Zambia has slowest internet speed in the World
- Sunday, May 30, 2010, 13:16
- Breaking News
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Zambia has been ranked last for its broadband speed in the annual Net Index, as per the reports from broadband metrics group, Ookla.
Zambia has an average speed of just 254kbps, a speed which is 100 times slower than South Korea.
It is followed by Yemen then Zimbabwe in terms of worthlessness. See the ranking here: http://www.netindex.com/download/allcountries/
These finding further hints that South Korea have the fastest broadband in the world, which is followed by Latvia, Moldova, Japan and Sweden.
United Kingdom stands 33rd.
These rankings were based on 1.5 billion surfers who had used Ookla’s connection-testing utilities.
UK clocks an average speed of 7.73Mbps which is nearly five times slower than South Korea, and only 0.04Mbps faster than world’s average of 7.69Mbps.
US is also termed slow clocking an average broadband speed of 10.16 Mbps.
This index lists out all the towns and cities in each country who claim the maximum and the least speeds.
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Zambia had Internet and TV before South Africa. What does this say about the people that have been in charge of the country from 1991 to date????
And the most expensive in the world. K350/month my foot!
South Korea’s economy is also hundred times than that of Zambia. Items make in Korea are of good quality too. Zambia has the highest charges of internet surfing, the highest charges of hotels and lodges, the highest charges for aviation fuel etc. KK tried to develop the country but the MMD have retrogressed that development.
the problem is our leaders were only interested in stealing
AND the Internet Cafe business owners provide surfers with slower connections to make more kwacha for themselves.
This is cheating.
from 1964 todate
1964 to date
Shameful, just shameful! SMDH! Step your game up RB & co!
Test too general to be conclusive. Actual situation could be worse.
I cannot be surprised,i have emailed links and pictures to friends and family in Zambia who say they have broadband but they take ages to open.
The things that matter are never really discussed with the seriousness they deserve. Just recently, an ICT policy was being launched. I don’t think anyone here knows the contents of that document. With dinosaurs like RB in charge, how do you expect the Govt to grasp the complexities of the modern world? This man just transferred Mangani to the affected ministry. I doubt the man knows the importance of internet speeds, let alone know how useful the internets is. How do you expect enterpreneurship to thrive in these conditions? When we say government should create employment, it does not mean that they go out and hire people, it means the infrastructure should be in place. Bermuda is a country with virtually no natural resources, but it has invested in its infrastructure and human resource. Weaning the country fom dependence on copper is not a big problem. The problem is the people we have entrusted with leadership. We need to be serious as a nation.
zambia is a big joke in everything.
Well, they say in bemba that umwana ushienda atasha nyina ukwipika. What do you expect from a government where a dialup connection in a minister’s office is like mana in heaven
But Zed comes last in the alphabet, its only fitting that we come last in everything. Go Zambia go!
Even Rwanda is overtaking us with a nationwide roll out of fibre optic. Angola has got a better credit rating than us. Zimbabwe is playing Brazil today. Mozambique…Botswana…
My point is, all our neighbours, save for maybe DRC are moving forward in all sorts of ways, but we don’t seem to be ashamed at all!
We are a nation of incompetent, lazy good for nothings. Recolonising is the only answer.
Ba fi kala ndeteka
Whoo-hoo, Zambia has faster internet than I do in the USA! Perhaps I should move there for the high speed internet.
Economical Communication costs are an essential element in development. How do you develop this way? The so called Foreign Investors or is it Infestors are invited and given investment benefits out of this world yet killing our own local Investors. Zambia just amazes me. We are a big joke. I suggest we should just privatise it. What do you think guys?