According to the latest Akamai ‘State of the Internet’ report, the average download speeds in New Zealand have grown 25% over the past year.
The report shows that in Q1 2016, the average speed had increased to 10.5 Mbps, while the number of people accessing speeds above 15 Mbps has increased 123% in just 12 months. All up, 91% of New Zealanders are enjoying speeds above 4 Mbps.
“This is a considerable improvement on the speeds New Zealanders are enjoying every day,” said Communications Minister, Amy Adams. “To put these speeds into context, in 2008 the average speed was 2.7 Mbps. The latest figures from early 2016 show an almost four-fold increase.
“The latest report is a useful international benchmark that proves New Zealand continues to benefit from the rollout of digital infrastructure. But it’s worth noting that Akamai only measures traffic that is downloaded from Akamai’s servers, excluding things like Netflix. This means the real benefits to New Zealand are much higher. The average speed on Chorus's fixed line network is 28.5 Mbps.”
The latest statistics come as the UFB build passes hallway mark in big urban cities like Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and 18 regional towns around New Zealand are now fully complete.