PHL - slowest internet in SE Asia

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PH has slowest internet in Southeast Asia | Inquirer Technology

PH has slowest internet in Southeast Asia


MANILA, Philippines – Despite being regarded as the social media capital of the world, the Philippines has the slowest internet speed in the entire Southeast Asian region and is ranked 158th out of 190 countries worldwide.
According to the Net Index (Global Broadband and Mobile Performance Data Compiled by Ookla | Net Index) rankings by internet broadband testing company Ookla, Philippines has an average speed of 3.54 Megabits per second (Mbps).

In comparison, Hong Kong has 77 Mbps putting it first in the world, while the Philippines’ Southeast Asian neighbor Singapore is second with 65 Mbps as of the April 2014 rankings.
Thailand has an average speed of 17.92 Mbps (48th worldwide), Vietnam has 13 Mbps (61st), Cambodia has 5.74 Mbps (116th), Malaysia has 5.4 Mbps (122nd), Brunei has 5.3 Mbps (125th), Myanmar has 5.22 Mbps (127th), Laos has 4.33 Mbps (143rd), and Indonesia has 4.19 mbps (148th).

Ookla says in its website that it creates the rankings through its NetMetrics Database that obtains network test “of internet, mobile, fiber, and even satellite network.”
The Net Index rankings is “powered by billions of aggregated NetMetrics data and is a free and powerful advocate we created to help the global Internet computing community get the most from their broadband provider and enhance their connected lifestyle,” Ookla said.
Other Asian countries that rank within the top 50 are South Korea which has an average speed of 52.9Mbps (4th), Japan with 41.1 Mbps (9th), and China with 19.04 Mbps (45th).
Western countries mostly also rank within the top 50 such as Great Britain which has 27 Mbps (23th), the United States with 23 Mbps (34th), and France with 33.9 Mbps (17th).
Slowest countries

The Philippines is slightly slower than Central American countries Guatemala which has an average speed of 3.7 Mbps (155th) and Honduras which has 3.8 Mbps (154th).
The Philippines is ahead in the rankings compared to South American countries Paraguay which has speeds of 3.42 Mbps (160th) and Bolivia which has 2.06 Mbps (177th).
At the bottom of the rankings are Syria with 1.57 Mbps (181st), Cuba with 1.54 Mbps (182nd), and African countries Burkina Faso with 0.8 Mbps (189th) and Niger 0.78 Mbps (190th)
Ookla says in its website that their broadband testing methodologies and software are used by a wide range of Internet Service Provider in the world.

“Ookla solutions have been adopted by nearly every Internet Service Provider in the world, and have been translated into over 30 languages for use by thousands of small businesses, federal and state governments, universities and major organizations such as AT&T, BBC, Cisco, Comcast, FCC, Reuters, Time Warner, Verizon, Vodafone and Vonage,” it said.

[jhnkvn]

Truthfully, okay lang ako slow basta RELIABLE.

Unfortunately, I still scratch my head on why my home Bayantel is reliable while my office Bayantel just <1km away is conking out a lot. Same village, same lines yan dapat. Bloody hell.

[niky]

I was wondering when that article would get here.

And I'm still surprised our internet is so fast. If they'd done that two years ago, dapat 500kbps lang tayo. :hysterical:

[12vdc]

Truthfully, okay lang ako slow basta RELIABLE.

Unfortunately, I still scratch my head on why my home Bayantel is reliable while my office Bayantel just <1km away is conking out a lot. Same village, same lines yan dapat. Bloody hell.

Use leased line in your office, that would pretty much solve the prob. DSL here are worse, being in a very hot tropical climate, DSLAM's would conk out even if the manufacturer says its a "hardened unit". Another problem would be these telcos share and buy each others bandwidth, not much are left even if we do have many landing stations going to japan, australia, or hongkong. Pansin nyo, magkaroon lang ng lindol at major submarine cable cut sa North, kabagal na ng internet.. Problem lies in the international traffic and the very unreliable distribution infrastructure.

[safeorigin]

government's solution: MOAR regulation of internet! MOAR anti-"monopoly"! just like what they've been doing for two decades

[miLes]

okay lang 3mbps, problem now is storage for downloading. faster speeds will want bigger storage. problem is our internet usage is too expensive

[Gumusut_Amige]

Brunei is faster than PHL? hindi kapanipaniwala yung posted article, super slow ang internet connection ko doon

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[Manilablock]

Meron tayo National Building Code, Electrical Code, etc. These standards are set which requires vendors/suppliers/contractors to follow as minimum value or standard.


Pagdating sa Telcos, meron ba? Gaano ba kahirap na mag set ng standards para sa drop calls, late text at slow internet.

[confused shoes]

government's solution: MOAR regulation of internet! MOAR anti-"monopoly"! just like what they've been doing for two decades

May tama ka, lakay.

This is just the only reason of the snail speed internet connections we have. Fibers/LTE is not necessary for the speed we need. A full speed 3G is just good enough.

Inutil pati ang NTC to control our Telcos.

[Dark Lord]

Yung china internet speed nakakagulat para sa kin. Bagal na bagal ako dun sa dsl o broadband kesa dito sa pinas. Dito sa atin matagal na tayo may 4G/LTE (kahit pili na lugar) at madami dami na rin 3G. Dun sa china eh 2G/edge lang meron sa china mobile. Yung isang telecom nila na unicom eh eto lang nagsisimula mag 4g. Mas sikat sa pagkakaalam ko si china mobile. Kaya yung intsik na staff namin nung mapunta dito sa pinas eh bilib na bilib sa bilis ng data speed lalo na sa kanyang iphone.

Brunei is faster than PHL? hindi kapanipaniwala yung posted article, super slow ang internet connection ko doon

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