This document summarizes a report from Akamai Technologies on the countries with the fastest internet speeds in the world. It lists the top 8 countries, beginning with Hong Kong as the fastest with an average peak speed of 65.1 Mbps. South Korea and Japan follow as the second and third fastest, while Switzerland, Singapore, Latvia, Israel, and Romania round out the top 8. The document provides details on internet speeds and growth rates for each country.

1. 8
COUNTRIES WITH
FASTEST INTERNET IN
THE WORLD
ARISE ROBY
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2. Internet has turned into a basic need of the humankind in this
technology driven world. Your social quotient is measured
based on how active you are in social media. The news
happenings around the world are just a click of a button away.
And there is a lot of communication over internet is taking
place— VoIP, IM, and video calling. Given the multitude of
the uses that internet offers to us, a good internet speed
becomes inevitable. There are countries in the world which
enjoys the blazing fast internet speeds offering the users the
best online experience.
Akmai Technologies, the internet content delivery network has
come with a latest report on the countries with fastest internet
in the world. If you think U.S. the country with most
technological advancement enjoys the fastest internet speed,
you will be proven wrong by the end of this list of 8 countries
with fastest internet speed compiledCENTEREFY Times.
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3. 8 Israel
Top Internet Speed: 40.1. Mbps
Despite the country not being in the
top 10 list last quarter, Israel has
secured eighth spot this quarter.
This is a 53 percent growth over
last year and 6.4 percent compared
to the preceding quarter. Internet in
Israel has been available since the
1990‟s but came into use for
commoners since 2001. The recent
developments of broadband
capabilities have helped the country
to get figured in this list. The
internet is provided through phone
and cable infrastructure and has an
average speed of 40.1 megabits per
second
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4. 7 Switzerland
Top Internet Speed:
41.4Mbps
Known to be the major hub of
finance industry, Switzerland has
a top internet speed at 41.4
megabits per second. This
translates into a rise of 3.9 percent
in past quarter and 38 per cent
over the past year. The country
has one of the highest Internet and
broadband penetration rates in
Europe. Broadband has replaced
telephone communications and
DSL networks have overtaken
cable as the prime technology for
broadband access.
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5. 6 Latvia
Top Internet Speed:
44.6Mbps
Rolling down one place Latvia
stands on sixth spot on this list with
its peak internet speed of 44.6Mbps.
This is an increase of 5.4 per cent
since the last quarter and 33 per cent
from last year. The Internet in Latvia
began to experience significant
growth in 1999, as the consolidation
of regional Internet providers began
to drive down prices for dial-up
access. By 2000, there were 75,000
Internet users and about a dozen ecommerce shops in Latvia.
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6. 5 Singapore
Top Internet Speed:
45.6Mbps
The country, known to be the „tech hub‟ has
cracked to take the fifth spot with top speed
of 45.6 megabits per second. This is a
brilliant growth of 61 percent over last year
and 4.1 per cent over last quarter. The
country includes four major Internet service
providers, namely, SingNet, Star Hub, Pacnet
and M1. As part of the country‟s initiative of
Intelligent Nation 2015, the Singapore
Government has been promoting the usage
of broadband Internet access and it is readily
available throughout the country with
connectivity rate of over 99 percent. The
Next Generation Nationwide Broadband
Network service plan is Singapore‟s
nationwide ultra-high speed fiber network. It
is on track to achieve its target 95 percent
coverage.
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7. 4 Romania
Top Internet Speed:
47.5Mbps
Romania is on the fourth spot
in this list with 47.5Mbps
highest speed. This is a 0.6
percent growth over the
previous quarter and a 23 per
cent growth over 2012.Based
on the Akamia report of 2011,
Romanian cities like
Constanta, Ia?i and Timi?oara
are in the top 100 cities at the
world level with the highest
average Internet speeds.
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8. 3 Japan
48.8Mbps
Japan after slipping one place is now
on third position with highest speed of
48.8Mbps. This is an increase of 3.1
per cent compared to the previous
quarter and 21 percent compared to last
year. Even though Japan lost its game
in electronics industry, it still tops in
telecommunications technology. The
Japanese government has given priority
to Internet development as a national
goal, said Belson. Besides, from the
reports of Akamai, it states that highspeed optic fiber runs through many
parts of the country and the country‟s
connections have reached 48.8
megabits per second on average.
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9. 2 South Korea
53.5Mbps
South Korea gains two spots to secure the No.
2 spot in the list with its peak internet speed
of 53.3Mbps. The speed shows a growth of
19 per cent over the past quarter and 14 per
cent over last year. The country is known to
be a lover of games is a home to several
gaming competitions, such as World Cyber
Games, and has entire television channels
devoted to “electronic sports”. The online
gaming absorbs a lot of bandwidth.
The South Korea is known to be one of the
leaders in Internet connectivity and speed.
The government has established policies and
programs that facilitate a rapid expansion and
the use of broadband. It offers wireless
services to all the major cities. Wibro and
HSDPA is the most common used technology
used in the country‟s wireless broadband and
most of the public restaurants offer free Wi-Fi
connection during business hours.
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10. Top Internet Speed: 65.1Mbps
HONGKONG
Maintaining its position as the country with the fastest
internet, Hong Kong is still the no. 1 on the list with
peak speed of 65.1Mbps. Although this is 0.9 per cent
fall as compared to past quarter, but it is a 32 per cent
growth as compared to last year. The country is the
leader in Internet connectivity amd is blazing fast with
its high population density and strong governmental
support. Belson says, unlike the Internet lines across the
border, content censorship is nonexistent. According to
Akamai, the average peak speed in the country was 54.1
megabits per second, making it the top on the list.
As per 2010, the 69.4 percent of the population are
Internet users and because of very little censorship in
the country, the Internet is used for the distribution of
certain materials particularly child pornography and
pirated materials. The government provides freedom of
speech and none of the websites are blocked and
governmental licenses are not required to operate a
website.
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