![]() ![]() ISP speeds are listed only if 100 users have performed the speed test.The Mbps value is the rolling mean throughput over the past 30 days where the mean distance between the client and the server is less than 300 miles.Unfortunately, the graphs do not contain a labeled x-axis, but time has been divided into 5 regions of approximately 6 1/2 months each. Graphs chart data from October 2008 – April 2011 (32 months).Still, it will be interesting to track download and upload speeds on the city level as more data becomes available. Who knows if that feature will be available for Africans – the current quality index is not available outside Egypt or South Africa due to low volume. An additional index in the works will “illuminate the cost of broadband everywhere” and another index aims to help consumers find a quality ISP in their area. Net Index is working to provide data so to inform business decisions, shape broadband policy, and learn how ISPs interact on a demographic level. Lastly, the table showing measured average download speed by city: City Mali, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland have relatively strong upload speeds compared with download speed.Rwanda ranks 60 spots higher on upload speed than on download speed.Based on rank, upload speeds in Kenya, Reunion, and Morocco are relatively slow compared to download speeds.File transfer speeds generally range from = 50 kb/s to 140 kb/s.Upload speeds range from 0.18 Mbps (Reunion) to 6.54 Mbps (Ghana).Based on the ISP speed results, Ghana Telecom is light years ahead of the other ISPs in Ghana, at least in terms of speed. Perhaps the data is skewed by the fact that most Internet users in Ghana live in Accra and those performing the test use Ghana Telecom as an ISP. On the whole, Ghana ranks 15th in upload speed (vs. Somehow, Ghanaians who use record 7.70 Mbps upload speeds. Libya: recent spike due to resumption of access.Downward: Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi.Flat: Reunion, Mozambique, Uganda, Namibia, Egypt, Algeria, Botswana, Sudan.Erratic: Rwanda, Mali, Zimbabwe, Swaziland.Upward: Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, Tunisia, Morocco, Tanzania, Zambia (recent), Nigeria (recent).Kampala and Uganda are synonymous, as are Mbabane and Swaziiland and Gaborone and Botswana.Sudanese overall speeds are faster than speeds in Khartoum.Zambian overall speeds are faster than speeds in Lusaka.In most cases, urban download speeds outpace national average speeds – exception are Mombasa (Kenya is skewed by Nairobi), Abuja and Port Harcourt (Nigeria is skewed by Lagos).In Swaziland, the download speed is slower than the upload speed.Rwanda’s upload speed is essentially identical to download speed.Mali’s speeds are surprisingly high and appear skewed by Bamako.Tanzania lags neighbors Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda by a factor of 2-4.21 of the 25 African nations listed are in the bottom half of the global speed list.# of tests used to calculate the average speed varies from 141 (Swaziland) to 128,668 (South Africa).The average unique IP from Africa performed 4 speed tests over the period.In this case, it is apparent that Accra is skewing the national statistics – rural areas experience much, much slower speeds. Ghana’s upload speeds aren’t far behind (see Upload Index). In Accra, users report 11.55 Mbps download speeds. ![]() The nation ranks 33rd internationally and is well ahead of other African nations in terms of household network speed. Perhaps most notable is the performance of the Ghanaian consumer Internet. The United States and the United Kingdom, ranked 29th and 32nd respectively, are in the 10 Mbps range. For comparison, South Korean speeds approach 32 Mbps. ![]() Network speeds vary widely, but range from 0.80 Mbps in Malawi to 9.80 Mbps in Ghana. For reference, 2 Mbps equates to a file transfers at 256 kb/s. Download speeds hover around 2 Mbps while uploads perform at 1 Mbps. Tanzanian household download speeds increased when the Seacom cable landed in mid-2009 Įither way, download and upload speeds match up – the median African rank for download speed is 138. ![]()
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