Global Q2 Average Internet Speeds Up From Last Year, Akamai Reports
The average internet connection speed globally increased 14 percent year-over-year to 6.1 Mbps in Q2, Akamai said in a news release Thursday. But the average speed decreased 2.3 percent compared with the previous quarter, the networking vendor reported. Global average…
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peak speed increased 2.5 percent year-over-year to 36 Mbps, Akamai said. Adoption of above 10 Mbps speeds increased 0.7 percent to 35 percent quarter-over-quarter, but adoption of above 15 Mbps speeds dropped 0.8 percent to 21 percent and above 25 Mbps speeds dropped 2.1 percent to 8.3 percent, it said.