What Akamai Says about Indonesian Internet at Q2 2011
Since this report is predominantly about broadband and internet security, there's not much in it about Indonesia, it's not even among the countries highlighted across Asia Pacific. There are however several interesting points to consider that may be taken into account when discussing Internet usage in Indonesia. Akamai noted that for Q2 2011, Indonesia's national average was at 643 kbps. Since this is the average speed, it would account for example, for FastNet users in Jakarta to have a 3 Mbps connection and 256 kbps or less in other areas.
Does it seem fast? Maybe for many Indonesians that speed is pretty fast, but in the first two quarters of 2009, the average Internet connection speed in Indonesia reached 900 kbps. Specifically for mobile connectivity (not only mobile phones but also GSM/CDMA modems), Akamai (which collaborates with Ericsson for this) recorded an average speed in Q2 2011 of 518 kbps (from just one mobile operator). Even so, the total data usage per person on average shows quite a high number, nearing 4GB per month per user.
What about other countries? Let's not go too far and pick Malaysia as the country to compare. As it turns out, in the first two quarters of 2009, the average Internet speed in Indonesia and Malaysia are similar, but try looking at the chart towards Q2 2011. If the trend for Indonesia tends to decrease (it is weird), the trend for Malaysia is positive with 1908 kbps in the end of the period. For mobile connectivity, Akamai took the data from 3 mobile operator in Malaysia, and each of them has the internet access rate about 1003, 787, and 1423 kbps.
To sum up, it might be incomplete if we do not share which country is the “winner” for broadband connection in the world. We can be little bit proud since the best three are Asia Pacific countries. The defending champion are South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan. The internet access rate in Korea is 13.8 Mbps, while Hong Kong and Japan reach 10.3 and 8.9 Mbps. Anyway, when will the internet access be that fast in Indonesia?