Akamai: Indonesia's Average Internet Speed ​​Is Now 6,4 Mbps

Periodically within a quarter (3 months), the research institute Akamai conducts a worldwide survey of internet connectivity and several other supporting components in relation to consumer usage. In this report, Indonesia is included in several highlight discussion, one of which is related to the distribution of connectivity speeds broadband.

The report stated that 64% of the total users in Indonesia still enjoy speeds equal to or below 4 Mbps. Next, connoisseurs of connectivity above 10 Mbps are only 12% of the total users and those above 15 Mbps are only 3,1%.

If you take the average connectivity speed data, as of the third quarter, Indonesia is ranked 63rd globally with an average speed of 6,4 Mbps, an increase of 115% over the same period the previous year. South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore are in the top spots for Asian countries.

Regarding the number of new connectivity activations, in the third quarter (Q3) of 2016, Akamai recorded an increase of 0,7% globally, reaching 806 million, an increase of 6 million users compared to second quarter report This year. Indonesia still contributes a minimal number of activations, which is only in the range of 3 million activations.

Especially for connectivity mobile devicesGlobally, traffic grew by 11% with the highest average speed reaching 23,7 Mbps and the lowest at around 2,2 Mbps.

The results of the above report are in line with what was recorded in survey results Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers (APJII). Last October it announced that now more than half of Indonesians have used the internet, or a total of 132,7 million people out of a population of 256,2 million. Regarding the distribution, as many as Java (65%), Sumatra (15,7%), Sulawesi (6,3%), Kalimantan (5,8%), Bali and Nusa Tenggara (4,7%), the last is Maluku and Papua. (2,5%).