Philippines at 3.5Mbps average speed for Q1 2016 according to Akamai

The latest report from Akamai points to the average internet speed in the Philippines at 3.5Mbps for Q1 of 2016. That’s up from 3.2Mbps the previous quarter (Q4 2015) and 2.8Mbps in Q3 of 2015.

This represents a 24% year-on-year increase (2.8Mbps in Q1 2015) for the average connection speed. The peak speed also jumped to 29.9Mbps from 27Mbps the previous quarter, and a 47% increase year-on-year (20.3Mbps in Q1 2015).

While there is a steady increase in average speed in the Philippines (in the range of 5-10% per quarter), the country actually dropped in rankings, from #104 in Q1 2015 to #113 in Q1 2016.

Countries like India (3.5Mbps) and Indonesia (4.5Mbps), which used to be lower in the rankings, have now surpassed the Philippines. A year ago, they were just 2.2Mbps (Indonesia) and 2.3Mbps (India) when the Philippines was at 2.8Mbps.

Here’s the historical chart of the average internet speed in the country since 2013 as measured by Akamai.

Still No. 1 int he rankings for average internet speed is South Korea at 29Mbps, followed by Hong Kong at 19.9Mbps, Japan at 18.2Mbps and Singapore at 16.5Mbps.

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Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

5 Comments

Mark says:

8 years ago

I’m an ofw working in Jakarta, Indonesia and I must say that their mobile internet is very impressive. Not only fast & stable (on majority) but also cheap! – 8 GB data allocation on LTE is only PHP 357 per month (Bolt 4G-LTE).
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dave says:

8 years ago

if you need some cold water for your burn just ask me
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Ako says:

8 years ago

This is a lie. My Smart LTE signal is even below 1mbps
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pips says:

8 years ago

I live in Boracay. I get 15-30 Mbps as measured by Ookla Speedtest.net. It is very seldom that I get lower speeds. So, I guess it really depends on your location.
Will says:

8 years ago

The article is talking about the average, the mid-point between extremes. Your speed is obviously at the lower end of the spectrum.