India Ranked 88th Out of 200 Countries in Terms of Broadband Speeds
Jul. 10, 2018Published byCable.co.uk, the data reveals that Singapore has the fastest broadband services with average download speeds of 60.39Mbps, while the war-torn Yemen came in at the last place with 0.31Mbps. Both countries retained their positions from last year, when the list was compiled for the first time.
Even as internet connectivity in India hasincreased considereablyover the past few years,speeds continue to remain a perennial problem. While those in top urban locations have access tosuper-fast broadband, people in small towns and rural areas have to be content with slow, laggy connections that are just not good enough for the demands of twenty-first century internet.
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