Maximum Internet Speed Available in the World

Updated October 6, 2023
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Internet Speed can be as high as a company can afford to buy from a ISP. However it does have restrictions. For example Cable has its own limits, optic fiber, 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G every technology comes with its own high caps. In this article we are talking about the general speed available to the general public. Internet Service Providers can provide on demand speed to any company or Govt. Organizations. So keep this in mind that here we are discussing the speed only available to the general public. However you will also get the idea of the maximum internet speed each technology offers.

Maximum Internet Speed in World

Google Fiber offers the highest Internet speed i.e 1,000 Mb/s. You can read about there service here.

As I said every technology has its own limits. Following are the limits.

DSL/ADSL

  • Maximum Speed = 25-30Mbit

Wired Ethernet

  • Maximum Speed 1,000 Mbits

Satalite Internet

  • Maximum Download Rate = 1 Gbps
  • Average Download Rate = 1Mbps
  • Average Upload Rate = 256kbps

Mobile Technologies

  • 2G Internet = 50 Kb/s
  • EDGE = 500 Kb/s i.e 1 MB/s
  • 3G Internet  = 56 Mbit/s
  • 4G Internet  = 100 Mbit/s
  • 5G Internet = 1 Gbit/s

Note:- There is difference between MB/s and Mb/s. MB Megabytes and Mb means Megabit. The Megabytes is used for the file size and Megabit is used for internet download speed. You need to be aware of this because you can get completely wrong idea of how exactly internet speed is measured.

1 Mega Bytes = 8 Megabit

Top 10 Countries with the Maximum Internet Speed

According to Wikipedia the following countries have the below stated average maximum internet speed. The stats are for the year 2015.

  1. South Korea         20.5 Mb/s
  2. Sweden                17.5 Mb/s
  3. Norway                16.4 Mb/s
  4. Switzerland         16.2 Mb/s
  5. Hong Kong           15.8 Mb/s
  6. Netherlands        15.6 Mb/s
  7. Japan                    15.0 Mb/s
  8. Finland                 14.8  Mb/s
  9. Czech Republic    14.5 Mb/s
  10. Denmark               14.0 Mb/s

Another clue that i found on the web about maximum internet speed is here

Scientists have set a new world record for data transmission by transferring a data rate of 2.56 Terabit per second over a glass fibre link of 160 km length.

One thing is clear that United States is not the country with the world fasted internet speed. South Korea is the first country with the fasted internet connection.

Internet Speeds Reported by Users

  • Saudi Arabia 4G Speed = 150 mbs
  • 950 Mbps at IIT roorkee

You can also post your country speed in the comment section below.

27 comments

  • Hitesh Shivdasani

    Comments posted here are based on users area’s internet connections available. The subject of this article was related to MAx speeds offered by the 4G networks in countries

    India – Airtel officially offers (recent upgrade) speeds upto 135Mbps (practically this gets divided into number of users) I personally get download speed of between 40-49Mbps @Mumbai

    Jio – I am aware offers 4G speeds upto 100Mbps (variation is based on contention ration, peak time , number of users latched on at a given time)

  • bhanu pradeep

    950 Mbps at IIT roorkee

    • Hitesh Shivdasani

      IIT Roorkee is on Fibre Optic therefore 950Mbps..

      As it is India on the whole has a maximum of 1Gbps.

  • What about saudi arabia and Dubai. Dubai launched 3G In april 2004. And i got maximum speed in saudi arabia 7.2 Mbps in 2006 via 3.5G network. In 2009 21.6 mbps and 42.2 mbps via 3.75G. In 2010 200mbps via fifth and 4G speed is around 150mbps. Saudi launched 4G on february 2010. But they are still not in the list coz they never show off of anything

  • Hey Guys i found something in the speedtest.com i got 50 mbps.

    and beam and other vendors providing 100mbps also.

  • believe me

    In my college in INDIA i usually get averagely 35 MBPS download speed and i get maximum of 54 MBPS

  • Interesting thread..
    But sucks for me, the max speed I ever reached was 70kb/s lol

  • in pakistan highest speed is 50mbps by ptcl i saw it on their website but its too costly

  • So tru bro 5mbps is given by Naya tel fiber optic i een got 5.22mbps at my place

  • Abdullah

    wow, this is amazing! to see Pakistan at 131th number, Lol. but i think its not true, because we have downloading speed of 5Mbps here in NUST..
    wish if our govt launch 3g! or they’re thinking about to go direct to 4G ! Lol.

  • in India 16 MB is max. Its for business series… only in companies, it will be there, but it will be shared to many pcs and so each one gets around 512/256 kbps at min…

    In USA, 16 MB will be common one… everyone has min of 16 MB …

    1 movie via torrent will be downloaded within half an hour….so USA people are fast in tech updates and uploads… 😀

    • Hitesh Shivdasani

      The subject pertains to 4G speeds. Airtel offers upto 135Mbps. Practically i personally get upto 49Mbps download speeds in Mumbai @ my residence. It depends on the contention ration , time when used , number of people latched on a network at any given time.

    • Hi guys,
      In Romania there is a provider-UPC- that offer a speed of 120 Mbps for about 15 euro/month.

  • smorrissey

    2.56 TB is equivalent to 2621.44 GB not 40!

  • Recently scientist of japan became successful to reach a speed of 74mbps.
    In India maximum downloading speed is upto 21mbps provided by Tata Do Co Mo 3G.

  • Thewebtricks.com

    really cool,indians[me too] don’t enjoy much internet speeds,only university wi-fiz are speedy,no speedy broadband available in north side[claimed speedy bradbands are not that much speedy]

  • Really interesting !!! i used 8 Mb/s speed at my location . 🙂

    • not possible bro how can u got 8 MBps
      it must be 8 mbps or 8 Mbps
      got it u hav only 8 mega bit

      • Excuse me Sandy,
        I dont know where you are from but even in India
        anyone can have about 8-10 MBps speed with satcom
        the connection costs Rs.(INR symbol is not present)80k
        per year.
        I dont know installetion charges.
        To be genuine i dont have this connection, but one of
        mine friend had this, and he said its not too costly.

  • Satyajit

    nice share bro…..gud info,i saw it in speedtest.net.
    Thanks for sharing… 🙂

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