Fastest broadband speeds in SA

20 September 2014
Broadband Cables

The latest MyBroadband speed test results show that Telkom Mobile provides the highest peak download speed in South Africa.

MyBroadband’s speed test server is hosted at Teraco/NapAfrica to ensure it offers a neutral testing environment.

NAPAfrica provides all network operators present at its peering points with free 1Gbps connections to the MyBroadband speed test platform.

Over the last month, 76,379 speed tests were performed on MyBroadband’s speed test platform, making it one of the most popular places to assess broadband performance.

The latest statistics show that the average South African download speed over the last month was 7,211kbps, and the average upload speed was 2,194kbps.

Top broadband speeds per service/network

The following table shows the top speeds achieved per broadband connection type and/or network over the last 30 days.

Top broadband speed per service
Service Download speed (kbps) Upload speed (kbps) Latency (ms) Testing server
Telkom Mobile LTE 81,314 6,499 38 Johannesburg
MTN LTE 46,011 15,571 45 Johannesburg
40Mbps VDSL (Vox Fatpipe) 38,419 2,814 17 Johannesburg
Vodacom LTE 35,786 15,454 39 Johannesburg
20Mbps VDSL (Vox Fatpipe) 19,431 1,689 26 Johannesburg
Telkom Mobile 3G 16,344 647 59 Cape Town
Cell C 3G 10,576 1,184 52 Johannesburg
10Mbps ADSL (Internet Solutions) 9,743 830 90 Johannesburg
Neotel CDMA 2,953 523 140 Johannesburg
iBurst Wireless 1,999 453 168 Johannesburg

Article courtesy of MyBroadband

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  1. Gareth
    22.09.2014 at 08:10

    I think there should be 2 graphs.

    1 for “wired services” and 1 for Wireless services..

    We can go back to comparing them when we have FIber Optic Cable up and running…i’ll gladly compare speeds, stability and Ping Stability…the real test is checking Ping Stability on International Servers, i’ll bet money that it fluctuates ALLOT.

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