BANGKOK, June 20: Bangkok airport has the world’s fastest WiFi service at a whopping speed of 41.45 Mbps, according to a new study released today.
The study was conducted by speed-test website Rottenwifi.Com which showed results of tests it conducted on quality and speeds of WiFi at more than 130 airports around the world, in which Suvarnabhumi airport here was ranked at the top position.
The Top 10 airport WiFi speeds included five in Europe, two in the US and three in Asia.
The average Suvarnabhumi WiFi speed topped all airports at 41.45 megabits per second, well ahead of the airport in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the speed was measured at 30.99 Mbps.
The airports serving Dublin, Ireland (19.45 Mbps), Vilnius, Lithuania (18.04 Mbps) and Helsinki (17.46 Mbps) rounded out the fastest five.
Two other Asian airports were in the top 10. While Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali (16.01 Mbps) was placed at sixth, Taiwan’s Kaohsiung International Airport (15.55) followed at the seventh position.
Suvarnabhumi provides two hours of free WiFi after a quick registration.
The Bangkok Post report cited a travel magazine as saying that the Suvarnabhumi speed was “pretty impressive”. (PTI)