Top 20 Countries for broadband speed - where's SINGAPORE?!

• John Wong

  27 Nov 07, 21:06

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7114728.stm#anchor
  
  Liews... I thought we should be like #1 or something.. how come we lagging so badly?
• MyPillowTalks

  27 Nov 07, 21:08

  oh, we are at 830 bytes / sec allllmoost 1kb/sec!
• FireIce

  27 Nov 07, 21:10

  got fat pipe so wat
  jam like fark leh
• Nadare

  27 Nov 07, 21:10

  
• smartboy4

  27 Nov 07, 21:12

  Originally posted by John Wong:

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7114728.stm#anchor
  
  Liews... I thought we should be like #1 or something.. how come we lagging so badly?

  you think too much.. japan one really power..
  
  i think with our 3mbps plan at $40 kind.. you go japan they say 3mbps knn you pay 50 cents per year they also say siao bo why give so much ?
• Ignorance

  27 Nov 07, 21:13

  Originally posted by smartboy4:

  you think too much.. japan one really power..
  
  i think with our 3mbps plan at $40 kind.. you go japan they say 3mbps knn you pay 50 cents per year they also say siao bo why give so much ?

  
• laurence82

  27 Nov 07, 21:16

  for a small country you would have thought our connectivity would be good
  
  but all are gahmen owned companies trying to suck singaporeans money
• eagle

  27 Nov 07, 21:18

  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
• ndmmxiaomayi

  27 Nov 07, 21:23

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  for a small country you would have thought our connectivity would be good
  
  but all are gahmen owned companies trying to suck singaporeans money

  Connectivity is good, but the problem is, the survey about speeds.
  
  Most of us will have at least a dial up or broadband connection, but we don't have great speeds like in other countries.
• Gasfene

  21 Dec 07, 11:51

  Originally posted by John Wong:

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7114728.stm#anchor
  
  Liews... I thought we should be like #1 or something.. how come we lagging so badly?

  the problem lies with the fact that Singapore is densely populated. If one hdb flat can be condensed to one house, then sure thing our connection will be super fast.
• noahnoah

  21 Dec 07, 11:53

  
  FAt green pipe grow until too fat
  
  until going to burst soon
  
  
• Phorum Noob

  21 Dec 07, 11:59

  Originally posted by Gasfene:

  the problem lies with the fact that Singapore is densely populated. If one hdb flat can be condensed to one house, then sure thing our connection will be super fast.

  They could still have scaled up the bandwidth to match the density mah.
• noahnoah

  21 Dec 07, 12:00

  Originally posted by Phorum Noob:

  They could still have scaled up the bandwidth to match the density mah.

  then who going to pay for the extra cost?
  
  
• Phorum Noob

  21 Dec 07, 12:12

  Then how come Japan's internet's can be so fast and cheap at the same time?
• Deino

  21 Dec 07, 12:34

  lets move to japan.....hooooooo.....
  
  you wan check your broadband speed go http://www.speedtest.net/
  
  My speed on 12:29 Singapore time.....
  Singapore server: download speed:11067kbps
  upload speed:297kbps
  ping:53ms
  
  If i go Washington server:download speed:697kbps
  upload speed:207kbps
  ping:354ms
  
  If i go London server:download speed:1446kbps
  upload speed:202kbps
  ping:715ms
  
  If i go Tokyo server:download speed:1932kbps
  upload speed:268kbps
  ping:369ms
  
  If i go Sydney server:download speed:1411kbps
  upload speed:277kbps
  ping:435ms
  
  If i go Jakarta server:download speed:2668kbps
  upload speed:311kbps
  ping:64ms
  
  WTF sia i dunno about time factor but last time i got check my downloadspeed at all other servers expt JKT and Spore was are 2500 and the ping should be less also......
  
  I hear japan is doing rnd on gbps broadband speed.....if spore dun use it when it comes out....i dunno wot else to say
• Deino

  21 Dec 07, 12:39

  Originally posted by Gasfene:

  the problem lies with the fact that Singapore is densely populated. If one hdb flat can be condensed to one house, then sure thing our connection will be super fast.

  Tokyo more densely populated leh..
• Phaze

  21 Dec 07, 12:40

  The problem is overseas bandwidth.
  
  Japan and Korea both consume relatively little overseas bandwidth.
  
  If you want to compare, a more accurate comparison would be with Australia in one of the big cities.
• viper146

  21 Dec 07, 12:47

  Originally posted by Deino:

  Tokyo more densely populated leh..

  FYI, singapore is the most densely populated country in the world.
  
  source: wikipedia
• Gasfene

  21 Dec 07, 12:50

  Originally posted by Deino:

  Tokyo more densely populated leh..

  Singapore itself is more densely populated than tokyo city(not just japan) as well.
• 4getmenot

  21 Dec 07, 18:12

  duh.. compare your 'densely population' to 'connection ratio' & 'number of broadband connection ratio' to the other top ten countries..
  
  connectivity poor becuz its densely populated..? gimme a break lar..
  
• lpx88

  21 Dec 07, 18:15

  Wad makes u think that Singapore can have any chance of being in that list in the 1st place?
• Nadare

  21 Dec 07, 18:37

  i feel SG is providing high internet access but at steep prices.. thats why
• Phaze

  21 Dec 07, 18:56

  It's easier to deploy broadband to densely populated areas. It's expensive to bring broadband to rural areas. Usually, revenue from densely populated areas is used to subsidize broadband deployment to rural areas.
  
  The cost of overseas bandwidth is the main problem.