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Singapore tops global survey in peak internet connection speed

SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR — Singapore maintained its position as the country with the highest average peak connection speed after a 12 per cent quarterly jump to 108.3 megabits per second (Mbps), as Asian countries set global benchmarks in the 2015 State of the Internet (Soti) second quarter report.

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SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR — Singapore maintained its position as the country with the highest average peak connection speed after a 12 per cent quarterly jump to 108.3 megabits per second (Mbps), as Asian countries set global benchmarks in the 2015 State of the Internet (Soti) second quarter report.

The data on peak connection speeds provide insight into the peak speeds that users can likely expect from their Internet connections. 

Its global rank was dominated by Asian countries which filled out the top-five spots, with Hong Kong behind Singapore with a peak connection speed of 94.8 Mbps, followed by South Korea (83.3 Mbps), Japan (75.1 Mbps) and Taiwan (74.5 Mbps).

Malaysia’s peak connection speed topped out at 36.5 Mbps, placing it 57th globally and behind Thailand which ranked 20th with peak speeds of 51.5 Mbps.

These findings are based on a report released by content delivery network services firm Akamai Technologies. 

In terms of average Internet speeds over the second quarter this year, Singapore ranked 14th with an average speed of 12.7 Mbps, however.

South Korea tops the list with an average connectivity speed of 23.1 Mbps. Hong Kong was second with an average speed of 17.0 Mbps, followed by Japan which averaged at 16.4 Mbps.

Malaysia is ranked 70th worldwide, coming behind Sri Lanka and Thailand, with an average Internet speed of 5.0 Mbps.

The country registered a 17 per cent year-on-year improvement to broadband speed, but still left it five ranks below Sri Lanka which registered a 50 per cent year-on-year improvement to bump up its average speed to 5.3 Mbps.

Its northern neighbour Thailand ranked 42nd overall with average connection speeds of 8.6 per cent.

Malaysia’s broadband adoption also lags behind its Asian neighbours, settling in 72nd place internationally with 55 per cent of its population with access to speeds of above 4 Mbps.

Comparatively, Sri Lanka – which is in the top-50 for broadband adoption – has provided access to connection speeds above 4 Mbps to 77 per cent of its population.

The top-five Asian countries under this category have provided connections speeds of above 4 Mbps to at least 90 per cent of their population – South Korea (96 per cent), Thailand (95 per cent), Hong Kong (93 per cent), Taiwan (90 per cent), Japan (90 per cent).

The percentage of Malaysians with access to speeds above 10Mbps, however, is far lower at 4.5 per cent, though only the top-10 countries globally have provided high-speed connectivity to at least 50 per cent of their population.

South Korea again leads the world in this category with 75 per cent of its population surfing the Internet at speeds above 10 Mbps, followed by Hong Kong (62 per cent), Switzerland (60 per cent), the Netherlands (60 per cent), Japan (60 per cent), Romania (57 per cent), Bulgaria (54 per cent), Sweden (53 per cent), Belgium (53 per cent) and Singapore (50 per cent), the only Southeast Asian country to make the top 10. WITH MALAY MAIL ONLINE

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