TOP 10 ISPs IN NIGERIA (OCTOBER 2012)

Broadband has become an important part of our lives. It is now a necessity like other utilities such as food, electricity and fuel.

However, ISPs and broadband services in Nigeria have repeatedly been described as Plug ‘n’ Pray services. Simply put, you plug them in and pray they work well.

According to Ookla’s NetIndex, Nigeria currently ranks in 140th place globally and 9th in Africa for broadband speeds. Ookla is the global leader in broadband testing and web-based network diagnostic applications.

Based on millions of recent test results from Speedtest.net, the index compares and ranks consumer download speeds around the globe.

Here’s a list of the top 10 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Nigeria based on current broadband speeds with at least 100 tests in the current index, according to NetIndex.

Rank	Internet Service Provider (ISP)	Broadbank Speed(s)
1	Netcom Africa Limited	18.28 Mbps
2	PROVIDER LIR	9.44 Mbps
3	MainOne Cable Company	9.30 Mbps
4	Globacom Ltd	7.46 Mbps
5	VDT Communications Limited	6.42 Mbps
6	Visafone Communications Limited	2.72 Mbps
7	EMTS Limited/Etisalat Nigeria	1.89 Mbps
8	Cobranet Limited	1.73 Mbps
9	I-Partners Limited	1.72 Mbps
10	GS Telecom Nigeria	1.53 Mbps

Data as at Nov 2, 2012; *Source: Netindex by Ookla

These results were obtained by analyzing test data between Oct 4, 2012 and Nov 2, 2012. Also, Tests from 74,034 unique IPs have been taken in this country and of 332,336 total tests, 15,130 are being used for the current Index.