The average global internet speed dropped 14% to 2.3 Mbps in the last quarter of 2011, according to a Akamai 'State of the Internet' report. However, The Verge notes that year-on-year average speeds are up 19%.
It's revealed elsewhere in the report that the fastest US city is Boston with an average connection speed of 8.4Mbps, though that only makes it 51st in the world behind a top 50 list dominated by South Korea and Japan. Those countries are predictably on top of the international table, too, with average speeds of 17.5Mbps and 9.1Mbps respectively - meanwhile, the US languishes in 13th place as Americans saw their average speeds drop 5.3 percent from the previous quarter to 5.8Mbps.
Take a look at the chart below to see the top ten countries...
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It's revealed elsewhere in the report that the fastest US city is Boston with an average connection speed of 8.4Mbps, though that only makes it 51st in the world behind a top 50 list dominated by South Korea and Japan. Those countries are predictably on top of the international table, too, with average speeds of 17.5Mbps and 9.1Mbps respectively - meanwhile, the US languishes in 13th place as Americans saw their average speeds drop 5.3 percent from the previous quarter to 5.8Mbps.
Take a look at the chart below to see the top ten countries...
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