Internet connections are slowing down – but they remain low

The performance of internet connections in Greece is improving, although especially in fixed connections the speeds remain at extremely low levels in relation to the world average, according to the measurements of the Ookla service.

In particular, the average speed of mobile telephony connections in December 2021 was set at 51.42 Mbps for download and 12.52 Mbps for upload. These performances rank our country in 31st place among the 138 countries covered by the company index (Speedtest Global Index), six places lower than the November ranking.

In December 2020 the average download speed on mobile telephony was 29.31 Mbps and the upload speed was 9.37 Mbps. According to Ookla measurements, the global average in mobile telephony at download was 29.55 Mbps and at upload at 8.59 Mbps.

At the top of the list with the fastest mobile speeds is the United Arab Emirates, with an average download speed of 138.38 Mbps, followed by Norway with 119.12 Mbps, South Korea with 108.26 Mbps, China with 104.44 Mbps and Qatar at 104.3 Mbps.

Below the base to the fixed

The performance of fixed telephony is worse. Greece, based on December speeds, is in 91st place among 178 countries covered by the index, with the median of download speeds being 33.03 Mbps and upload speeds of 4.95 Mbps.

Here, too, however, there is an improvement over a year ago, when the average downoload speed was 23.01 Mbps and the upload was 4.42 Mbps.

Singapore is in the first place of the speeds based on the measurements of December 2021 in the Speedtest Global Index, with an average download speed of 192.17 Mbps. In second place is Chile with speeds of 187.50 Mbps, Thailand with 175.93 Mbps, Hong Kong with 168.66 Mbps and the top five is Monaco with an average speed of 165.47 Mbps.

Based on the measurements, the global average speed in fixed telephony was 59.75 Mbps in download and 25.06 Mbps in upload.