An update of fixed and mobile\/cellular broadband internet upload and download speeds, as well as transmission latency, across the Caribbean region, as at June 2021<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A continual preoccupation, and frequent source of frustration, for so many of us, is the Internet service we are experiencing. As more of our lives is facilitated by the internet, we have become increasingly intolerant of the times when we are experiencing poorer-than-normal service. Depending on the situation, a common go-to resource is an online speed test service, which tends to corroborate or provide some insight what has been occurring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We provide some insight into the internet transmission speeds that is being experienced across the Caribbean region by examining the internet speed test results that were recorded during the month of June 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Methodology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The speed test results that are examined in this article are from the well-known platform, Ookla, which manages Speedtest<\/a>. Monthly, Ookla publishes the Speedtest Global Index<\/a>, in which it tracks and compares internet speed data from around the world. The per country speed test results that are made publicly available are the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

• Fixed broadband upload speed in Megabits per second (Mbps)<\/li>
• Fixed broadband download speed in Mbps<\/li>
• Fixed broadband latency in milliseconds (ms)<\/li>
• Mobile broadband upload speed in Mbps<\/li>
• Mobile broadband download speed in Mbps<\/li>
• Mobile broadband latency in ms.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

  According to Ookla<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Speedtest leverages a vast testing infrastructure with over 10,000 servers in more than 190 countries, ensuring users will always be able to test to a local server regardless of where they are located. By having multiple servers in every country and major city, Speedtest ensures an accurate view of performance without requiring long, or even international transit, to perform a test. As a result of this testing infrastructure and the enormous number of tests taken using Speedtest, Ookla has no need to extrapolate data to fill in gaps because its applications collect information from every imaginable location and every type of device at all hours of the day.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

  The results that are published per country must have at least 300 unique user results for mobile or fixed broadband to be ranked in either category. For June 2021, mobile\/cellular speed test results were published for 137 countries, whilst for fixed broadband, 181 countries were included, with 16 Caribbean countries among them, as reflected in Exhibit 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n