{"id":118261,"date":"2017-06-11T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=118261"},"modified":"2017-06-09T16:45:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T14:45:37","slug":"south-african-broadband-speeds-hit-an-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/118261-south-african-broadband-speeds-hit-an-all-time-high","title":{"rendered":"South African broadband speeds hit an all-time high"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akamai has released its Q1 2017 State of the Internet report, which shows that South Africa has hit a new average broadband connection speed high.<\/p>\n

Akamai\u2019s report is based on data gathered from the company\u2019s Intelligent Platform and provides insight into global connectivity metrics.<\/p>\n

In Q1 2017, South Africa recorded an average broadband speed of 6.7Mbps, an increase over the previous quarter.<\/p>\n

South Africa also hit an average peak connection speed of 32.4Mbps\u00a0in Q1 2017, a significant increase over the past three months.<\/p>\n

While South Africa has improved its speeds, it is still behind the global average connection speed of 7.2Mbps.<\/p>\n

South Africa is also well behind South Korea, which boasts an average connection speed of 28.6Mbps, and Singapore with an average peak connection speed of 184.5Mbps.<\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s average connection speeds<\/h3>\n

The graphs below show the average connection speeds and average peak connection speeds in South Africa over the last decade.<\/p>\n

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This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong> and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0Cape Town mobile data speeds tested<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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