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Global average internet speeds have risen 23% year on year

Akamai has published its latest quarterly State of the Internet Report. There are a number of key statistics revealed by the report which may be of interest to readers. First of all the global average internet speed is 6.3Mbps. While we are talking about global numbers, we also learned that the global average peak connection speed is 34.7Mbps. Looking at Europe, Norway leads the pack with an average 21.3Mbps connection while the UK is 13th in Europe with an average 14.9Mbps internet connection.

Average internet speeds

Global Internet speeds

Above you can see the countries with the world’s top performing internet connections. South Korea leads in the average connection speeds chart, as it has for some time. However, in the top 10 average peak connection speeds chart, it is in fourth place behind Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia.

 

Source: Hexus

 

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