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Broadband Connectivity: India just manages to beat Egypt & Nigeria

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Even though we are close to touching 400mn mobile subscribers, India’s broadband speed is not at all a story to talk about. In a study conducted on Broadband Quality Speed (BQS), India stood 62nd and has managed to beat Egypt, Kenya, Indonesia and Nigeria.

Overall average broadband quality increased across the globe:

  • Global average download throughput increased by 49% to 4.75 Megabits per second (Mbps)
  • Global average upload throughput increased by 69% to 1.3 Mbps
  • Global average latency decreased by 21% to 170 milliseconds
  • South Korea, Japan and HK top the list, followed by Sweden, Switzerland and Netherlands (source).

Complete post here.