Mauritius Internet Connection Is Still Bad

Mauritius is among the worst performers in the internet, if you believe the studies available. Firstly, and this is probably what is most obvious, according to the latest report Ookla Net Index dated June 11, 2013, our country is ranked 164 out of 184 with an average connection speed 2.29 Megabits per second (Mbps).

By comparison, the first country in the ranking is Hong Kong with an average connection speed of 46.86 Mbps. The global average is 13.69 Mbps. Mauritius ranks behind countries such as Madagascar with a connection speed of 7.67 Mbps average, South Africa with 3.76 Mbps and 3.67 Mbps with Reunion.

According to the report Ookla Net Index, all Mauritians are not housed in the same boat in terms of connection speed. Those who fared best are the people of Mocha with average connection speed of 9.63 Mbps. In second place, but far behind, we find the people of straws with 2.96 Mbps. Quatre-Bornes and Curepipe follow with 2.62 Mbps and 1.95 Mbps on average. In the end ranking to 10th place are the inhabitants of Beau Bassin who get average connection speed of 0.90 Mbps, they are followed in 11th and last place with their neighbors in Rose Hill with 0.84 Mbps.

For operators, Emtel comes out with an average connection speed of 5.46 Mbps, followed by Telecom Plus (Orange) with 4.35 Mbps, 3.81 Mbps with Bharat Telecom and Mauritius Telecom with 3.02 Mbps.

As for monthly rates, Mauritius is far from other destinations. Indeed, there is such as Madagascar, Telma operator offers an internet connection with a speed of 8 Mbps and unlimited music download for Rs 1840. With this offer, the customer also has an hour of calls. Compared with unlimited music download and half flow, Mauritius Telecom is positioned at Rs 2349 and Rs Bharat Telecom 2369.

For its part, Emtel offers either a lower connection speed to 2 Mbps with unlimited music download for Rs 3800, a rate of 21.6 Mbps download capacity limited to 5 gigabits (Gb) to Rs 799 or 10 GB for Rs 1299. Our Reunion neighbors can benefit from France Telecom connection with a throughput of 20 Mbps and unlimited music download for two Rs 056.25. This same connection costs Rs 396.93 1 in France. In both cases, the TV channels are available.

Ganesh Ramalingum, Executive Chairman of Data Communication Ltd. (DCL) indicates Ookla lack of credibility is remembered as the Minister of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum , had the same judgment . He said that the country has progressed in terms of connections to the Internet for several years, he cites a particular connection speed reaching 10 Mbps or more. Ganesh Ramalingum also emphasizes the implementation of the optical fiber and 4G (mobile broadband internet network) across the country as well as the arrival of a new bandwidth provider, Belgacom.

To explain the slower rate of Mauritius average connection in many other countries, Ganesh Ramalingum noted that the price of bandwidth practiced operators is higher here than elsewhere. In addition, he believes that we are behind in the deployment of infrastructures, including fiber-optic network.