AUSTRALIA has clawed its way up the world broadband speed rankings, with a new report showing the country now ranks 56th in the world for internet download speeds.
But the news, coming on the eve of the federal election, is far from impressive, with networking firm Akamai Technologies noting that Australia’s speed boost was “the smallest gain” in Asia Pacific, and the country’s ranking had plummeted from 30th place just three years ago.
The Akamai State of the internet report for the first three months of the year, released overnight, showed Australia still ranked below Asia Pacific countries including New Zealand, Malaysia and Thailand for internet speeds, though the country’s average peak download speed reached 43 megabits per second, up 6.8 per cent compared to last years.
