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. To download the full report, visit: http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/

1. The State of the Internet Report
AMERICAS HIGHLIGHTS – FIRST QUARTER, 2013
In the third quarter, the global average connection speed increased 4% to 3.1 Mbps, and the global average peak connection speed increased
9.2% to 18.4 Mbps.Across countries in the Americas, quarterly changes across both metrics were generally positive.
Just over 13% of observed attack traffic originated in North and South America, just under 19% originated in Europe, and nearly 68% originated
in the Asia Pacific/Oceania region.Africa’s contribution dropped as compared to prior quarters, as it was responsible for a mere half a percent.
SECURITY: ATTACK TRAFFIC
INTERNET & BROADBAND ADOPTION
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
18%
Other
OTHER
2.6%
India
2.0%
Romania
2.2%
Brazil
4.5%
Turkey
2.5%
Taiwan
2.7%
Russia
8.3%
United States
34%
China
21%
Indonesia
1.6%
Hong Kong
The blue areas represent each country’s percentage of the overall total amount of attack traffic observed by Akamai.
5 40
10 35
15 30
20 25
Mbps
Average Peak Connection Speeds, Americas
United
States:
36.6
Brazil: 18.9
Peru: 15.2
Mexico: 17.5Colombia: 16.0
Venezuela:
8.2
Canada: 34.2Costa Rica:
12.8
Chile: 20.4
Argentina: 15.5
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0 10
82
73
64 5
Mbps
Average Connection Speeds, Americas
United
States:
8.6
Argentina: 2.1
Peru: 2.0
Colombia: 2.8 Mexico: 3.3Chile: 3.0
Costa Rica: 2.1
Canada:
7.8
Brazil: 2.3
Venezuela: 1.1
Global Average
Connection Speed
Global Average Peak
Connection Speed
3.1Mbps
18.4Mbps
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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.
Mobile providers CA-2 and US-2 had the highest average connection speed, at 4.3 Mbps, while AR-1, BO-1 and BR-1 had the lowest at 0.9
Mbps. Mobile provider AR-2 had the highest average peak connection speed at 24.4 Mbps, while CO-1 had the lowest at 4.8 Mbps.
Average Connection Speed
Average Peak Connection Speed
0
5
10
15
20
25
Argentina
AR-2
U.S.
US-1
Chile
CL-3
ElSalvador
SV-2
ElSalvador
SV-1
Chile
CL-4
U.S.
US-2
Guatemala
GT-2
U.S.
US-3
Colombia
CO-1
Brazil
BR-2
Paraguay
PY-2
Canada
CA-2
Venezuela
VE-1
ElSalvador
SV-3
Argentina
AR-1
Bolivia
BO-1
Brazil
BR-1
Uruguay
UY-1
Mbps
4.3
15.6
2.6
14.1
2.6
8.9
2.3
24.4
2.0
19.5
1.9
14.1
1.8
13.3
1.5
15.9
1.5
12.4
1.4
4.8
1.4
9.5
1.3
11.6
1.3
9.0
4.2
12.9
1.1
8.5
1.0
6.1
0.9
5.1
0.9
5.5
0.9
8.8