{"id":58697,"date":"2024-12-10T12:26:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T07:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=58697"},"modified":"2024-12-10T12:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T07:26:09","slug":"pakistan-internet-speed-ranks-in-bottom-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/pakistan-internet-speed-ranks-in-bottom-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan internet speed ranks in bottom worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: According to Ookla&#8217;s Speedtest Global Index, Pakistan&#8217;s mobile and broadband <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/internet-services-still-disrupted-across-pakistan\/\">internet speeds<\/a> rank in the bottom 12% worldwide, further impeding digital activity.<\/p>\n<p>As of October, the report placed the nation 141st out of 158 nations in terms of broadband speeds and 100th out of 111 countries in terms of mobile internet speeds.<\/p>\n<p>Slow connections, including trouble downloading material on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/whatsapp-rolls-out-feature-converting-voice-notes-into-text\/\">WhatsApp<\/a> and frequent network problems, have been a problem for consumers nationwide for a few months.<\/p>\n<p>The disruptions have sparked worries, especially since claims of restricted <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pta-allows-users-to-register-vpns-against-mobile-numbers\/\">virtual private network<\/a> (VPN) usage and ongoing internet connection outages in Pakistan are concerning.<\/p>\n<p>Many Pakistanis use virtual private networks (VPNs) to access websites that are forbidden, including X (previously Twitter), although these services are becoming more and more restricted.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s average download speed is 7.85 MBPS, according to the World Population Review, which makes use of Cable data and Ookla&#8217;s Speedtest Global Index.<\/p>\n<p>The median download speed on mobile devices is 19.59 MBPS, whereas the median download speed on broadband is 15.52 MBPS. As of May 2023, reports on Pakistan&#8217;s digital environment and human rights situation indicated that the country has some of the slowest internet speeds in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: According to Ookla&#8217;s Speedtest Global Index, Pakistan&#8217;s mobile and broadband internet speeds rank in the bottom 12% worldwide, further impeding digital activity. As of October, the report placed the nation 141st out of 158 nations in terms of broadband speeds and 100th out of 111 countries in terms of mobile internet speeds. Slow connections, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":45519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15880,24658,23995],"class_list":["post-58697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-internet-speed-slow-in-pakistan","tag-pakistan-internet-speed","tag-pakistan-vpn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58701,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58697\/revisions\/58701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}