South Africa’s consumer broadband connection has been ranked 39th of 50 countries included in Ookla’s Household Quality Index, with only three African countries making the top 50 countries.
The Household Quality Index compares and ranks the quality of consumer broadband connections of countries worldwide over a 30 day period, measuring the quality of the connection in terms of R-Factor – an industry measure relating to steadiness of connection, important for use in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and online gaming, for example.
In May, the Quality Index revealed the global average quality of broadband connection came to 84.67 R-Factor points, down from last May’s average of 85.47 points.
South Africa was listed 39th this year with 83.02 points, dropping two places from last year’s corresponding period when it came in at 37, although the country’s quality score has grown from 82.85 last year.
Tunisia and Algeria were the only other two African countries to make the top 50 countries listed, coming in 46th and 47th place respectively.
Tunisia’s connectivity was given a quality score of 75.50 R-Factor points, while Algeria achieved a score of 72.18 points.
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