South Africa vs the world: best countries to be a Steam gamer

[Kevin]

SA vs the world: best countries to be a Steam gamer

Not all countries are equal when it comes to gaming online

 

[GregRedd]

Average Download Speed:
South Korea - 50.7Mbps
South Africa - 1.8Mbps

How frikken depressing is that?!

 

[PsychoFish]

Average Download Speed:
South Korea - 50.7Mbps
South Africa - 1.8Mbps

How frikken depressing is that?!

Could be worse...

 

[GregRedd]

Could be worse...

True. We could be in North Korea I guess

 

[Tom]

Still though out internet has a hell of a long way to go before we can even consider being close to on the international standard...

Its so difficult with the huge game downloads that are coming out at the moment... Not only do we struggle with speed, but our data costs are ridiculous... And if you go uncapped its only a matter of time before you get shapped...

 

[Hiro]

I remember reading somewhere that the US only 25MB and up will count as "broadband". what a gulf between us and them

http://arstechnica.com/business/201...st-be-25mbps-and-isps-are-failing-to-deliver/

 

[Crableg]

Those speeds are mind boggling, hopefully within 5 - 10 years we can be at those levels, and I don't even want to know where the rest of the world will be then.

 

[Ike_009]

Those speeds are mind boggling, hopefully within 5 - 10 years we can be at those levels, and I don't even want to know where the rest of the world will be then.

Headline in 5 years

Glorious ANC provides 50mb line to South Africa.

SA has world class 50mb lines standard thanks to spectacular efforts of the great ANC.

Meanwhile in USA
Uncapped 10 gb lines, now only $10

 

[LST]

Anything the anc touches ends up a disaster.!!:-\

 

[Edelweiss]

Average Download Speed:
South Korea - 50.7Mbps
South Africa - 1.8Mbps

How frikken depressing is that?!

That is funny. North Koreans are aliens I tell you.

 

[HavocXphere]

Availability of servers with active players is more important than raw download speeds imo.