{"id":148307,"date":"2019-07-05T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=148307"},"modified":"2019-07-05T06:06:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T11:06:41","slug":"snapshot-actual-download-speeds-30-caribbean-countries-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2019\/07\/snapshot-actual-download-speeds-30-caribbean-countries-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot: Actual download speeds in 30 Caribbean countries in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, UK telecoms provider, Cable, published the average broadband Internet download speeds for over 200 countries worldwide, as of May 2019. The results for 30 Caribbean countries were included.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Last week, on 2 July, triple play telecoms service provider, Cable, which operates in the United Kingdom, published the results of a global broadband speed assessment, which featured 207 countries, including 30 from the Caribbean region. The download speeds tests were recorded over the period May 2018 to May 2019, and currently are the most comprehensive set of results that have been made publicly available.<\/p>\n

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Methodology<\/h3>\n

The 2019 broadband speed test results were collected from a broad range of resources, including regulators and speed test providers, that regularly measure and collate broadband speed test results. The data was collected over the period of 12 months up to 7 May 2019, and the\u00a0 results were compiled and presented by Cable (Source:\u00a0 Cable<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The download speeds recorded are those available to a device via a router, and so represent actual (or realistic) speeds experienced by the user \u2013 via Wi-Fi, Ethernet connection, or other means. For each country, download speed tests had to be recorded from at least 100 unique Internet Protocol addresses. Additionally, test results were excluded if, among other things, the speed test exercises were unduly long or short, if little data was actually transferred, or if a connection between the server and client was not properly established (Source:\u00a0 Cable<\/a>).<\/p>\n

We again have extracted the test results for the Caribbean countries included in the global league tables. For 2019, there were 30 countries and\/or island groups, as reflected Table 1.<\/p>\n

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Table 1: List of Caribbean countries\/country groupings included in the Cable (UK) 2019 global broadband speed results<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the sections that follow, we<\/p>\n