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Q3 2012 AKAMAI REPORT

Do You Know Who Gets the Highest Internet Speed in the World?
Akamai released its Third Quarter, 2012 State of the Internet report.
 
  The report provides key global statistics and analysis including network connectivity, connection speeds, attack traffic, DDoS attacks against the banking industry in US, mobile browser usage, etc.  
 

   

 Highlights from Akamai's third quarter, 2012 report:

 

Global Average and Peak Connection Speeds 

  • Global average connection speed - 2.8 Mbps
  • Global average peak connection speed - 15.9 Mbps


Average connection speed (Top 5)


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South Korea


14.7 Mbps


Japan


10.7 Mbps


Hong Kong


8.9 Mbps


Switzerland


8.7 Mbps


Latvia


8.7 Mbps


United States


7.2 Mbps


Hawaii


5.7 Mbps

   


Peak connection speed (Top 5)


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Hong Kong


54 Mbps


South Korea


48.8 Mbps


Japan


42.2 Mbps


Latvia


37.5 Mbps


Romania


37.4 Mbps


United States


29.6 Mbps


Hawaii


30.5 Mbps

   


High broadband adoption (connections to Akamai >10 Mbps)


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South Korea


52.4%


Japan


37.9%


Hong Kong


27.3%


United States


17.7%


Hawaii


6.8%

   
   

Mobile Connectivity

Average Connection Speed

  • Russia - 7.8 Mbps (highest)
  • United States - 2.7 Mbps
   

Average Peak Connection Speed

  • Russia - 39.2 Mbps (highest)
  • United States - 9.7 Mbps
 
About the Akamai State of the Internet report

Each quarter, Akamai publishes a "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform about attack traffic, broadband adoption, mobile connectivity and other relevant topics concerning the Internet and its usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time.
 
Sources:
Q3 2012 State of the Internet Report Highlights
Q3 2012 'State of the Internet' Datavisualizations
Q3 2012 'State of the Internet' Report Press Release
 
 



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