France has prioritised investment in high-speed fixed broadband in recent years<\/p>\n
\n The French city of Lyon has a particularly extensive fibre network
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The French city of Lyon has been ranked as currently having the best fixed line broadband connection in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The international internet speed testing platform, Speedtest, updates its Global Index of almost 200 of “the world\u2019s largest cities\u201d on a monthly basis, ranked according to median download speed over the previous three months. Prior to 2022, it only featured countries.<\/p>\n
Lyon currently sits at the top of the list, displaying a median download speed of 347.52Mbps, due to the city\u2019s particularly extensive fibre network.<\/p>\n
A total of 97% of addresses in Lyon are currently eligible for fibre-optic network connection, according to Ma Connexion Internet, an interactive online tool developed by French communications regulation authority Arcep. See our article here on how to use the tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n Paris is the second French city on the ranking, coming in 23rd place with a median download speed of 238.51Mbps.<\/p>\n \u201cOur list includes the two largest cities from each country. The cities must also have over 500,000 inhabitants and sufficient samples to be included,\u201d reads a blog post shared by Speedtest\u2019s owner, Ookla.\u00a0<\/p>\n Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates ranks second (344.34Mbps) and Valpara\u00edso in Chile ranks third (330.57Mbps).<\/p>\n France sits in third place in the country list with a median download speed of 319.43Mbps, behind Singapore (393.15Mbps)* and Hong Kong (323.87Mbps).\u00a0<\/p>\n France\u2019s high-ranking position is largely down to the Plan France Tr\u00e8s Haut D\u00e9bit, an initiative that aimed to cover 100% of premises (households and workplaces etc.) with internet speeds over 30Mbps by the end of 2022, and offer speeds over 100Mbps by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n Mobile internet connection also ranked<\/p>\n Paris and Lyon perform less effectively when it comes to mobile internet speed, ranking 35th (181.06Mbps) and 40th (170.16Mbps) respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n