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.
