{"id":65901,"date":"2014-06-16T10:06:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T08:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=65901"},"modified":"2014-06-16T10:09:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T08:09:15","slug":"best-broadband-areas-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/65901-best-broadband-areas-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Best broadband areas in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ookla\u2019s latest Net Index statistics show that Bryanston is the top broadband suburb in South Africa with an average broadband download speed of 18.49Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>The Net Index website, which uses data from millions of recent test results from Speedtest.net, shows that the average download speed in South Africa is 5.6Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>While South Africa\u2019s average download speed is increasing all the time, it is still well below the global average of 18.6Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s average upload speed of 2.7Mbps is also far slower than the global average of 8.3Mbps.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Top broadband cities and suburbs in South Africa<\/h3>\n<p>According to Ookla\u2019s Net Index statistics Bryanston has the highest average download speed at 18.49Mbps, followed by Rustenburg on 12.37Mbps, and Secunda on 8.43Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>The following list provides an overview of the top broadband cities, towns, and suburbs in South Africa.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_103961\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Top-broadband-suburbs-in-South-Africa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103961\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103961\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Top-broadband-suburbs-in-South-Africa.jpg\" alt=\"Top broadband suburbs in South Africa\" width=\"600\" height=\"3270\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-103961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top broadband suburbs in South Africa<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Top mobile broadband areas in South Africa<\/h3>\n<p>The Net Index website shows that South Africa\u2019s average mobile broadband download speed is 6.9Mbps, slightly lower than the global average of 8Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s mobile upload speed of 2.4Mbps is also lower than the global average of 2.9Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>According to Net Index, the top mobile broadband speeds are available in Sandton, Midrand and Centurion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_103963\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Top-mobile-broadband-suburbs-in-South-Africa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103963\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103963\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Top-mobile-broadband-suburbs-in-South-Africa.jpg\" alt=\"Top mobile broadband suburbs in South Africa\" width=\"600\" height=\"828\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-103963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top mobile broadband suburbs in South Africa<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/103959-top-broadband-mobile-suburbs-in-south-africa.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Article courtesy of MyBroadband<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #6e6e6e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0066cb;\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/65645-worlds-largest-video-game-collection-for-sale.html\">World\u2019s largest video game collection for sale<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #6e6e6e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0066cb;\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/65701-sony-tops-worldwide-console-sales-charts-for-first-time-in-8-years.html\">Sony tops worldwide console sales charts for first time in 8 years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #6e6e6e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0066cb;\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/65579-sat-1400-sony-makes-moves-on-metal-gear-solid-movie.html\">Sony makes moves on Metal Gear Solid movie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to find out which suburb, town, or city has the fastest broadband? 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