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Asia is both top and

bottom of the worldInternet speed league

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You can read the full article at

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But here is a summary.

http://royal.pingdom.com/2013/01/31/asia-extremes-internet-speeds/http://royal.pingdom.com/2013/01/31/asia-extremes-internet-speeds/

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The countries with the fastestInternet connections are:

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#1 Hong Kong 54.1 Mbps

#2 South Korea 48.8 Mbps

#3 Japan 42.2 Mbps

#4 Latvia 37.5 Mbps

#5 Romania 37.4 Mbps

#14 United States 29.6 Mbps

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Current top 5 countries + USA

Data source: Akamai (Q3 2007 Q3 2012)

Hong Kong South Korea Japan Romania Latvia USA

Mbps

World avg. Q3 2012:

15.9 Mbps

Average Internet peak

connection speed

Hong Kong #1

54.1 Mbps

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A few things worth noting:

In the latest quarter, Hong Kong (54.1 Mbps) has increased its lead over SouthKorea (48.8 Mbps).

Of the current top five countries, its only Japan that has been able to pass HongKong and South Korea in the chart since 2007.

Hong Kong andSouth Korea have been rather lonely at the top, widening the gap tothe other countries sincethe third quarter 2011.

The United States has dropped down to 14th place in the latest quarter, andadded here just for reference.

None of the big European countries, like France, Germany and United Kingdom,made the top five list. United Kingdom,currently in 16th place with an averagepeak connection speed of 28.1 Mbps,has the highest ranking of the three.

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So the three countries with thefastest Internet connections

are in Asia...

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What happens if we

look at continentsinstead?

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Average Internet peak connection speed per continent

Data source: Akamai (Q3 2007 Q3 2012)

Europe North America Asia Africa

South America Pacific

Mbps

World avg. Q3 2012: 15.9 Mbps

Europe #1

23 Mbps

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How can that be?

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Asia has the top three

countries with the

fastest speeds but can

only manage thirdlace as a continent!

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Peak Internet connection speed distribution per continent

Data sources: Akamai (Q3 2012), Pingdom

Asia

Europe

Pacific

North

America

South

America

Africa

2 13 23 34 44 55

Average

Median

Mbps

Slowest Fastest

!!!

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A few things worth noting:

Asia clearly has the largest distribution of Internet speeds of any continent.

Looking only at the median speed, Asia has the lowest number of all continentsexcept Africa.

The slowest average peak connection speed in Asia is that ofIran at 2.9 Mbps.

Malaysia, with an average peak connection speed at 18.2 Mps, represents theaverage countryin the continent very well.

The country closest to the median would be Lebanon at 12.6 Mbps in averagepeak connection speed.

Africa, Europe, South America, and the Pacific (which includes Australia and NewZealand) all have a rather even distribution; consequently they have a median and an

average that are both located near the middle.

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What is clear from this is that not

every person across Asia enjoys the

same superfast Internet as HongKong and South Korea. In fact,

many people have some of the

slowest Internet speeds anywhereon the planet.

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But what is also clear is that the potentialfor growth in Asia is astonishing. For

example, China has 565 million Internet

users, which represents only 42.1% of the

population. Based on our findings,it wouldseem like Internet speeds in many parts of

the continent would have to increase

considerably, so that the typical person inAsia (the median) would enjoy a better

Internet experience.

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The question is, when will

that happen?

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SourcesAnd a few of our own calculations :)

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http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/