A report from netindex.com shows the internet speed of different countries all across the world. Surprisingly, Nepal (114) is ranked ahead of India (131).
The rankings as published on netindex.com also lists Singapore with the fastest internet speed at 121.81 Mbps of download speed. Here is a list of Asian countries ranked with netindex.com speed index as of May 2015:
1. Singapore – 121.81 Mbps
2. Hong Kong – 102.63 Mbps
3. Japan – 82.12 Mbps
4. South Korea – 59.77 Mbps
5. Macau – 50.66 Mbps
6. Taiwan – 50.59 Mbps
7. Thailand – 19.82 Mbps
8. Mongolia – 17.92 Mbps
9. Vietnam – 17.70 Mbps
10. Bangladesh – 9.86 Mbps
11. Cambodia 9.04 Mbps
12. Nepal 8.63 Mbps
13. Brunei 7.99 Mbps
14. Bhutan – 7.82 Mbps
15. India 7.04 Mbps
16. Malaysia 7.03 Mbps
17. Laos 6.92 Mbps
18. Indonesia 6.68 Mbps
19. Myanmar 6.54 Mbps
20. Pakistan 4.00 Mbps
21. Philippines – 3.65 Mbps
22. Afghanistan – 2.52 Mbps
COMPARING INTERNET SPEED Of NEPAL WITH THE AVERAGE
The average broadband download speed in the world is 23.3 Mbps and we are at a slower speed of 8.3 Mbps. As for the upload speed, the average is at 10.6 Mbps and we’re at an even slower rate of 7.1 Mbps. But what’s more of a let down is we pay more for the internet service. We pay around NRs.1,500 (in average) as compared to global average amount of just $5.21 (NRs. 521)
So what do you think might be the reason behind we Nepalese paying more for a slow internet? Leave your opinion in the comment section.
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