Azerbaijan ranks 111th on speed of Internet traffic
Azerbaijan ranks 111th among 174 countries on the speed of Internet traffic, four points below the ranking reported last October, US company Ookla has said in a report.
According to the company’s NetIndex, average speed of incoming Internet traffic in Azerbaijan is 2.75 mb/sec.
In the capital Baku and in Sumgayit, about 30 km north of the capital, the speed of Internet access is 2.83 mb/sec. and 2.99 mb/sec. respectively.
The findings of Ookla, which has created the Speedtest network, are based on experimental research conducted from December 5, 2011 to January 3, 2012.
The researchers studied statistical figures of 20 Azerbaijani Internet service providers and telecom operators to draw up the rating. The maximum speed of incoming Internet traffic - 4.59 mb/sec. - was provided by Eurosel company, while the minimum speed – 1.49 mb/sec. – by Datacell.
As for outgoing Internet traffic, Azerbaijan ranked 120th in the Ookla report, with the average speed of Web access being 0.98 mb/sec.
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