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Aussie internet speeds rank 44th in the world

An engineering expert says that a fibre-to-the-home network is needed to stop Australia's fall down the rankings.

An engineering expert says that a fibre-to-the-home network is needed to stop Australia's fall down the rankings.

A US study has delivered an unwelcome finding about Australian internet speeds, finding that they are well behind the international pack.

One engineering expert says the nation will continue to tumble down in world rankings if the roll-out of the national broadband network continues in its current form.

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The State of the Internet Report from cloud service provider Akamair ranks Australia 44th for average connection speed.

The US-based company produces a quarterly state of the internet report looking at connection speeds and broadband adoption around the world.

Dr Mark Gregory, a network engineering expert from RMIT University, said the Akamair report is a reputable review.

“In the latest report, Australia has dropped a couple of places down to the 44th position, which is a pretty big drop really over such a short period of time,” he added.

Dr Gregory Australia’s relative decline is because many other countries are moving forward apace with new and upgraded networks.

“The drop is happening because a lot of other countries over this period are moving towards cyber-based access networks, or they’ve already completed roll outs of what we would call the multi-technology mixing/mixed networks, but, whatever way you look at it, what it means is that the average speeds that Australians are enjoying are slowly becoming less than most of our competitors around the world,” he explained.

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