Internet speeds have been one of the biggest concerns in the Philippines for everyone.. although, things has vastly improved compared to the speeds we had 10 years ago, complaints about capability of the internet providers to match the demand are always there.. and part of the promises of our current president is better and faster internet connections.. and is sure has increased under the term of President Duterte.
According to broadband speedtests Akamai and SpeedTest Global, the speeds available in the Philippines has greatly improved for both fixed line and mobile internet has greatly improved continually in the last few quarters.
From a world ranking of 99th, the Philippines has moved up to the 94th place with download speeds increasing from 8.18 Mbps from September 2016 to11.95 Mbps in September 2017. And with the fixed line Broadband increasing from 8.76 in September 2016 to 13.41 Mbps in September 2017.
“The improvement in the Philippines’ Internet speed may be attributed to President Duterte’s repeated calls for telecommunications companies to improve their services,” Speedtest said.
Speedtest.net releases monthly mobile and fixed broadband speeds from “billions” of consumer-initiated speed tests from around the globe.
Here are the top performing countries according to the Global Speedtest Index in September.
Mobile
1. Norway – 57.74 mbps
2. Netherlands – 51.92 mbps
3. Hungary – 49.14 mbps
4. Iceland – 48.83 mbps
5. Singapore – 48.82 mbps
Fixed broadband
1. Singapore – 156.67 mbps
2. Hong Kong – 145.75 mbps
3. Iceland – 127.11 mbps
4. South Korea – 121.49 mbps
5. Romania – 98.39 mbps
Both Telco companies in the Philippines has committed to improve the internet services in the Philippines in the coming years for both Mobile and Fixed line internet.
Smart is pursuing its three-year program to roll out LTE in 95% of the country’s cities and municipalities by end-2018.. while Globe Telecom plans to roll out 400,000 ultra-fast broadband lines within the year.
Akamai Technologies revealed in its State of the Internet Connectivity Report for the first quarter of 2017 that the Philippines showed significant improvement in broadband speed and adoption.
In the report, the Philippines average fixed broadband speed is up 20% QoQ and 57% YoY at 5.5 Mbps. The country also registered the strongest growth in Asia Pacific region in terms of “above 4 Mbps connectivity adoption” at 39% adoption rate, growing 26% QoQ, and a robust 111% YoY.
