Web Africa joins Speedtest.net

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Web Africa the latest local service provider to add a Speedtest.net server on its network; Vodacom replaces Telkom and Technology Concepts

Speedtest.net has become the de-facto standard in testing broadband speeds around the globe. With hundreds of server locations around the world it provides unrivalled broadband speed to test an Internet connection.

Telecoms operators and service providers have the option to become a Speedtest.net host, and over the last few months numerous companies have started hosting servers in South Africa.

While setting up a new broadband speed test server is not particularly challenging, an Internet backbone connection with at least 100 Mbps is a prerequisite for joining Speedtest.net.

Web Africa is the latest company to host a Speedtest.net server in South Africa, bringing the total number of local Speedtest.net servers to six.

The following Speedtest.net servers are available in South Africa:

Newlands (Cape Town) hosted by Web Africa
Cape Town, hosted by Vodacom
Johannesburg hosted by Vodacom
Midrand hosted by Neology
Pretoria hosted by Vodacom Business
Durban hosted by Vodacom Business

Telkom and Technology Concepts previously hosted Speedtest.net servers in Cape Town and Johannesburg respectively, but these servers are no longer available for broadband speed tests. It is uncertain if they have been replaced with more suitable servers by Vodacom.

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