Jersey speeds ahead to second place in broadband chart

Sunday 06 September 2020

Jersey’s broadband speeds are the second highest in the world, according to new analysis – while Guernsey’s are a long way behind at 48th in the global list

Telecoms company Cable have partnered with Internet performance researchers M-Lab to produce an interactive map, which displays the average available internet speed in 221 different jurisdictions

The data shows that Jersey has an average download speed of 218mbps – suggesting that, on average, it takes just three minutes to download a 5Gb movie on the island. They are second only to Liechtenstein in the global rankings.

With an average speed of just 36.8mbps, Guernsey lags behind Jersey and even the UK, coming 48th globally. 

One reason for Jersey’s success, according to the analysis, is their commitment to fibre-optic broadband.  

Pictured: Jersey is second in the entire world for broadband speeds, according to telecoms company Cable. 

Over the past few years Jersey has become ‘full-fibre’, with fibre-optic broadband being available to every home and business on the island.

Explaining Jersey's place in the rankings, the Speed League's website noted that "as shown by the domination of smaller countries and regions at the top of the table – Liechtenstein, Jersey, Andorra, Gibraltar – it is obviously far easier to upgrade a country or territory to full fibre the smaller it happens to be."