At the end of 2008, approximately 19 per cent Internet connections around the world were at speeds greater than 5 Mbps — a 21 per cent increase over the average global connection speed at the end of 2007. This is according to the State of the Internet report, a quarterly study by Akamai Technologies, the US-based Internet content distribution giant. The State of the Internet report tracks average connection speeds for countries around the world. Check out the top 10 nations in terms of average Internet connection speed.
We’re going to list down top 10 countries with high speed internet connection. “World is Small.. Internet has made it even more smaller”. We keep hearing that millions and billions of people are getting introduced to internet everyday, and millions more are becoming full time income earners over internet. But the ultimate question that enters everyone’s mind in this world is what are the top nation with the internet connection. Its not necessary that a country has to be rich in order to be the top 1 place holder among the list of top 10 countries with high speed internet connection.
Here is the top 10 internet with regard to High speed internet connection.
1 South Korea - 15 mbps
2 Japan - 7 mbps
3 Hong Kong - 6.9 mbps
4 Romania - 5.7 mbps
5 Sweden - 5.6 mbps
6 Switzerland - 5.1 mbps
7 Netherlands - 4.9 mbps
8 Belgium - 4.7 mbps
9 Solvakia - 4.5 mbps
10 Norway - 4.5 mbps
South Korea rules supreme when it comes to Internet connection speed and broadband connectivity. It is the world’s No.1 with average connection speed of 15 Mbps, ten times the global average! and it is surely to stand first among the top 10 countries with high speed internet connection.
During 2008, South Korea’s rate of quarterly change appeared to be locked into a cyclical pattern, with quarterly decreases being recorded in the first and third quarters, and increases seen in the second and fourth quarters.
For the whole year, South Korea saw a modest 7 per cent rise in their levels of high broadband adoption. South Korea is also ranked first in terms of high broadband connectivity with 69 per cent connections above 5 Mpbs.
South Korea, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway had more high broadband IP’s per capita than in the prior quarter. This is consistent with what would be expected from the initiatives to bring higher speed connectivity, including fibre to the home (FTTH) efforts, to consumers in these countries.
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To bestgeek on September 6, 2009
I believe that you have the figure totally wrong, when it comes to internet speed.
Japan and S.Korea has much much faster speed than what you are mentioning and scandinavian countries are running of an average of 10 Mbps, so should they be faster than Japan and S.Korea. I really doubt it.
What I can understand from someone living i Japan, then they are having something closer to 50-100 Mbps, but I don’t know that for a fact.
But I think it sounds more right than your surveys.
John