The average broadband speed across the globe has reached an average of 5.1 Mbps with 65 percent of connections higher than 4 Mbps, according to Akamai. The global average broadband speed has increased ...

ADSL 1024 subscribers started posting late yesterday on the MyADSL forums that they are getting speeds of up to 425KB/s – or 3400 kbps -, sound evidence that some lines have been upgraded to 4 Mbps.

Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel says around 50 percent of new broadband users subscribed to 4 Mbps speed and above. 30 percent of the entire customer base has opted for better speeds. The ...

Telkom upgraded its DSL 1024 customers to the four times faster 4 Mbps service in September last year in a 6 month trial. With this trial ending in February, many ADSL subscribers are eagerly awaiting ...

An Internet connection speed of 4 Mbps “seems too slow to be worthy of the name 'broadband,'” the trade group Internet Association told the Federal Communications Commission this week. "The market for ...