Top 10 Cities with The Fastest Internet Speed in Indonesia. Do You Live in One of These?

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Which city is ranked in the top 10 fastest internet speed in Indonesia?

Speedtest, a global internet connection testing service, released the Speedtest Global Index for the Indonesian region during the third quarter of 2021.

Surprisingly, as the capital city, Jakarta is not the one that has the fastest internet speed in Indonesia.

Which City is The Fastest?

Based on the Speedest report, it turns out that Makassar has an average download speed of up to 25.3 Mbps, an upload speed of 11.67 Mbps, and a latency of 45 ms. With that, Makassar is able to surpass the internet connection in Jakarta.

Getting to Know Jakarta’s Internet Speed

In second place, Jakarta is reported to have an average mobile internet download speed of 24.31 Mbps.

Regarding upload speed, Jakarta is also not the fastest. In this Q3 2021 period, the average mobile internet upload speed in Jakarta was recorded at 13.06 Mbps with a latency of 30 ms. Even Jakarta’s upload speed is still inferior to Palembang, Bandung, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi.

On the other hand, Palembang has the highest upload speed.

Based on Kompas’s analysis, compared with data on the second quartal, the mobile internet speed rating in Jakarta is fairly stagnant. They both reach second rank.

However, there is a slight difference in terms of download and upload speeds. The former rose to 24.31 Mbps, from 23.94 Mbps in the previous quarter. And the latter recorded a slight decline, from 13.23 Mbps in the second quarter of 2021 to 13.06 Mbps. Meanwhile, mobile internet latency in Jakarta remains the same, at 30 ms.

Top 10 cities with the fastest cellular internet speeds

The following is a list of the top 10 cities with the fastest cellular internet speeds in Indonesia in the third quarter of 2021, from the Speedtest website, Tuesday (2/11/2021).

RankCityMeanDownloadMbpsMeanUploadMbpsMeanLatencyms
1Makassar25.3011.6745
2Jakarta24.3113.0630
3Bekasi23.5513.7923
4Tangerang23.3713.9225
5Depok22.7413.9326
6Surabaya22.3612.0835
7Medan22.3411.8744
8Bandung21.7913.9230
9Semarang20.9311.8533
10Palembang20.61