The global average internet connection speed increased 23% to 5.6 Mbps in the quarter ended December 2015 compared to the same period of 2014, a report said on Wednesday. The report “Fourth Quarter, 2015, State of the Internet Report” was released by Akamai Technologies Inc, a global leader in content delivery network services. From a global perspective, the average connection speed increased 8.6% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) and 23% year-over-year (YoY) to 5.6 Mbps, while the global average peak connection speed increased 1% QoQ, and increased 21% YoY to 32.5 Mbps, said the report.
South Korea (95.3 Mbps) and Macao (83.1 Mbps) were the only countries/regions to post double-digit quarterly gains in average peak connection speed at 10% and 13%, respectively. The report also showed each of the top 10 countries/regions saw double-digit growth in 25 Mbps broadband adoption except Hong Kong, which posted a 9.8% change quarter-over-quarter. Norway and Denmark saw the greatest yearly gains, the report cited.
The report also pointed out that 43 countries/regions saw IPv4 address counts grow 10% or more in the quarter ended December 2015 while 13 saw counts decline 10% or more compared with the July-September quarter of 2015. The report also showed Britain had the fastest average mobile connection speed at 26.8 Mbps with Spain in second place at 14 Mbps. Iran had the lowest average connection speed, at 1.3 Mbps, followed by Vietnam with an average connection speed of 1.8 Mbps. This is particularly important as consumer expectations rise and many high-profile events, like the summer games in Rio, will be streamed this year.
The progress we are seeing across our key metrics shows that, while there’s still work to be done, more parts of the world are increasingly able to support the delivery of broadcast-quality video content online, said David Belson, editor of the report.
Government says digital India, don’t they feel ashamed. Further operators throttle the speed to 64 kbps to dial up modem age and government says DIGITAL AGE.