Canada’s network speeds holding up under Covid-19 pressure, says Speedtest

SEATTLE — Using its Speedtest broadband testing platform, Ookla has been monitoring the impact of Covid-19 on global Internet performance. While fixed and mobile broadband speeds have been declining at a global level in recent weeks, North American countries have seen mobile download speeds increase in the last week and fixed broadband speeds were relatively flat when comparing the week of March 30 to the week of March 23. In its week-by-week analysis of global mobile and broadband Internet networks, Ookla found Canada’s average download speeds for both mobile and fixed broadband decreased during the weeks of March 9, March...