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April 21, 2010
CAMBRIDGE, USA: As per a report from Akamai Technologies Inc, eight of the top 10
countries saw quarterly increases in connection speeds. Moroever, eight of the top
10 also had higher average measured speeds at the end of 2009 than they did a year
earlier.
Akamai stated this in its 'Fourth Quarter, 2009 State of the Internet' report.
South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan provided the highest average measured connection
speed by country. These countries were the only three to surpass 7.5 Mbps average
connection speed in the fourth quarter.
During the fourth quarter, 96 countries had average connection speeds below 1 Mbps,
down from 103 countries in the prior quarter. Akamai measured average connection
speeds below 100 Kbps in only three countries in the fourth quarter – less than half
as many as in the third quarter.
Top 100 fastest cities around the world
The fourth quarter report analyzes cities with at least 50,000 unique IP addresses
connecting to Akamai. It found:
Nearly half (48) of the top cities are in Japan, and 62 of them are in Asia.
The 15 top cities that are located in Europe are spread across six countries.
Over a fifth (21) of the top cities are in the United States, and 23 of them are in
North America
Mobile Connectivity
Akamai reports a fairly wide range in average measured connection speeds, ranging
from 3.2 Mbps on an Austrian mobile provider, down to 106 Kbps on a mobile provider
in Slovakia.
It is important to note that connection speeds on mobile networks can vary based on
a number of factors, including device distance from mobile towers, device design
(internal vs. external antennae), and ground speed of the devices (use in a moving
vehicle vs. stationary use), as well as wireless data standards used (LTE, HSDPA,
EV-DO, etc.).
Of the 109 mobile providers analyzed in the report, more than 40 had average
measured connection speeds of over 1 Mbps in the fourth quarter, while 11 had
broadband-level connectivity (connections to Akamai at speeds of 2 Mbps or greater).
©CIOL Bureau
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