PHL has 2nd slowest web loading speeds

The Philippines may have the world's second slowest average online loading speed on desktop computers, according to search giant Google.

 

A report on Bloomberg cited Google's findings showing the Philippines' 15.4-second loading time was second only to Indonesia's 20.3-second time.

 

Bloomberg said Google's findings found the Slovak Republic the fastest in terms of loading web pages at 3.3 seconds, with South Korea second at 3.5 seconds.

 

The rest of the top 10 in terms of speed included:

 

 

On the other hand, the bottom 10 in desktop speeds included:

 

 

In terms of mobile Internet, South Korea had the fastest connection, with pages loading in 4.8 seconds, followed by Denmark at 5.2 seconds.

 

Hong Kong was third (5.9), Norway fourth (6), Sweden fifth (6.1); followed by Estonia (6.2), Czech Republic (6.3), Japan (6.4), Romania (7.5), and Slovak Republic (7.6).

 

The slowest in mobile speeds was the United Arab Emirates, with an average loading time of 26.7 seconds. Those with the slowest mobile web loading times include:

 

 

Bloomberg said Google measured Web page load speeds on desktop computers and mobile devices in 50 countries with the fastest Internet connections earlier this month.

 

"The United States, meanwhile, was somewhere in the middle. On the desktop, it took an average of 5.7 seconds. On a mobile device it took 9.2 seconds to load, which for many folks here, feels like an eternity," it said. — ELR, GMA News