Measuring Broadband Internet Performance in Nepal: A Comparative Study

Broadband Internet performance either Fixed or Wireless has not been studied in details from the view of customer; though, broadband internet savors wide penetration in Nepal. Till now to the best of our knowledge that no independent analysis has been carry out that expose the end-user's experience in Nepal. That famine of knowledge is upsetting as benchmarking broadband internet performance that is essentially crucial for consumers of Nepal due to its large souk. To fill that empty, we accomplished a preliminary investigation of both broadband (fixed landlines and fixed wireless) internet links in Nepal throughout host-based using the speedtest.net and speedof.me. Accuracy of host-based is not as high as router-based due to several factors, although it gives the glimpse of broadband performance. Our findings indicating that the customers in Nepal are not reaching proclaimed speeds; wireless broadband internet convinces proclaimed performance tied up better than wired broadband internet in most of cases. Often high latencies play significant performance bottlenecks to destination. Rich peering between different ISPs and investing in local server infrastructure will create a noteworthy difference in getting better experience of internet for consumers in Nepal.