeds and broadband adoption rates.

According to the report, the global average connection speed remained 4.5Mbps, virtually unchanged from the third quarter.

South Korea has the highest average connection speed at 22.2Mbps, despite a 12% decline from the third quarter.

South Africa recorded an average broadband speed of 3.2Mbps – the only country in the EMEA region which failed to meet the “broadband” threshold of 4Mbps…

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