Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, average & maximum connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, and mobile usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. This infographic illustrates the Americas Highlights with regard to Internet and Broadband Adoption, Security: Attack Traffic and Mobile Connectivity for the first quarter of 2014. To download the latest edition of Akamai’s “State of the Internet” report, visit: http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/

1. United
States:
40.6
Argentina: 18.8
Paraguay: 9.0
Venezuela:
7.9
Colombia: 16.8
Ecuador: 19.0
Chile:
20.9
Mexico:19.3
Brazil: 17.9
Costa Rica: 10.1
Panama: 12.5
Canada:
39.7
The State of the Internet Report
AMERICAS HIGHLIGHTS – FIRST QUARTER, 2014
In the first quarter, the global average connection speed increased 1.8% to 3.9 Mbps, while the global peak connection speed decreased
8.6% to 21.2 Mbps. In the Americas, the United States had the highest average connection speed at 10.5 Mbps, while Bolivia had the lowest at
0.9 Mbps. Uruguay had the highest peak speed at 45.4 Mbps, while Venezuela had the lowest at 7.9 Mbps.
INTERNET & BROADBAND ADOPTION
5 45
10 40
15 35
20 25
30
Mbps
Average Peak Connection Speeds, Americas
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7
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6
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5
Mbps
Average Connection Speeds, Americas
United
States:
10.5
Uruguay: 4.3
Argentina: 3.2
Venezuela: 1.3
Paraguay: 1.2
Bolivia: 0.9
Bolivia: 8.4
Colombia: 3.0
Ecuador: 3.3
Chile: 3.3
Mexico:4.0
Brazil: 2.6
Canada:
9.7
Peru: 2.7
Peru: 17.1
Costa Rica: 2.0
Panama: 2.6
Global Average
Connection Speed
Global Average Peak
Connection Speed
3.9Mbps
21.2Mbps
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NOTE: The average and average peak connection speeds presented above are based on end-user connections from those mobile networks to the Akamai Intelligent Platform, and are not necessarily
representative of a single provider’s full set of service offerings or capabilities.
Within the Americas, Canada had both the highest average connection speed at 6.3 Mbps and the highest peak connection speed at 21.5 Mbps,
while Argentina had the lowest average connection speed at 1.0 Mbps and the lowest peak connection speed at 6.6 Mbps.
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Canada
United
States
Venezuela
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Colombia
Uruguay
Chile
Paraguay
Bolivia
Brazil
Argentina
Average Connection Speed
Average Peak Connection Speed
Mbps
6.3
15.1
5.5
19.9
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2.3 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.0
12.8
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2.3
21.5
8.5
7.1
9.3
6.6
Uruguay:
45.4
SECURITY: ATTACK TRAFFIC
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
Together, North & South America drove just over 20% of observed attacks, with nearly twice as much coming from North America than South America.
The blue areas represent each country’s percentage of the overall total amount of attack traffic observed by Akamai.
25%
Other
OTHER
1.6%
Romania
3.2%
Brazil
3.4%
Taiwan
11%
United States
6.8%
Indonesia
41%
China
2.6%
India
2.9%
Russia
1.7%
Turkey South Korea
1.6%

