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Covid-19 lockdown: Download speed hit as work from home strains networks

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MUMBAI: India fell two notches month-on-month to 130 on the Ookla Speedtest Index in March as work from home saw an increase, given the countrywide 21-day lockdown, straining networks.

India also dropped two spots on fixed broadband to rank 71 globally, while mean mobile download speed fell to 10.15 Mbps in March from 11.83 Mbps in February.

Mean download speeds on fixed broadband declined to 35.98 Mbps in the reporting month from 39.65 Mbps a month ago. The mean fixed broadband speed in India has been declining since the beginning of 2020 - from 41.48 Mbps in January to 35.98 Mbps in March. "When networks are under usage strain, like they are in this unprecedented time of lockdown in India due to covid-19, it is natural that they

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