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It has been reported that the world’s Internet connection speed is slowly getting faster. The report, which is compiled quarterly by network giant Akamai, was based on analysis of large amounts of Internet traffic around the world.
Average Internet Speed by Region
- South Korea: 12Mbps
- Hong Kong 9Mbps
- Japan: 7.8Mbps
- Romania 6.3Mbps
- Latvia 6.3Mbps
- Sweden: 6.1Mbps
- Netherlands: 5.9Mbps
- Czech Republic: 5.4Mbps
- Denmark: 5.3Mbps
- Switzerland 5.2Mbps
Summary of Report
- Average global Internet speed: 1.7Mbps
- Fastest broadband city: Masan, South Korea
- Average Internet speed in UK: 3.8Mbps (27th/201 countries)
- Asia dominates the list of fastest cities with over half of the top cities in Japan while only 12 US cities made the list.
- All top 20 cities were either in Japan or South Korea, apart from Umea, in Sweden which ranked 18th (No UK city made the top 100 list).
The report also considered how mobile networks cope with increasing demand for data on mobile devices and fount 83 out of 109 mobile service providers offered speeds greater than 2Mbps, 33 achieved more than 5Mbps and 6 reached over 10Mbps. The global mobile average ranged from 105Kbps to 7.2Mbps (both measured on Slovakian providers). Finally, the report considered where most attack traffic such as, spam and phishing, originated from with Russia claiming the top position with 12% of such traffic.
Talking Point
Did you observe any notable surprises in the report?
Asia, thanks to the growing number of fiber-based broadband connections in countries like China, Japan and South Korea accounts for 59 of the top 100 fastest cities in the world,
South Korea is the one country when t comes to internet speed, I wonder what they are using overthere.
The position of Latvia is very good.
It simply suck here in the Philippines. Internet connections come and go and it’s kinda frustrating.
Thanks for this another very informative and helpful post! 😀
Love the information although our internet connection in Philippines is so annoying.
The other post was about the cost of broadband. And this is about the fastest broadband speed. Great blog post you have here! Informative.
I’m surprised that only 12 US cities made the list. Especially when so much emphasis is put on infrastructure.