Australia Slumps to 51st in Internet Speed Rankings – Behind Sri Lanka and Kenya
Australia’s internet speed has ranked as the 51st slowest out of 108 countries around the world, lagging behind underdeveloped nations such as Kenya and Sri Lanka.
Australia’s online bandwidth has pathetic internet speeds compared to Norway, Sweden, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Denmark and Singapore – which all have speed above 20 megabits per second (mbps).
South Korea topped the list with the fastest connectivity at 26.1mbps.
Internet speed in Australia sits at 10.01mbps which is far slower than Kenya which manages 15mbps
Australia’s average speed was recorded at 10.01 mbps, seven megabits behind the USA which was ranked at 13th with 17.2mbps , Akamai’s State of the Internet report found.
Kenya recorded far better connectivity speeds than Australia – the east African country listed at the 23rd fastest in the world with an impressive average of 15mbps.
The Philippines had the worst internet speed of the countries surveyed.
In 2015 Australia was sitting at 48th on the list with an average internet speed of 9.6mbps, but last year the country slipped out of the top 50 entirely.
Australia can’t keep up with the rest of the world and it’s because NBN has failed to successfully roll-out across the country – as well as our sparely populated land