During the first quarter of 2013, Akamai reports that average Philippine Internet Speed was at 1.4Mbps. One year later (Q1 2014), the average internet speed jumped to 2.1Mbps or about 49% increase year-on-year.
This puts the Philippines ahead of Vietnam (2.0Mbps) and India (1.7Mbps) in the world rankings but now behind from Indonesia (2.4Mbps), Malaysia (3.5Mbps), Thailand (5.2Mbps) and Hong Kong (13.3Mbps).
Twelve (12) months ago, Akamai published a similar report which puts the Philippine internet speed at 1.4Mbps.
By end of 2013 (Q4), the average PH speed increased to 2.0Mbps. This represents only 5% increase per quarter which shows a slow growth.
In 2010, the average internet speed for the Philippines was 0.9Mbps {source}.
While the average speed has significantly increased from last year by 50%, the average peak speed has also decreased.
From 13Mbps average peak speed in Q2 of 2013, it ballooned to 32Mbps by end of 2013. However, after Q1 of 2014, it dropped back to 18Mbps. This could be the result of the capping of LTE connections which used to be unlimited in 2013.
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