Best broadband suburbs in SA revealed

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Latest Speedtest.net results lists the suburbs in South Africa where users have the highest average broadband speeds

The latest results from Speedtest.net, which is processed and presented by the Ookla Net Index, shows that South Africa is slowly improving its worldwide broadband ranking.

The Ookla Net Index compares and ranks consumer download speeds around the globe, and according to the results over the last 30 days the average international download speed is 7.68 Mbps while the average household downlink speed is 2.11 Mbps.

According to the Ookla Net Index South Africa currently has an average download speed of 2.28 Mbps, ranking South Africa ninetieth in the world. When it comes to upload speeds South Africa is ranked ninety second with an average downlink speed of 0.66 Mbps.

The Ookla Net Index further reveals the average download and upload speeds in cities (and suburbs), providing an overview of which areas in South Africa are blessed with the highest broadband speeds.

The results were obtained from 133,125 local Speedtest.net tests, and according to the index the best broadband areas/suburbs in South Africa are:

South African city average Speedtest.net results
City/Suburb	Download Speed	Upload Speed
Midrand	3.69 Mbps	1.24 Mbps
Randburg	2.90 Mbps	1.09 Mbps
Centurion	2.71 Mbps	0.78 Mbps
Johannesburg	2.42 Mbps	0.70 Mbps
Pretoria	2.41 Mbps	0.68 Mbps
Belville	2.37 Mbps	0.59 Mbps
Cape Town	2.25 Mbps	0.81 Mbps
East London	2.18 Mbps	0.27 Mbps
Parow	2.12 Mbps	2.52 Mbps
Durban	2.10 Mbps	0.46 Mbps