“Slow down”: places on the planet with the “slowest internet”
In the east of England there is Suffolk County. And here, in the village of Trimley St. Martin, the “slowest Internet” in the whole of the UK (as of December) is 0.68 Mbps.
Locals have to wait eight hours to download a 45-minute video. This speed is 53 times lower than the average for the United Kingdom.
And this is not an isolated case in the world. In our material we will tell about other places on the planet where using the Network is a real test.
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Before Suffolk, the 1.3 Mbit / s British anti-record was owned by the village of Meatherden in Gloucestershire. The journalists compared the “level” of local communication with the state of affairs on Everest - there the average access speed was one and a half times higher.
In the United Kingdom there were also other places, especially in rural areas, “lagging behind” the minimum speed recommended by the government of the country at 10 Mbps. According to 719 thousand speed tests conducted by the expert organization “Which?”, 11 (out of 389 studied) municipal districts do not satisfy this requirement. Although the average broadband speed in the UK is 36 Mbit / s.
Of course, in developed countries such problems exist only in sparsely populated areas. For example, similar situations are found in Ireland. On the other hand, there are entire countries and even continents in the world that are forced to put up with “low speeds”.
According to the Do Speed Test on September 1 of this year, Libya is the country with the “slowest” broadband access - here more than 95% of the population has no access to the network. The top five "slow" includes Nepal, Nigeria, Iran and India.
Cable.co.uk examined the situation in 39 countries in Africa, and none of them reached the 10 Mbit / s threshold. If we take into account the speed of the mobile Internet, then on the African continent there are countries that overtake the United States on this indicator. For example, in Kenya, the average mobile Internet speed is 13.7 Mbit / s (versus 10.7 Mbit / s in the USA).
Anyway, everything depends on the infrastructure and the cost of its construction. If we talk about areas with low population density, then the payback period of such investments is significantly different from the situation in the city.
To illustrate, we can recall the example of South Korea, which is known for fast and cheap Internet. The population density per square kilometer is more than 500 people. Here, given the relatively high density of buildings, infrastructure investments look much more “interesting” compared to conventional American villages, where private houses are located at a great distance from each other.
Another reason for the "slowdown" - the lack of competition. As a rule, in countries with fast and cheap Internet, one of the main drivers of development is she . On the other hand, in some cases, it is possible to explain the low level of competition by the fact that very few people want to “enter” the market, which requires the construction of infrastructure in hard-to-reach areas ( there is no benefit without support).
In addition to the capabilities of the communication line, the direct perception of the “speed” of the connection is influenced by the way the content delivery process is organized. For example, as of 2015, Google had seven data centers in the United States, four in Europe, two in Asia, one in Latin America and none in Africa. In such a situation, the content will “get” from Google to conventional Kenya, for example from London, which will negatively affect the user experience when working with various sites and resources of the corporation. A recent report from the Internet Society Report confirms that the lack of local infrastructure is one of the key problems. That is why, for example, Netflix is deploying servers on the continent.
The Philippines have several “excuses” for low-speed Internet in the country. The republic consists of 7100 islands, which complicates the construction of networks. It also affects the cost of Internet access. In 2014, island residents were offered to pay about $ 20 per month for a 2 Mbit / s tariff.
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The quality of communication has many social and economic consequences. It has been established that the “slow Internet” is not the last factor forcing young people to leave rural areas.
In Lagos, Africa, where a modern technological ecosystem is being formed, problems with Internet access threaten the loss of both developers and their potential customers. At the same time, even a 10% growth in the audience of Internet users may increase the volume of international trade by 0.4–0.6%, if we talk about African countries.
The problem pushes the authorities to take decisive measures and even becomes one of the factors of the political struggle (the example of the Philippines).
However, not all countries seek to solve the problem of “slow Internet”. For example, Australia is on the 50th line in the ranking (11.1 Mbit / s on average).
The government had plans to create an expensive high-speed network, but this would increase the cost of communication for subscribers. People reacted ambiguously to such plans, and experts said that there would be no demand for such a service. Therefore, probably, on this continent the situation with the “slow Internet” will not change.
