{"id":154911,"date":"2020-09-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=154911"},"modified":"2020-09-10T18:31:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T23:31:15","slug":"snapshot-2020-update-of-actual-internet-download-speeds-across-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2020\/09\/snapshot-2020-update-of-actual-internet-download-speeds-across-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot: 2020 update of actual Internet download speeds across the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Earlier this month, UK telecoms provider, Cable, published the average broadband Internet download speeds for over 200 countries worldwide, as of June 2020. The results for 30 Caribbean countries were included, which we discuss.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last week, United Kingdom triple play telecoms service provider, Cable, published the results of a global broadband speed assessment, which featured 221 countries, including 30 from the Caribbean\/Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region. The download speeds tests were recorded over the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, and currently are among the most comprehensive sets of results that are publicly available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Methodology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Similar to previous years, and over a period of 12 months up to 30 June 2020, the 2020 broadband speed test results were collected from a broad range of resources, including regulators and speed test providers that measure and collate broadband speed test results. The results were compiled and presented by Cable<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n

We again have extracted the test results for the Caribbean countries included in the global league tables. For the 2020 assessment, 30 countries and\/or island groups were included, as reflected Table 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Table 1: List of Caribbean countries\/country groupings included in the Cable (UK) 2020 global broadband speed results<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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