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Internet Speed Report Gauteng February 2024

A comprehensive analysis of broadband performance in Gauteng based on real user speed tests conducted on Bandwidth Place.

Total Tests

141

Avg. Download

54.19Mbps

Avg. Upload

35.25Mbps

Avg. Ping

91.9ms

Top Internet Providers

Provider Avg Speed
MTNSA 40.0 Mbps
Afrihost SP 136.4 Mbps
Vodacom Pretoria Silverton North Gauteng Public NAT 16.4 Mbps
Neology (Pty) Ltd 1.7 Mbps
Dimension Data 60.6 Mbps
Vodacom Midrand PT Southern Gauteng Public NAT 34.4 Mbps
Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless 42.7 Mbps
Telkom SA Ltd 39.5 Mbps
Vox Telecom 38.8 Mbps
Vox Telecom Ltd 65.8 Mbps

Top Devices

Device Share
Generic Android 2.0 12.1%
iPhone 9.2%
iPhone 7.1%
Generic Smartphone 2.8%
Generic Smartphone 0.7%
iPhone 0.7%
Mozilla Firefox for Android 0.7%

Top Browsers

Browser Share
Chrome 46.8%
Android Webkit 12.1%
Mobile Safari 9.2%
Mobile Safari 7.1%
Chrome 3.5%
Safari 2.8%
Samsung Internet 2.8%
Chrome 2.1%
Firefox 2.1%
Iron 1.4%

Analysis Methodology

The data presented in this report is aggregated directly from real user speed tests performed on the Bandwidth Place platform testing network nodes globally during 2024. We calculate the localized metrics using strict data sanity checks to prevent skewed results from anomalies or extreme outliers.

SEO & Location Routing Structure: Because location data is structurally rigid, caching data dynamically to static hierarchy (Country -> State -> City) provides significant improvements to PageSpeed metrics and Time to First Byte (TTFB). This strategy ensures optimum indexing for search engines processing localized queries.