{"id":29420,"date":"2011-12-12T02:34:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T00:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=29420"},"modified":"2011-12-12T12:03:52","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T10:03:52","slug":"best-broadband-latency-in-sa-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/29420-best-broadband-latency-in-sa-revealed","title":{"rendered":"Best broadband latency in SA revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest Speedtest.net statistics show that Mweb subscribers enjoy the lowest national latency while Cell C<\/a> users have the lowest international latency.<\/p>\n

In November 2011, 305,640 speed tests were performed in South Africa using Ookla’s Speedtest.net servers. Of these tests the majority came from subscribers of Internet Solutions<\/a>, Telkom<\/a>, Mweb<\/a>, Vodacom<\/a> and Cell C.<\/p>\n

As the Speedtest.net statistics contain results from standard broadband connections and core networks, the statistics were filtered to remove tests which were not performed from commercial broadband connections.<\/p>\n

The results were then separated into South African and International speed tests to ascertain which ISP’s network had the lowest latency.<\/p>\n

According to the November 2011 Speedtest.net stats, Mweb had the lowest South African latency with 84ms, followed by Internet Solutions (92ms) and Neotel (93ms).<\/p>\n

It should be noted that Neotel’s tests were not only performed from their wireless consumer offerings, but also from their fibre NeoBroadband services.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
South African latency<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ISP<\/strong><\/td>\nLatency (ms)<\/strong><\/td>\nDownload Speed (kbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload Speed (kbps)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mweb Connect<\/td>\n84.93<\/td>\n1912.74<\/td>\n348.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Internet Solutions<\/td>\n91.61<\/td>\n1976.40<\/td>\n519.57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neotel<\/td>\n92.96<\/td>\n2555.72<\/td>\n3347.87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WebAfrica<\/td>\n99.86<\/td>\n2589.73<\/td>\n427.14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom<\/td>\n104.42<\/td>\n2106.64<\/td>\n662.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C<\/td>\n109.42<\/td>\n3075.52<\/td>\n1200.84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersmart<\/td>\n115.19<\/td>\n2061.98<\/td>\n390.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iBurst<\/td>\n161.12<\/td>\n833.55<\/td>\n521.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN Network Solutions<\/td>\n162.82<\/td>\n1995.36<\/td>\n933.51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom<\/td>\n212.83<\/td>\n3001.30<\/td>\n978.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

When it came to international latency, Cell C was the top ISP with 309ms, followed by MWEB Connect (315ms) and Neotel (340ms).<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
International latency<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ISP<\/strong><\/td>\nLatency (ms)<\/strong><\/td>\nDownload Speed (kbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload Speed (kbps)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C<\/td>\n309.41<\/td>\n1855.55<\/td>\n704.31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mweb Connect<\/td>\n314.64<\/td>\n1571.14<\/td>\n256.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neotel<\/td>\n340.24<\/td>\n1882.40<\/td>\n1340.58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Internet Solutions<\/td>\n345.74<\/td>\n1380.59<\/td>\n426.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersmart<\/td>\n350.20<\/td>\n2598.90<\/td>\n345.44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WebAfrica<\/td>\n375.70<\/td>\n2401.85<\/td>\n344.14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom<\/td>\n408.80<\/td>\n1402.67<\/td>\n556.78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iBurst<\/td>\n411.67<\/td>\n719.01<\/td>\n310.58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom<\/td>\n448.49<\/td>\n2330.43<\/td>\n591.09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN Network Solutions<\/td>\n503.34<\/td>\n1594.60<\/td>\n629.82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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