Philippines Ranked As ‘Most Improved Internet Speed’ in Southeast Asia

Philippines Ranked As ‘Most Improved Internet Speed’ in Southeast Asia

Internet Speed

Mga higala! According to data from Ookla, the last 5 years have shown a significant increase in the internet speed of Southeast Asian countries, and the Philippines had the highest improvement in the rate of 403%.

  • Philippines:
    • 2014: 3.5 Mbps / 2018: 17.62 Mbps – 403%
  • Malaysia:
    • 2014: 5.48 Mbps / 2018: 26.9 Mbps – 391%
  • China:
    • 2014: 19.5 Mbps / 2018: 75.43 Mbps – 287%
  • Indonesia:
    • 2014: 4.3 Mbps / 2018: 15.31 Mbps – 256%
  • Brunei:
    • 2014: 5.51 Mbps / 2018: 15.31 Mbps – 178%
  • Singapore:
    • 2014: 66.6 Mbps / 2018: 174.94 Mbps – 163%
  • Laos:
    • 2014: 4.5 Mbps / 2018: 11.71 Mbps – 160%
  • Thailand:
    • 2014: 18.9 Mbps / 2018: 44.8 Mbps – 137%
  • Cambodia:
    • 2014: 5.9 Mbps / 2018: 13.23 Mbps – 124%
  • Japan:
    • 2014: 41.5 Mbps / 2018: 76.31 Mbps – 84%
  • Hong Kong:
    • 2014: 78.3 Mbps / 2018: 141.05 Mbps – 80%
  • Vietnam:
    • 2014: 14.2 Mbps / 2018: 24.8 Mbps – 75%
  • Myanmar:
    • 2014: 5 Mbps / 2018: 8.35 Mbps – 67%
  • Taiwan:
    • 2014: 39.3 Mbps / 2018: 54.06 Mbps – 38%

Singapore continues to have the fastest average internet speed at 175Mbps, followed by Hong Kong at 141Mbps.

Overall, even if the Philippines is still behind on the average internet speed, it is amazing that we climbed to the 9th spot among the 14 other countries.

 

Source: YugaTech

1Comment
  • Bill Wrinkle
    Posted at 06:54h, 02 June Reply

    Now they just need to work on coverage. There are still major gaps in internet coverage in this country, and as anyone who goes out of the city knows, the internet speed in small towns ranges from “still 2014” to no connection at all.

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