16-02-2022, 04:46 PM
Dominic Low
PUBLISHED FEB 15, 2022, 5:00 AM SGT
SINGAPORE - Singapore is the world's fastest broadband nation, according to a global index based on new data gathered from Internet users around the world.
The Speedtest Global Index by Internet metrics company Ookla showed that the Republic had the highest median download speed for fixed broadband in October, November and December last year, when the new metric was introduced.
In those three months, Internet users here registered median download speeds of 188.11Mbps, 184.65Mbps and 192.17Mbps, respectively.
The median speed is the middle value of all the download speed data collected.
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Globally, Singapore consistently trailed markets like the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Norway and South Korea when it came to mobile download speeds, including for 5G, last year.
In December, Singapore was in 20th place in a ranking of 138 markets.
https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/tech-n...and-speeds
PUBLISHED FEB 15, 2022, 5:00 AM SGT
SINGAPORE - Singapore is the world's fastest broadband nation, according to a global index based on new data gathered from Internet users around the world.
The Speedtest Global Index by Internet metrics company Ookla showed that the Republic had the highest median download speed for fixed broadband in October, November and December last year, when the new metric was introduced.
In those three months, Internet users here registered median download speeds of 188.11Mbps, 184.65Mbps and 192.17Mbps, respectively.
The median speed is the middle value of all the download speed data collected.
......
Globally, Singapore consistently trailed markets like the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Norway and South Korea when it came to mobile download speeds, including for 5G, last year.
In December, Singapore was in 20th place in a ranking of 138 markets.
https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/tech-n...and-speeds