Materials on the topic from the corporate blog VAS Experts:
Locals have to wait eight hours to download a 45-minute video. This speed is 53 times lower than the average for the United Kingdom.
And this is not an isolated case in the world. In our material we will tell about other places on the planet where using the Network is a real test.
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/ Flickr / tristan schmurr / cc
"Zones of reduced speeds"
Before Suffolk, the 1.3 Mbit / s British anti-record was owned by the village of Meatherden in Gloucestershire. The journalists compared the “level” of local communication with the state of affairs on Everest - there the average access speed was one and a half times higher.
In the United Kingdom there were also other places, especially in rural areas, “lagging behind” the minimum speed recommended by the government of the country at 10 Mbps. According to 719 thousand speed tests conducted by the expert organization “Which?”, 11 (out of 389 studied) municipal districts do not satisfy this requirement. Although the average broadband speed in the UK is 36 Mbit / s.
Of course, in developed countries such problems exist only in sparsely populated areas. For example, similar situations are found in Ireland. On the other hand, there are entire countries and even continents in the world that are forced to put up with “low speeds”.
According to the Do Speed Test on September 1 of this year, Libya is the country with the “slowest” broadband access - here more than 95% of the population has no access to the network. The top five "slow" includes Nepal, Nigeria, Iran and India.
Cable.co.uk examined the situation in 39 countries in Africa, and none of them reached the 10 Mbit / s threshold. If we take into account the speed of the mobile Internet, then on the African continent there are countries that overtake the United States on this indicator. For example, in Kenya, the average mobile Internet speed is 13.7 Mbit / s (versus 10.7 Mbit / s in the USA).
The reasons
Anyway, everything depends on the infrastructure and the cost of its construction. If we talk about areas with low population density, then the payback period of such investments is significantly different from the situation in the city.
To illustrate, we can recall the example of South Korea, which is known for fast and cheap Internet. The population density per square kilometer is more than 500 people. Here, given the relatively high density of buildings, infrastructure investments look much more “interesting” compared to conventional American villages, where private houses are located at a great distance from each other.
Another reason for the "slowdown" - the lack of competition. As a rule, in countries with fast and cheap Internet, one of the main drivers of development is she . On the other hand, in some cases, it is possible to explain the low level of competition by the fact that very few people want to “enter” the market, which requires the construction of infrastructure in hard-to-reach areas ( there is no benefit without support).
In addition to the capabilities of the communication line, the direct perception of the “speed” of the connection is influenced by the way the content delivery process is organized. For example, as of 2015, Google had seven data centers in the United States, four in Europe, two in Asia, one in Latin America and none in Africa. In such a situation, the content will “get” from Google to conventional Kenya, for example from London, which will negatively affect the user experience when working with various sites and resources of the corporation. A recent report from the Internet Society Report confirms that the lack of local infrastructure is one of the key problems. That is why, for example, Netflix is deploying servers on the continent.
The Philippines have several “excuses” for low-speed Internet in the country. The republic consists of 7100 islands, which complicates the construction of networks. It also affects the cost of Internet access. In 2014, island residents were offered to pay about $ 20 per month for a 2 Mbit / s tariff.
/ Flickr / reynermedia / CC
What does it affect
The quality of communication has many social and economic consequences. It has been established that the “slow Internet” is not the last factor forcing young people to leave rural areas.
In Lagos, Africa, where a modern technological ecosystem is being formed, problems with Internet access threaten the loss of both developers and their potential customers. At the same time, even a 10% growth in the audience of Internet users may increase the volume of international trade by 0.4–0.6%, if we talk about African countries.
The problem pushes the authorities to take decisive measures and even becomes one of the factors of the political struggle (the example of the Philippines).
However, not all countries seek to solve the problem of “slow Internet”. For example, Australia is on the 50th line in the ranking (11.1 Mbit / s on average).
The government had plans to create an expensive high-speed network, but this would increase the cost of communication for subscribers. People reacted ambiguously to such plans, and experts said that there would be no demand for such a service. Therefore, probably, on this continent the situation with the “slow Internet” will not change.
Materials on the topic from the corporate blog VAS Experts:
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/344124/
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