{"id":97290,"date":"2016-07-14T09:04:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T07:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=97290"},"modified":"2016-07-14T09:05:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T07:05:45","slug":"south-africas-most-popular-adsl-line-speed-how-do-you-compare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/97290-south-africas-most-popular-adsl-line-speed-how-do-you-compare","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s most popular ADSL line speed &#8211; how do you compare?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent study released by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akamai.com\/us\/en\/our-thinking\/state-of-the-internet-report\/global-state-of-the-internet-connectivity-reports.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Akamai<\/a><\/strong>, the most popular line speeds in South Africa is <strong>4Mbps<\/strong>, with 42.2% of South African<\/p>\n<p>This is in contrast to over <strong>12.9% of South African who have a 10Mbps line and 7.7% who have a line speed of 15 Mbps.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those of you who are quick with calculations may point out that these percentages don&#8217;t quite add up to 100%, with 37.2% of South African&#8217;s having above 15 or below 4 Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>This is also significantly lower than the average broadband speed in South Africa, which is <strong>6.5Mbps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A total of 12 countries \u2013 up from 9 in the previous quarter \u2013 enjoyed 4 Mbps broadband adoption rates above 90% with several more in close range. Despite its strong quarterly gain, South Africa again had the lowest 4 Mbps broadband adoption rate in the group by far with just over one in four IP addresses connecting to Akamai at or above the threshold speed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Israel had the highest average connection speed in the Middle East and Africa with 13.5Mbps, followed by the United Arab Emirates at 8.8Mbps, and Qatar at 8.4Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya was the top country in Africa, with an average connection speed of <strong>7.3Mbps<\/strong>, followed by South Africa on <strong>6.5Mbps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Akamai.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97300\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Akamai.jpg\" alt=\"Akamai\" width=\"640\" height=\"588\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Akamai-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98504\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Akamai-1.jpg\" alt=\"Akamai\" width=\"957\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Akamai-1.jpg 957w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Akamai-1-768x398.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>How do you compare to South Africa&#8217;s (and the rest of Africa&#8217;s) line speed? 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