Average broadband speeds during COVID-19 lockdown measures that limited people's activities dropped by an average of 6.31 percent globally, according to a new report. Internet advice site Cable.co.uk analyzed data from the Oxford Coronavirus Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT), and over 364 million broadband speed tests courtesy of M-Lab to compare average internet speeds in 114 countries both during and outside of their most stringent COVID-19 lockdown periods. There were more pronounced drops in some regions, particularly Central America (-26.03 percent), Northern Africa (-17.77 percent), Asia (Excl. Near East) (-16.33 percent), South America (-16.11 percent), and Sub-Saharan Africa (-14.24 percent). Individual… [Continue Reading]
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