![]() “Affordability of new handsets and more expensive subscription tiers could play a role in slow upgrades,” she said. Ooklas Speedtest Best internet speed test Speedtest from Ookla, which also owns outage site, Downdetector, was one of the first broadband speed tests and offers a snapshot of download and. ![]() Jamaica closely followed at 26.7%, then Cuba (20.2%), the Dominican Republic (19.6%), and Puerto Rico (5.7%) where both Liberty Mobile and T-Mobile have both recently sunsetted their 3G networks. Users who want rich media experiences or video calling need access to 4G or higher,” said McKetta.ĢG and 3G Availability was higher in Haiti (29.1%) and Trinidad and Tobago (30.4%) during the second quarter of 2022 with no statistical difference between the two, the report showed. ![]() “3G and 2G are only sufficient for basic uses including voice and texting, social media, and navigation apps. Ookla also confirmed in its findings that there is still a significant number of users throughout some of the islands who are still relying on legacy mobile technologies. Cuba’s median upload speed was down at least 117% when comparing quarter over quarter, according to the report. Puerto Rico (7.48 Mbps) followed, then Haiti (6.94 Mbps), the Dominican Republic (6.87 Mbps), and Cuba (3.71 Mbps). At 10.54 Mbps, Trinidad and Tobago’s mobile upload speed was 24% faster than that in Jamaica (8.34 Mbps) and up at least 6% over the second quarter of 2021. Mobile connectivity in the Caribbean is a growth industry with 28 million unique mobile subscribers as of the second quarter of 2022, said McKetta.Īs for upload speeds, the report confirmed that Trinidad and Tobago had the fastest median mobile speeds in the Caribbean during the same second quarter of 2020. ![]() Cuba was far behind the other countries on this list with a mobile download speed of 5.78 Mbps, at least a 162% drop from Q2 2021,” she said. “Trinidad and Tobago (27.57 Mbps), the Dominican Republic (19.67 Mbps), and Haiti (12.83 Mbps) followed. “Puerto Rico was 35% faster for download speed than Jamaica, which fared well for median download speed, coming in second on this list at 32.77 Mbps, at least 20% faster than in Q2 2021,” she explained. “5G is a big differentiator with only Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic having commercial availability for 5G according to the Ookla 5G Map and Trinidad and Tobago showing only limited 5G Availability,” said Isla McKetta, director of Content at Ookla. Puerto Rico also had a 5G availability of 63.1%, the report confirmed.
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