Tuesday, December 31, 2013

The State of the Internet Report

http://www.akamai.com/dl/akamai/q2_2013_soti_infographic.pdf

In the second quarter in 2013, the global average connection speed increased 5.2% to 3.3 Mbps, and the global average peak connection speed increased 0.1% to 18.9 Mbps.

Average Connection Speeds:

UK: 8.4
United States: 8.7
Netherlands: 10.1
Hong Kong: 10.8
Switzerland: 11
Japan: 12
South Korea: 13.3

Average Peak Connection Speeds:

United States: 36.3
Netherlands: 38.8
Taiwan: 39.5
Belgium: 39.9
Israel: 40.1
Switzerland: 41.4
Singapore: 45.6
Romania: 47.5
Japan: 48.8
South Korea: 53.5
Hong Kong: 65.1