#philippine internet speed

In 2014, we published a story about the Philippine internet/broadband speed being the slowest in the Asean region. It's been almost 7 years since that news came out and while we continuously cover broadband stories in the Philippines, we think it's time to re-visit that topic -- are we still the slowest in the region in terms of broadband speeds? Well, according to Ookla, our median fixed broadband speeds are now at 50.26Mbps (14x faster than 7 years ago) and the Philippines is ranked at #63 worldwide. Among the 10 ASEAN countries, Malaysia has the highest speed improvement at 1,510% followed by the Philippines at 1,396%. Notes: We used Ookla as the basis for the internet broadband speed and ranking since it's publicly available and it was the same measurement tool that placed the Philippines dead last in 2014. Further readings -- Why Internet in the Philippines is Slow and Expensive Ookla has released their latest Speedtest Global Index for September 2021, showing that the Philippines' average mobile internet download speed is at 35.03 Mbps, while the average fixed broadband download speed is at 71.85 Mbps. For mobile, the Philippines now ranks at 72nd with an average download speed of 35.03 Mbps, an average upload speed of 8.54 Mbps, and a latency of 32ms. Read more in our articles including "Internet Speeds: Are we still the slowest in ASEAN?" and "Ookla September 2021: PH mobile internet at 35.03 Mbps, fixed broadband at 71.85 Mbps".