Nepal’s average speed of Fixed broadband has further improved. In December, Nepal climbed to the 79^th position improving by 19^th ranks in the Speedtest Global Index in Ookla’s December report which is likely the reflection of the ongoing internet speed war.

In the December index, Nepal clinched its 79^th rank with 40.37 Mbps fixed broadband download speed whereas the upload speed clocked 37.81 Mbps and latency 5 ms.

In the previous data, Nepal ranked 97^th position with 27.59 Mbps download speed.

However, in its Mobile Broadband category, Nepal has slumped again to 105^th position marking a downfall by14 position. As per the report, Nepal’s Mobile Broadband download speed stood 16.45 Mbps and clocked 11.46 Mbps upload speed with 22 ms latency.

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Nepal’s Fixed Broadband Speed Among SAARC

Meanwhile, Nepal’s improving Fixed Broadband speed has also helped it climb to 2^nd position eclipsing Bangladesh’s 29.01 Mbps download speed. India remains unmoved at 1^st clocking 46.18 Mbps in download speed.

With Bangladesh slipping to 3^rd, Sri Lanka and the Maldives rank 4^th and 5^th with 20.26 Mbps and 10.27 Mbps download speed respectively. Bhutan stays at 6^th with a 10.66 Mbps download speed. Pakistan clocked 9.04 Mbps and sits at 7^th.

Afghanistan lingers last at 8^th of SAARC with just 1.70 Mbps speed. The embattled neighbor also sits last in Speedtest’s Global Fixed Broadband Index.

As you can see, two countries in SAARC touches 40+ Mbps download speed while Pakistan is just short of 10 Mbps. Afghanistan fared worst in download speed not even reaching 2 Mbps.

Singapore though retains its 1st rank with 192.17 Mbps median download speed followed by Chile with 187.50 Mbps download speed in the same Fixed Broadband Speed segment.

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Internet Speed War Begins Showing Effet

Nepal’s improvement in broadband speed rank is a clear sign that the ongoing speed war is having its effect on the internet. Besides, the major ISPs have upgraded their customers’ existing packages with a major speed bump. The new customers are getting at least 150 Mbps packages on average from major ISPs. That is not all. To improve WiFi performance, the service providers have begun bundling their services with dual-band routers which gives a more consistent data transmission.

Nepal’s fiber broadband speed will have more encouraging days in the coming months as the upgraded packages are yet to implement for existing users and when newer customers subscribe to 3 digits to 1 Gbps packages, broadband speed will likely climb further.

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