Akamai Internet Speed Top & Homing Pidgeons

Not long after we played around testing our connection here in Canada over broadband (cable) vs iPhone (3G), Akamai releases its 2009 Q3 report.

The top 10 countries having the top Internet connection speeds are:

#	Country	Q3 09 Mbps	Q2-3 % D	YOY % D
1	South Korea	14.6	29	16
2	Japan	7.9	8.2	11
3	Hong Kong	7.6	10	13
4	Romania	6.2	-0.1	12
5	Sweden	5.7	-5.0	6.2
6	Ireland	5.3	26	73
7	Netherlands	5.2	2.2	18
8	Switzerland	5.0	-	1.0
9	Denmark	4.8	1.6	7.7
10	Czech Republic	4.8	-3.1	23
18	United States	3.9	1.8	-2.4
-	Global	1.7	18	13

 

 

This data correlates roughly with what SpeedTest.net is showing (speeds in Mbps):

Top Countries by Download Speed (st.n)

#	Country	d/l	u/l
1	Korea, Republic of	23.88	13 – 3.43
2	Japan	17.04	2 – 8.19
3	Aland Islands	16.39	5 – 6.05
4	Latvia	16.07	3 – 6.37
5	Romania	14.68	7 – 5.46
6	Lithuania	14.49	1 – 9.34
7	Sweden	14.39	9 – 5.30
8	Netherlands	13.76	14 – 3.42
9	Bulgaria	13.41	4 – 6.17
10	Andorra	12.95	8 – 5.31
11	Moldova	11.86	12 – 3.59
12	Hong Kong	10.37	6 – 5.63
13	Portugal	10.22	Ru – 11 – 4.8
14	Slovakia	10	Sv – 10 – 5.16
39	Canada	6.24	40 – 1.10

It should come as no surprise that Africa is lagging in the Continental Top:

A South-African IT corporation, Unlimited IT, sent 4 GB of data in a USB key tied to Winston, a homing pidgeon, who fled 80 km (50 miles) in 1h 8 min. Including downloading [from USB key to computer], the transfer took two hours, six minutes and 57 seconds -- the time it took for only four percent of the data to be transferred using a Telkom line.

In some parts of the world, net neutrality seems to be the least of their worries

Sources / More info: akamai-twt, akamai, st.n, bbc-pidgeon, reuters-pidgeon, techxav-pidgeon, yt-net-speed

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