Phl internet speed improves in Q2
The Philippines’ internet performance yielded marked improvements in several areas in the second quarter, according to a report by Akamai, a leading content delivery network services provider for media and software delivery, and cloud security solution.
According to the report, the Philippines now registered an average connection speed ( IPv4) of 4.3 Mbps on fixed broadband. This marked an improvement of 24 percent quarter on quarter and 54 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, the country’s average peak connection speed (IPv4) registered at 32.9 Mbps at peak for a growth of 9.8 percent quarter on quarter and 28 percent year on year.
The report said the Philippines had the strongest growth among Asia Pacific countries in terms of “above four Mbps broadband adoption.” The country is now at 33 percent adoption in this category which signified a growth rate of 79 percent quarter on quarter and 116 percent year on year.
On the “above 10 Mbps broadband adoption” category, of which the Philippines adoption rate is now at five percent, a very significant growth for the country was reported at 86 percent quarter on quarter and 683 percent year on year.
The Philippines also had a significant improvement in the “>15 mbps broadband adoption” category of which the country is now at 2.1 percent adoption.
The report cited that the Philippines and Indonesia now had enough unique IPv4 addresses connecting to AKAMAI for the “>15 mbps broadband adoption” category to qualify for their inclusion in this metric.
The country’s average and average peak connection speeds (IPv4) for mobile internet were also documented.
The country’s average speed registered at 8.5 Mbps and its peak mobile speed at an impressive 105.1 Mbps.
On the table presented in the study, the Philippines’ average mobile speed of 8.5 Mbps for mobile internet ranked 6th in the Asia Pacific — faster than that of Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
Still on the same table, the Philippines’ peak mobile speed of 105.1 Mbps ranked 3rd in the Asia Pacific edging Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam, New Zealand, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, India, Hong Kong and China. Only Australia and Thailand had better peak speed.