{"id":42024,"date":"2020-03-20T05:29:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-membership\/gsma_resources\/tracking-covid-19s-impact-on-global-internet-performance-updated-march-19\/"},"modified":"2020-03-20T05:29:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:29:33","slug":"tracking-covid-19s-impact-on-global-internet-performance-updated-march-19","status":"publish","type":"gsma_theme_resources","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-membership\/gsma_resources\/tracking-covid-19s-impact-on-global-internet-performance-updated-march-19\/","title":{"rendered":"TRACKING COVID-19\u2019S IMPACT ON GLOBAL INTERNET PERFORMANCE (UPDATED MAY 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_module_15814493284461\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"widget\" data-hs-cos-type=\"module\">\n<table class=\"hse-image-wrapper\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/insights\/blog\/tracking-covid-19-impact-global-internet-performance\/?utm_campaign=Ookla%20Insights%20Blog%20Subscription&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8VxmKbekH1Cw58eGJgZyk7FHg12_645Wb-91iD-Z8F2BKPqB0nO78sBKuLsUUu4Be1cXAe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-hs-link-id=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hub\/6583452\/hubfs\/covid-thumb.png?upscale=true&amp;width=1120&amp;upscale=true&amp;name=covid-thumb.png\" alt=\"covid-thumb\" width=\"560\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<table role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_module_15835388241217\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"widget\" data-hs-cos-type=\"module\">\n<div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_module_15835388241217_\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"widget\" data-hs-cos-type=\"rich_text\">\n<p>We continue to monitor how internet performance is holding up in the face of COVID-19 and are now making the data available as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ookla.d.pr\/za8Zl9?utm_campaign=Ookla%20Insights%20Blog%20Subscription&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8VxmKbekH1Cw58eGJgZyk7FHg12_645Wb-91iD-Z8F2BKPqB0nO78sBKuLsUUu4Be1cXAe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-hs-link-id=\"0\">CSV<\/a>. Some of the larger stories we saw in the past week were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Global download speeds over mobile and fixed broadband returned to their baseline levels.<\/li>\n<li>Compared with the baseline week of March 2, 2020, mean download speed over fixed broadband was down 34% in Peru, 27% in Afghanistan and 25% in Moldova.<\/li>\n<li>Lebanon\u2019s mean download speed over fixed broadband was up 83% when compared with the baseline week, while Qatar\u2019s was up 38%. Taiwan saw a 34% increase in mean download speed and Iraq\u2019s was up 33%.<\/li>\n<li>Mean download speed over mobile was down 41% in Sri Lanka when compared to the baseline week. Ethiopia saw a 32% decrease.<\/li>\n<li>Trinidad and Tobago saw an 87% increase in mobile download speed when compared to the baseline while Iraq was up 60% and Hong Kong was up 47%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more detailed information and to see data for your country,<a href=\"https:\/\/i7.t.hubspotemail.net\/e2t\/c\/*W2_Mn4s5V9YpdW4HjYPc241QZ10\/*W2gL-nM7sqb08W5N7lJN9jQn1r0\/5\/f18dQhb0S82-9dZyjHW5K-5XV1m4DtzW1Dq0gs57QRVvW6BlzlP1Qt2G2VLDpF18CSvhfW8BS9lR64R1pYVRBfbf62KZGNW8p-zTb3PmWYrW1sK_pp8CSgM5W1pNQ7s63n10ZN5xKQCR-02nKW8p-VpR5yLkPhW8l8TDs8vyBskW5_MN8k8wWL7WW63kvT11qMyCmW8Bpf2T8mp2bwV45__d8tsYjVN3Q0tKlZvQwHVtJHS74J53_7W8cC2Xn8m6kDMW5mG4tg1ZJ7-KW9dSlS635rgClW94-4T07sLptqW41TlcR3Tw-2KW6nyXCW49qr7HN6V4mf7pZ7rKW8gjY6L8WBKbVW56sy_82NhXH1W3r3-wG76pL6JW7Kr3kN2RQBT_W4fwYNx2Q1d2gW9fBsgW8SS09nW4y7hBR2RxsVDW85g7mp334xbDN7Mbw5lqSlqtW2fC-306zJmYvVnjgqT4y7774W6XjTj57wTKDTW54-N3J8VQ7XtV526nX4lBZ6FVnpt286GTq08W8Ph58-59BvcjW7qVzbf4gqD-SW2WdR5D3bFXhdW5bN28m8yFYMwW206_LB7ZLxGKW4D9Rnm7ZztXSW1YTJlR4wzrBRW5NNm_H5n2W9cV5XXmJ7PWMpZ102?utm_campaign=Ookla%20Insights%20Blog%20Subscription&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8VxmKbekH1Cw58eGJgZyk7FHg12_645Wb-91iD-Z8F2BKPqB0nO78sBKuLsUUu4Be1cXAe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-hs-link-id=\"0\">\u00a0read the full article on Insights.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We continue to monitor how internet performance is holding up in the face of COVID-19 and are now making the data available as a\u00a0CSV. Some of the larger stories we saw in the past week were: Global download speeds over mobile and fixed broadband returned to their baseline levels. 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