2. The State of the Internet Report
EMEA HIGHLIGHTS – FIRST QUARTER, 2014
In the first quarter, the global average connection speed increased 1.8% to 3.9 Mbps, while the global peak connection speed decreased
8.6% to 21.2 Mbps.With a 5.8% quarter-over-quarter increase, Switzerland regained its top slot among the surveyed countries in the EMEA
region, reaching an average connection speed of 12.7 Mbps. Israel and Romania remained the only two surveyed EMEA countries with average
peak connection speeds above 50 Mbps in the first quarter, while South Africa had the lowest peak connection speed at 10 Mbps.
SECURITY: ATTACK TRAFFIC
INTERNET & BROADBAND ADOPTION
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
20
10
60
30
50
40
Mbps
Average Peak Connection Speeds, EMEA
2
12
8
4
10
6
Mbps
Average Connection Speeds, EMEA
Germany: 8.1
Sweden: 11.6
Belgium: 10.0
Spain: 7.2
Switzerland:
12.7
Switzerland:
44.8
Czech Republic:
11.2
UK: 9.9Poland: 7.5
Netherlands:
12.4
Norway: 10.1
Norway: 35.7
Hungary: 7.5
Romania: 9.3Russia: 8.6
Ireland: 10.7
Finland: 10.7
Austria: 9.4
Denmark: 10.5
Sweden: 42.7
Belgium: 44.6
Czech Republic:
38.8
UK: 42.2
Netherlands:45.2
Israel: 57.6
Romania: 54.4
Finland: 36.5Austria:
36.0
France: 6.6
Slovakia: 7.3
Portugal: 6.4
Italy: 5.2
Turkey: 5.0
South Africa 2.6
United Arab Emirates 4.3
Israel: 8.9 Germany: 35.4
Russia: 41.3
Ireland: 38.7
Global Average
Connection Speed
Global Average Peak
Connection Speed
3.9Mbps
21.2Mbps
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NOTE: The average and average peak connection speeds presented above are based on end-user connections from those mobile networks to the Akamai Intelligent Platform,
and are not necessarily representative of a single provider’s full set of service offerings or capabilities.
Ukraine had the highest average connection speed at 7.3 Mbps, while South Africa had the lowest at 1.7 Mbps. Slovakia had the highest peak
connection speed at 37 Mbps, while South Africa had the lowest at 6.0 Mbps.
Average Connection Speed
Average Peak Connection Speed
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30
40
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7.07.3 7.0 6.6 6.1 6.1 5.9
28.4
30.4
37.0
34.3
32.2
35.1 34.0
Ukraine
Denmark
Slovakia
Sweden
Austria
Russia
France
United
Kingdom
Ireland
Czech
Republic
Spain
Italy
Norway
Poland
Moldova
Slovenia
Lithuania
Netherlands
Belgium
Romania
Germany
Hungary
Turkey
Croatia
Egypt
Morocco
South
Africa
5.6
34.6
27.6
5.1
18.6
4.9
27.3
4.8
36.6
4.6 4.3 3.9
17.9
3.8
24.7
3.5
17.9
3.4
13.9
16.0
3.3 3.2
24.4
3.2
9.2
2.9 2.9
24.5
2.7
14.8
2.2
16.6
2.0
21.1
1.8 1.7
9.1
11.6
14.6
6.0
Spain: 32.2
Poland: 32.8 Hungary:
37.6
France: 25.8
Slovakia: 32.1
Portugal: 36.7
Italy: 21.4
Turkey: 26.6
South Africa 10.0
United Arab
Emirates 32.4
During the first quarter of 2014,Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 194 unique countries/regions, up six from the fourth quarter of 2013.
Europe contributed just over 16% of observed attacks.The percentage of observed attacks originating from African countries increased by half but
remained low, reaching 0.6%.
The blue areas represent each country’s percentage of the overall total amount of attack traffic observed by Akamai.
25%
Other
OTHER
1.6%
Romania
3.2%
Brazil
3.4%
Taiwan
11%
United States
6.8%
Indonesia
41%
China
2.6%
India
2.9%
Russia
1.7%
Turkey South Korea
1.6%

3. The State of the Internet Report
ASIA-PACIFIC HIGHLIGHTS – FIRST QUARTER, 2014
In the first quarter, the global average connection speed increased 1.8% to 3.9 Mbps, while the global peak connection speed decreased 8.6% to
21.2 Mbps. South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong maintained their solid lead in the average connection speed metric globally and regionally, while
India had the lowest at 1.7 Mbps. South Korea had a 68.5 Mbps peak connection speed, while India had the lowest peak speed at 12 Mbps.
INTERNET & BROADBAND ADOPTION
Global Average
Connection Speed
Global Average Peak
Connection Speed
3.9Mbps
21.2Mbps
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NOTE: The average and average peak connection speeds presented above are based on end-user connections from those mobile networks to the Akamai Intelligent Platform, and are not necessarily
representative of a single provider’s full set of service offerings or capabilities.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Japan had the highest average connection speed at 5.7 Mbps, while India had the lowest at 1.3 Mbps.The highest
peak connection speed was in Australia with 114.2 Mbps, while the lowest peak connection speed was seen in Iran at 5.0 Mbps.
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10 60
20 50
30 40
Mbps
Average Peak Connection Speeds, Asia-Pacific
Hong Kong:
66.0
Average Connection Speeds, Asia-Pacific
South
Korea:
23.6
China: 3.2
India: 1.7
Philippines: 2.1
Vietnam: 2.0
Indonesia: 2.4
Malaysia: 3.5
New
Zealand:
5.6
Taiwan:
8.9
Australia: 6.0
China: 13.6
India:
12.0
Vietnam:
12.3
Indonesia:19.4
Philippines:
18.8
New Zealand:
24.3
Thailand: 5.2 Malaysia:
27.9
Australia:
31.6
Thailand: 34.4
Taiwan: 52.6
Singapore: 57.7
South Korea:
68.5
Japan: 55.6
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Japan
Hong
Kong
China
Australia
Singapore
kuwait
New
Zealand
Malaysia
Indonesia
Iran
Kazakhstan
Pakistan
India
Mbps
23.4
12.2
4.9
114.2
4.8 4.6 3.6 3.5 3.0 2.3
2.0
2.0 2.0
1.5
1.3
23.2
33.1
14.3
19.8
5.7
47.3
10.8
5.0 7.8
14.7
8.7
Japan:
14.6
Hong
Kong:
13.3
Singapore: 8.4
SECURITY: ATTACK TRAFFIC
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
Observed attack traffic concentration from the Asia Pacific region saw an increase to nearly 63% of observed attacks. The concentration in the Asia
Pacific region was nearly 4x the volume seen from Europe.
The blue areas represent each country’s percentage of the overall total amount of attack traffic observed by Akamai.
25%
Other
OTHER
1.6%
Romania
3.2%
Brazil
3.4%
Taiwan
11%
United States
6.8%
Indonesia
41%
China
2.6%
India
2.9%
Russia
1.7%
Turkey South Korea
1.6%
Average Connection Speed
Average Peak Connection Speed