10 Countries with World's Fastest Internet

Connectivity has so far turned from ‘wired’ to ‘wireless.’ In both the case, the last thing you wish to see would be a slow loading internet page.  Be it uploading a picture or having a video conference, everyone loves a lightning fast Internet connection. However, when most of the countries including India suffer from slow Internet connection, certain countries enjoy browsing at speeds as high as 1 Gbps, even at its outskirts.

Have a look at the top 10 countries with superfast internet, compiled by Bloomberg on the basis of the quarterly report prepared by Akamai technologies.

#10 Singapore (30.7 Mbps)

Singapore, known to be the ‘tech hub’ has cracked to take the 10th spot with an average of 30.7 megabits per second that is nearly double the global average of 15.9 megabits per second.

 # 9 Israel (30.9 Mbps)

The recent developments of broadband capabilities have made the country reach 9th in the world. The internet is provided through phone and cable infrastructure and has an average speed of 30.9 megabits per second.

#8 Bulgaria (32.1 Mbps)

The country is known to attract the global companies and investors because of its low taxes and cheap labour. Besides, it is also known for its high speed Internet where it reached an average of 32.1 megabits per second. Local Area Network (LAN) is the most common type of Internet access with over 60% of the consumers accessing it.

#7 Switzerland (32.4 Mbps)

Known to be the major hub of finance industry, Switzerland crossed at 32.4 megabits per second on average. The country has one of the highest Internet and broadband penetration rates in Europe.

#6 Belgium (32.7 Mbps)

The Internet connections in Belgium crossed an average of 32.7 megabits per second. Majority of the citizens have bandwidth caps to limit the amount of data users and these are between 5GB/month up to 500GB/month.

#5 Romania (37.4 Mbps)

Romania was the only country to see its average peak speed fall from the previous quarter. The country’s average dropped 3.2 percent, compared with a global average decrease of 1.4 percent.

#4 Latvia (37.5 Mbps)

Even though Latvia doesn’t come to mind easily when thinking about the most technologically advanced nations, the broadband lines reached an average peak speed of 37.5 megabits per second placing it to be the top four.

#3 Japan (42.2 Mbps)

The Japanese government has given priority to Internet development as a national goal, said Belson. Besides, from the reports of Akamai, it states that high-speed optic fiber runs through many parts of the country and the country’s connections have reached 42.2 megabits per second on average.

#2 South Korea (48.8 Mbps)

South Korea, known to be a lover of games is a home to several gaming competitions, such as World Cyber Games. The online gaming absorbs a lot of bandwidth. The average peak Internet connection for South Korea was 48.8 megabits per second and broadband, in the case of top-ranked nations is comparatively cheap.

#1 Hong Kong

Speed: 54.1 megabits per second

Hong Kong, the leader in Internet connectivity is blazing fast with its high population density and strong governmental support. Belson says, unlike the Internet lines across the border, content censorship is non-existent.

As per 2010, the 69.4 percent of the population are Internet users and because of very little censorship in the country, the Internet is used for the distribution of certain materials particularly child pornography and pirated materials. The government provides freedom of speech and none of the websites are blocked and governmental licenses are not required to operate a website.

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