A new international survey has found one-fifth of Australian internet users class their connectivity as below average or worse.
According to ServCorp, which compiled a survey using information from over 7,000 respondents, only 11.7% of Australians class their internet service as excellent compared to other countries, with 80% saying they had used the internet in another country.
But about 20.4% of respondents said their internet service is below average or worse – higher than the global average of 17.4%.
Additionally, one in seven Australians said download limits on their services were poor, while about 80% said the Federal Government should invest more in internet infrastructure.
“It is disappointing to see that 20.4% of Australians believe the internet service in this country is below average, bad or terrible,” Marcus Moufarrige, Servcorp’s general manager of South East Asia told ITwire.com.au.
“There is a great opportunity for us as a nation to improve our internet systems. There is no reason why we can’t be leading the way with in the virtual world alongside the USA, Japan and Singapore.”
Patrick Stafford is a freelance journalist and a former deputy editor of SmartCompany.
