Best broadband providers in South Africa
Ookla’s latest Net Index statistics shows which ISPs in the country give the
best broadband speeds
Speedtest.net has become
the de-facto standard to test broadband speeds across the world, and Ookla – the
company behind Speedtest.net – launched their Net Index, a site which publishes
results from their speed tests.
Ookla’s Net Index provides
a variety of services, including download and upload speed indexes, broadband
quality scores and rankings, assessing broadband pricing and providing broadband
value and promise stats.
One of the more interesting
statistics about South Africa is the ranking of Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) in South Africa according to download speed.
According to the results
from 184,442 Speedtest.net tests between 14 November 2010 and 13 December 2010,
Cell C is the best service provider with an average download speed of 4.62 Mbps.
Web Africa is second with 2.81 Mbps and Telkom third with 2.54 Mbps.
The following table
provides an overview of the top ISPs in the country according to Ookla’s Net
Index.
|
SA’s
Top ISPs according to Ookla’s Net Index |
|
| Service Provider |
Average Download Speed |
| Cell C | 4.62 Mbps |
| Web Africa | 2.81 Mbps |
| Telkom | 2.54 Mbps |
| Internet Solutions |
2.53 Mbps |
| Vodacom | 2.38 Mbps |
| MWEB Connect | 2.11 Mbps |
| MTN NS | 1.88 Mbps |
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