Nigerian internet speed history started in 2001 when the Global System for Mobile Communication was introduced to people. Nigeria has developed and changed since then. Today, a lot of internet service providers in Nigeria compete for the best place on the market! Still, the question is simple who is the fastest of them? Find the answer here!

It`s true that the history of internet in Nigeria started in 2001, but it was also the first year when the competition between providers started. Today, Nigerians can enjoy all the pleasures of technologies. The first 3G network was introduced to Nigeria by Alcatel and Globacom in 2008. Also, the first 4G network was presented in 2016.

According to the data from the http://www.dospeedtest.com, the average download speed in Nigeria is 3.87 MBps for today. Keep in mind that there is not much data after 2016. According to the data from http://www.netindex.com, the last available speed test run in Nigeria was made in 2015. According to this data, it was very easy to create the top internet service providers in Nigeria 2015. Take a look at the top 10 best in 2015!

- Globacom Limited 6.04 MBps;

- Spectranet Limited 6.66 MBps;

- Smile Communications Nigeria 7.01 MBps;

- IPNXNG 8.32MBps;

- Vodacom Business Nigeria 8.35MBps;

- Internet Solutions Nigeria Limited 8.51MBps;

- IPNX Nigeria LTD 9.30 MBps;

- MTN Nigeria 11.65MBps;

- Cyberspace Limited 15.86MBps;

- CoolLink 16.07 MBps;

- Netcom Africa Limited 17.94MBps.

What has been happening with the best internet providers in Nigeria for the past two years? What about the internet speed? If you want answers to this question, then you need to check our speed test investigation 2017!

Naij.com used one of the best web portals http://www.speedtest.net to check internet speed of the Nigerian internet providers! For today, there are only fourteen Nigeria internet service companies presented on this website. Let`s take a look at the download speed in Nigeria today!

Attention! Naij.com has used the information connected to Lagos city!

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From the list of internet service providers, it has the lowest download speed of internet. You can clearly see from the picture that it`s only 7.57 MBps. Still, it`s a newcomer when it comes to speed service providers in Nigeria.

This internet provider shows good results if you compare it to the results of 2015. However, when it comes to the download speed and development, the results are not so good. So, right now, Spectranet did not make it to the list of top 10 fastest internet service providers.

It`s strange, but this internet company did not show the best results according to http://www.speedtest.net. Netcome Africa LTD showed only only 12.08 MBps.

It`s another player in the league of top internet service providers in Nigeria. As you can see from the picture above, it`s also one of the internet providers in Nigeria that has shown very modest results on http://www.speedtest.net.

Smile internet can certainly be considered as one of the best internet providers.! According to the data from http://www.speedtest.net and ww.netindex.com, Smile managed to increase the speed of their internet to up to 12.98 MBps.

It`s another new player on the internet service market in Nigeria. It clearly shows good results with 13.52 MBps download speed!

Another internet service provider that showed great results in the internet speed test is MTN Nigeria. It offers a download speed of 13.8 MBps.

This internet service provider shows good results with a download speed of 13.63 MBps.

Another internet service provider that showed great results in the internet speed test is MTN Nigeria. It provides a download speed of 13.8 MBps.

Another good performer from the top internet service providers in Nigeria. It has a good download speed with 14.24 MBps, but the upload speed is even greater with fantastic 21.67 MBps.

Airtel opens our top 5 fastest internet service providers in Nigeria. The download speed of Airtel is good, but the upload speed is low only 10.59 MBps.

Only a few KB difference was enough to get kick this one off the list of our top three best internet providers in Nigeria. Still, 17.09 MBps of speed is pretty fantastic for this internet company!

What is so special about Internet Solutions? It`s their speed of uploading! Just take a look at 21.31 MBps! Therefore, the bronze medal in our top 14 goes to Internet Solutions!

The silver medal goes to Cool Link ISP! This company earned this medal by providing 17.33 MBps at http://www.speedtest.net!

The leader of our top 14 fastest internet service providers is CobraNet Ltd! This company can provide 19.27 MBps download speed and 20.68 Mbps of upload speed. Therefore, the gold medal today goes to CobraNet Ltd!

It`s important to say that the internet service market in Nigeria is booming and constantly changing. Newcomers can completely change the overall face of the market. However, these newcomers will need to implement new technologies! The situation keeps changing, and Nigerians should expect new ideas and plans from internet service providers!

What is clear for today is that Nigerian internet service markets is going the right direction! It provides new services and new speed limits to the users!

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