South Africa’s 5G networks are not particularly quick at loading webpages, according to a study by Ookla.
Ookla compared webpage loading speeds for Google, YouTube and Facebook using 4G and 5G networks in South Africa , Brazil, Canada, France, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain and the US.
“Speedtest data shows 5G delivered a much better page load speed than 4G on all three services in South Africa during the first quarter of 2024. Google loaded 22% faster on 5G than 4G, YouTube was 27% faster on 5G and Facebook was 36% faster,” Ookla said in the report, released on Monday.
TechCentral added each country’s webpage load times for Facebook, Google and YouTube from the Ookla study to get the total page load speed metric. Canada had the lowest/best total page load times for both the 4G and 5G tests. France was the only other country to keep its position in both the 4G and 5G tests. The average total page load time was 5.8s for 4G and 4.3s for 5G. South Africa’s page load times were worse than the average in both cases, clocking in at 8s for 4G and 5.8s for 5G.“Page load speed is a critical measure of your web browsing experience.
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