{"id":63125,"date":"2014-04-08T14:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=63125"},"modified":"2014-04-08T14:03:19","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T12:03:19","slug":"best-adsl-international-latency-from-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/63125-best-adsl-international-latency-from-sa","title":{"rendered":"Best ADSL international latency from SA"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to MyBroadband’s latest Speedtest<\/a> results, Cybersmart’s priority ADSL on a 2Mbps line has recorded the best ADSL latency from South Africa to an international test server based in London.<\/p>\n

Following on from our look at local latency results – Best ADSL latency in SA<\/a> – there were plenty of comments wondering how international latency measured up. Those results are below.<\/p>\n

As South African gamers we sometimes have little choice but to connect to far-flung servers for our multiplayer games, and so the Speedtest results give insight into the general state of ADSL latency from SA to international locations.<\/p>\n

Latency is the amount of time it takes for a data packet to be sent from the user, to a server, and returned to the user. This is typically measured in milliseconds (ms). For online gaming, the lower your latency, the better your experience will be.<\/p>\n

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South Africa to UK (London) ADSL latency \u2013 MyBroadband Speedtest results (30 days to 7 April 2014)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

Rank<\/td>\nISP<\/td>\nService<\/td>\nSpeed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nCybersmart priority ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 2Mbps<\/td>\n176 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nVox ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 10Mbps<\/td>\n182 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAfrihost ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 10Mbps<\/td>\n188 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCybersmart ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 10Mbps<\/td>\n191 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nInternet Solutions Consumer ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 10Mbps<\/td>\n194 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nCybersmart capped and business ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 10Mbps<\/td>\n201 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nMWEB ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 10Mbps<\/td>\n202 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nTelkom ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 10Mbps<\/td>\n207 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\niBurst ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 10Mbps<\/td>\n208 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nVox ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 4Mbps<\/td>\n209 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nInternet Solutions Consumer ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 4Mbps<\/td>\n209 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nVox ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 2Mbps<\/td>\n211 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nTelkom ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 4Mbps<\/td>\n213 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nFNB Connect ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 4Mbps<\/td>\n213 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nFNB Connect ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 10Mbps<\/td>\n214 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nFNB Connect ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 1Mbps<\/td>\n214 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nCybersmart home uncapped ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 4Mbps<\/td>\n214 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nMWEB ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 4Mbps<\/td>\n215 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nInternet Solutions Consumer ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 2Mbps<\/td>\n216 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nCybersmart ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 2Mbps<\/td>\n218 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nAfrihost ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 4Mbps<\/td>\n220 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nCybersmart home uncapped ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 2Mbps<\/td>\n225 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nCybersmart home uncapped ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 1Mbps<\/td>\n230 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nMWEB ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 2Mbps<\/td>\n243 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nAfrihost ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 1Mbps<\/td>\n243 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nAfrihost ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 2Mbps<\/td>\n249 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nVox ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 1Mbps<\/td>\n251 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nCybersmart capped and business ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 1Mbps<\/td>\n257 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nInternet Solutions Consumer ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 1Mbps<\/td>\n258 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nMWEB ADSL<\/td>\nADSL 1Mbps<\/td>\n264 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

The latency results above are taken from a total of\u00a011,110 Speedtests conducted to London (LINX) over the last 30 days.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband’s aggregated results are powered by Ookla’s Speedtest platform. The results have been filtered and aggregated (Joburg and Cape Town test servers) to represent the best overall ADSL ISP latency performance across South Africa.<\/p>\n

Note that results are filtered to ensure that these are an accurate representation of what a real-world user might experience; in other words, none of the results include tests done from core locations on the respective networks of the ISPs listed.<\/p>\n

In South Africa, the MyBroadband Speedtest platform is powered by Ookla technology, and the platform is hosted at Teraco and NAPAfrica\u2019s vendor neutral data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town. More info here: MyBroadband speed test: bigger and better<\/a><\/p>\n

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Best ADSL latency in SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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