Bangladesh goes all the way down to 108th in broadband pace: Ookla

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Bangladesh has skilled a decline in its rating when it comes to fastened broadband efficiency on the worldwide stage, securing the 108th place out of 182 international locations, in line with the Ookla’s Speedtest International Index for October.

Within the earlier report printed in July, Bangladesh held the 106th place out of 182 international locations on this class.

Nevertheless, the median fastened broadband obtain pace for October was reported at 38.65Mbps, a rise from the earlier reviews median fastened broadband obtain pace of 37.92Mbps.

Singapore led the fastened broadband class with a median obtain pace of 264.15Mbps.

Amongst South Asian international locations, Nepal has ranked 87th and India 89th in broadband web pace.

In the meantime, Sri Lanka ranked 139th, Pakistan 149th and the Maldives 151st and Afghanistan 181th.

Regarding cellular web pace in Bangladesh, there was an enchancment, with the nation now rating 111th amongst 142 international locations, as reported by the Ookla’s Speedtest International Index for October.

Within the Ookla’s Speedtest International Index for July, the nation ranked the a hundred and twentieth amongst 143 international locations.

As per the newest report, the median obtain pace in Bangladesh stood at 20.66Mbps, which was 17.18Mbps within the earlier report printed in July.

The highest place within the rating was claimed by the United Arab Emirates, with a median obtain pace of 269.41Mbps.

Within the October 2023 report, neighbouring India secured the twenty eighth place on a worldwide scale with a median obtain pace of 75.86Mbps.

Within the July 2023 report, India had secured the 53rd place on a worldwide scale with a median obtain pace of 43.76Mbps.

Among the many 5 cellular community suppliers in Bangladesh, Banglalink emerged because the quickest, in line with Ookla’s report.

The report for Q3 2023 additionally highlighted that Banglalink registered the bottom median multi-server latency in Bangladesh at 35ms.

When measuring the consistency of every operator’s efficiency, Banglalink’s 85.3 per cent of outcomes indicated a minimum of a 5Mbps minimal obtain pace and 1Mbps minimal add pace.

Ookla report indicated enhancements in web pace for Banglalink, Grameenphone, Airtel, Robi and state-owned Teletalk in contrast with that of the earlier report.

Throughout Q3 2023, Banglalink achieved a median obtain pace of 25.03Mbps, adopted by Grameenphone with 18.90Mbps and Airtel with 15.83Mbps.

Robi and Teletalk took the final two positions, with a median obtain pace of 15.71Mbps and 5.12Mbps respectively in the identical interval.

The Speedtest International Index by Ookla compares web pace statistics from throughout the globe and derives its knowledge from month-to-month checks performed by precise customers utilizing Speedtest.