Best and Worst countries for WiFi: South Korea is the fastest in the world
Published 10:20 am Friday, August 18, 2017
Many of us in the greater Tacoma area travel the world and need to know which countries have the best WiFi—and they’re not what you’d expect.
Consider this: Ranking at #20, the USA is not even close to boasting the fastest public WiFi in the world.
Ooma (www.ooma.com)— a leading Internet-based communications hub that lets users make calls overseas via WiFi—has compiled a detailed new report to help WiFi-loving travelers choose their destinations wisely.
Top 20 countries with the fastest public wifi:
(average download speeds Mbps)
#1: Lithuania (15.4 Mbps)
#2: Croatia (14.05 Mbps)
#3: Estonia (13.75 Mbps)
#4: Ireland (11.43 Mbps)
#5: Romania (11.32 Mbps)
#6: United Kingdom (10.97 Mbps)
#7: Denmark (10.52 Mbps)
#8: Hungary (10.37 Mbps)
#9: Belgium (10.07 Mbps)
#10: Slovenia (9.72 Mbps)
#11: Bulgaria (9.67 Mbps)
#12: Singapore (9.49 Mbps)
#13: Finland (8.69 Mbps)
#14: Switzerland (8.67 Mbps)
#15: Latvia (8.46 Mbps)
#16: Germany (7.96 Mbps)
#17: Sweden (7.90 Mbps)
#18: Portugal (7.43 Mbps)
#19: Canada (7.16 Mbps)
#20: U.S.A. (6.89 Mbps)
Top 5 countries with fastest overall internet connection speeds: With an average connection speed at 6.1 megabits per second (MBPS), Ooma also found the countries with the fastest and slowest connection speeds overall (both private and public).
#1. South Korea
#2. Norway
#3. Hong Kong
#4. Sweden
#5. Switzerland
Top 5 countries with the slowest overall internet connection speeds (ranked from slowest)
#1. Venezuela
#2. Paraguay
#3. Namibia
#4. Bolivia
#5. Nigeria
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