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Speedtest. Speedtest.net, also known as Speedtest by Ookla, is a web service that provides free analysis of Internet access performance metrics, such as connection data rate and latency. It is the flagship product of Ookla, a web testing and network diagnostics company founded in 2006, and based in Seattle, Washington, United States. [5] [6]
5G Cell Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Internet in South Africa, one of the most technologically resourced countries on the African continent, is expanding.The internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD).za is managed and regulated by the .za Domain Name Authority (.ZADNA) and was granted to South Africa by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 1990.
Current status. Active. MyBroadband is South Africa's largest technology news website which was started in 2003 as a consumer advocacy forum to address broadband problems which existed in the country at the time. Since then, the website has grown into an IT news publication with an online community of 3.2 million unique visitors and over 10 ...
BSNL Broadband. BSNL Broadband (formerly DataOne) [3] is an Indian wireline broadband operator, a division of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited owned by Department of Telecommunications under Ministry of Communications of the Government of India. It provides both wired and wireless broadband services as well as many value-added services.
Website. Official Website. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (abbreviated as BSNL) is a state-owned telecommunications company, based in India, owned by the Government of India. It operates as a central public sector undertaking with its headquarters in New Delhi, India. BSNL falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Telecommunications ...
On 23 July 2009, the 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) cable began operations, providing the eastern and southern African countries of Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa with high-speed Internet connectivity to Europe and Asia. The cable was officially switched on in simultaneous events held across the region, in Mombasa, Kenya ...
According to 2011 estimates, about 13.5% of the African population has Internet access. [18] While Africa accounts for 15.0% of the world's population, only 6.2% of the World's Internet subscribers are Africans. [19] Africans who have access to broadband connections are estimated to be in percentage of 1% or lower.
As of January 2010, South Africa has over 2 million broadband subscribers. Whilst this is the largest number in Africa, South Africa's broadband penetration of 4% is significantly below international standards. Broadband ADSL. In late 2009, Telkom began trialling 8 and 12 Mbit/s ADSL offerings.