Eighty six pc of fixed broadband speed reaches consumers
Manama: Eighty six per cent of the broadband connections in the Kingdom are performing as advertised in terms of speed, according to the latest broadband analysis report by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).
The report was based on 8Mbps, the average package subscribed to by consumers for fixed broadband. The maximum speed offered by ISP’s was also tested to measure fixed wireless broadband.
“We perform this analysis to give consumers much needed insight which lets them decide which broadband service to choose,” says Mohammed Al Noaimi, TRA Director of Technical Operations.
“We perform this report quarterly to monitor the latest changes and ensure the consumer has the right information available to them at all times,” he added.
According to the Broadband Quality of Service report for the first quarter of 2016, average download speed to access websites and web browse has reached 6.9 Mbps for ADSL packages and 7.0 Mbps for fixed wireless packages. This translates to the time it takes for websites to load when browsing.
The charts present the observed average download speed based on measurements taken every hour for the Fixed Broadband Internet packages during the 1st quarter of 2016, from 1 Jan 2016 until 31 March 2016
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