Internet Readiness Heat Map

This heat map provides a visual representation of countries to understand fixed and mobile performance.

Select any country on the map to see the country metrics for download speeds, upload speeds and latency. All three Internet performance indicators are given equal value to create a readiness calculation for the green color range displayed on the map.

You can also switch views between fixed and mobile networks as well as between average and median values.

Internet Readiness

Download (DL) and upload (UL) speeds and latency characteristics are given equal weights for each country and are normalized and ranked. The countries are then displayed on a green color-gradient scale.

The median of the network characteristics (DL, UL, and Latency) in a country is the point where half the network characteristics numbers are lower and half the numbers are higher. The average of a network characteristics (DL, UL, and Latency) displayed is the total of those individual network characteristics divided by the number of speed test records in that country. Large differences between the mean and the median typically represent a skew in the distribution of speeds to slower or faster broadband speeds.

Combinations of higher download speeds, upload speeds, and lower latency characteristics can also lead to a country being more ready for advanced applications. The weighted score rewards symmetric download, upload speeds and low latencies.