Average Global Connection Speed up 14 Percent in Year for Third Quarter, Akamai Report Says
Global average connection speed increased slightly to 5.1 Mbps from the second quarter, and increased 14 percent from the previous year, said a report released by Akamai Wednesday. The Third Quarter State of the Internet Report said South Korea had…
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the top average connection speed of 20.5 Mbps, and the global average peak connection speed declined by nearly 1 percent to 32.2 Mbps in the third quarter. In the U.S., 10 states had 10 percent or more of unique IP addresses connected to Akamai at average speeds of at least 25 Mbps, while the District of Columbia held the top spot with 22 percent unique IP addresses connected to Akamai, the report said.