On the plus side, Australia is leading the Asia-Pacific region in terms of mobile connectivity - our average mobile connection speed is 13.8Mbps, which is ahead of the Americas' region leader Canada (10.3Mbps). We are also well above the global average broadband speed of 7Mbps.
Singapore tops the list with fixed internet speed being five times faster than Australia's. Hong Kong, Monaco, Romania and South Korea make up the top five while India ranks 67th on the list with a broadband speed of 41.1 megabits per second.
Download speeds in many cities can reach as high as 1.5Gbps (or 1,500Mbps), but many rural regions can only get 25Mbps (or less!).
He said the Speedtest Global Index and most international comparisons focus on comparing countries based on average experienced download speed. As of 9 March 2022, Ookla lists Australia 61st of 179 countries on fixed broadband performance, logging 50.89Mbps in download speeds.
China and Kazakhstan have faster internet than Australia.
The Ookla Speed Test Global Index ranked Australia as 55th in the world for fixed broadband in December with an average download speed of 25.88 Mbps. The list was based on data from 129 countries. The average download speed globally is 40.71 Mbps – while Singapore topped the list with an impressive 161.21 Mbps.
Whether it is 5G or 7G, that level of internet technology is still very much a rarity in most parts of the world. At the moment we see that only Norway provides its people with speeds that reach the levels of 7G or even 8G (keep in mind that we are talking about 11 Gigabits per second here).
Victorian regional city Geelong took top place in Ookla's ranking of best internet speed per city nationwide, with Geelong residents landing average speeds of 67.05 Mbps.
The Seven Network has finished the official 2022 ratings survey year as the undisputed #1 total TV network across Australia, ranking #1 nationally and across the capital cities.
There is no “cheap” internet in Canada. The Big 5 Canadian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) such as Bell, Rogers, Telus, Shaw and Videotron, receive 73.3% of the market's revenues and charge higher prices due to lack of competition.
According to Ookla's report, Canada's median broadband download speed rose from 78.25 Mbps in January to 99.76 Mbps in December 2021. The median upload speed also rose slightly from 16.28 Mbps to 21.69 Mbps. The Ookla report requires at least 300 unique user results from a country in order to be considered valid.
On the plus side, Australia is leading the Asia-Pacific region in terms of mobile connectivity - our average mobile connection speed is 13.8Mbps, which is ahead of the Americas' region leader Canada (10.3Mbps). We are also well above the global average broadband speed of 7Mbps.
Average download speeds over fixed wireless are higher in Australia (36.4 Mbps vs 29.2 Mbps). However, the majority of New Zealand's fixed wireless services achieve a higher upload speed than Australia's NBN Fixed Wireless Plus.
Which state has the fastest Internet? The speed test data reveals that New South Wales ranks first place when it comes to download speeds – the southern state has an average download speed of 51.2Mbps. That's in stark contrast to the nation's western neighbours.
Monaco tops the list as the jurisdiction with the fastest internet speed, with it taking only a little over 7 minutes to download a blockbuster like The Flash.
5G broadband has an advantage over some types of NBN that use copper cabling. WhistleOut states that 5G plans can provide speeds of up to 200Mbps or higher. In areas that use slower connection types, like Fibre to the Node (FTTN) or Fixed Wireless, typically cap at 100Mbps.
8G or 10G network is not used anywhere in the world right now but there are some countries whose internet speed is quite good. Good internet speed does not mean that an 8G or 10G network is operating in that country.
Other nations, including Japan, Hong Kong, and Sweden, also give their citizens access to the quick Internet. While several nations offer useful Internet, they have not yet introduced 7G or 8G networks.
“10G” is a reference to 10Gbps, or the maximum speed the Xfinity broadband network is capable of. You're reading that right: It has nothing to do with cellular network terminology (like 5G) whatsoever, and Comcast's service is for home internet, not mobile. It's deeply misleading.
Australia now ranked 74th in the world when it comes to fixed broadband speeds, with a median download speed of 52.75 Mbps, uploads of 17.78Mbps, and latency of 11ms. Mobile speeds were better, with Australia sitting at 16th, with median download speeds of 83.02Mbps, uploads of 10.45Mbps, and 22ms latency.
We're in for an a big change. Engineers in Japan shattered the world record for the fastest internet speed, achieving a data transmission rate of 319 Terabits per second (Tb/s), according to a paper presented at the International Conference on Optical Fiber Communications back in June 2021.
If you've got the need for speed, you'll want an NBN 100 plan at a minimum. The fastest widely available NBN speed tier is NBN 100 - also known as NBN Fast. (While there are faster NBN speed tiers, most of us can't get these. But more on that later).