Global average connection speeds increase 21% year over year

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Akamai Technologies, the global content delivery network (CDN) service provider, has released its Third Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, broadband adoption metrics, significant Internet disruptions, IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation.

“The holiday season serves as one of the true tests of Internet connectivity as consumers activate slews of connected devices at the same time and more families are at home collectively pushing their broadband capabilities to the limit,” said David Belson, editor of the State of the Internet Report. “The good news is those limits are getting higher as we have continued to observe positive long-term trends in both average and average peak connection speeds around the world. While ‘batteries not included’ may still cause unwelcome surprises, we’re optimistic that connection speeds won’t spoil the holidays this year.”

Highlights from Akamai’s Third Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report include:

Global average connection speeds and Global Broadband Adoption

· Global average connection speed increased 2.3% to 6.3 Mbps in the third quarter, a 21% increase year over year.
· South Korea had the highest average connection speed at 26.3 Mbps in the third quarter.
· Global average peak connection speed increased 3.4% to 37.2 Mbps in the third quarter, rising 16% year over year.
· Singapore had the highest average peak connection speed at 162 Mbps in the third quarter.
· Global 10 Mbps broadband adoption rates rose 5.4% quarter over quarter, and 15 Mbps and 25 Mbps broadband adoption rates increased 6.5% and 5.3%, respectively.

IPv4 and IPv6
· The number of unique IPv4 addresses connecting to the Akamai Intelligent Platform was just over 806 million, which is 0.7% more than the second quarter of 2016.

Asia Pacific highlights

· The Asia Pacific region continues to lead the world in average peak connection speeds in the third quarter. Four of the top 10 countries in average peak connection speeds are from the region. Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea all had average peak connection speeds above 100 Mbps again, with Indonesia close behind at 99.3 Mbps.
· Eleven of the 14 qualifying surveyed Asia Pacific countries/regions posted increases in 15 Mbps adoption, ranging from 3.7% in Singapore to 94% in Vietnam.
· South Korea maintains its reign with the highest average connection speed at 26.3 Mbps, while India had the lowest at 4.1 Mbps.
· Singapore remains in the top spot for average peak connection speed at 162 Mbps, after a 3% quarterly increase while India had the lowest average peak connection speed at 27 Mbps.

Interested?

Data and graphics from the Third Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report can be found on the Akamai State of the Internet site and through the Akamai State of the Internet app for iOS and Android devices. State of the Internet Report-related discussions are also taking place on the Akamai Community.

Find out additional information on the metrics in the report and how they are analysed

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