Only nine areas in South Africa have an internet speed faster than the national average, according to a report on Monday.<\/p>\n
According to Ookla’s Net Index reported in Beeld, the national broadband speed average is 3.82 megabits per second (Mbps).<\/p>\n
Randfontein is the fastest area in South Africa as far as broadband is concerned, with a download speed of 11. 3 Mbps, followed by Bryanston, Midrand, and Randburg.<\/p>\n
The results were determined with the help of local internet users, who used Ookla’s website and app to test their broadband speed.<\/p>\n
Ookla tested 1.7 million broadband users’ speed 5.05 million times between February 6 and last Thursday, and used 451,472 of the tests to compile their index.<\/p>\n
Only two of the country’s fastest broadband areas fall outside Gauteng — Secunda in Mpumalanga (5.72 Mbps) and Worcester in the Western Cape (3.84 Mbps).<\/p>\n
Although broadband speed in Randfontein is faster than the national average, the broadband speed of 115 countries is faster than South Africa’s.<\/p>\n
Vilnius in Lithuania has a broadband speed of 49 Mbps, and Hong Kong 45.43 Mbps.<\/p>\n
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