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[Old Rocks]

Broadband Internet Speeds 2009-2010: The Top 10 Countries
April 15th, 2010 | by Anil |
The results of the second annual global study on the quality of broadband connections done at end of 2009 reveal that 62 out of the 66 countries analyzed had improved the quality of consumer broadband services since last year. However, new data from the study highlights the extent of the digital quality divide between urban and rural areas and, for the first time, compares the quality of fixed and mobile broadband services.

The first groundbreaking Broadband Quality Study was published in September 2008 to highlight each country’s ability to benefit from next-generation web applications and services. The research team found that broadband quality is linked to a nation’s advancement as a knowledge economy and countries with broadband on their national agenda had the highest broadband quality. This year’s report covers an additional 24 countries and includes new analysis on broadband quality in more than 240 cities.

Highlights / Key Facts:

Overall average broadband quality increased across the globe:
Global average download throughput increased by 49% to 4.75 Megabits per second (Mbps)
Global average upload throughput increased by 69% to 1.3 Mbps
Global average latency decreased by 21% to 170 milliseconds
South Korea tops the 2009 Broadband Leadership table.


Broadband Penetration (% of households)
Broadband Quality Score 2009
Broadband Leadership 2009

1
South Korea
97%
66
139

2
Japan
64%
64
115

3
Hong Kong
99%
33
111

4
Sweden
69%
57
110

5
Switzerland
90%
40
108

6
Netherlands
83%
46
108

7
Singapore
96%
32
107

8
Luxembourg
99%
27
107

9
Denmark
82%
45
106

10
Norway
84%
38
102


South Korea rose just above last year’s broadband quality leader

Broadband Internet Speeds 2009-2010: The Top 10 Countries | Latest Technology Trends

 

[Old Rocks]

The cities with the highest BQS of all the countries in the study were:
Top 10 Cities BQS Next 10 Cities BQS
Yokohama, Japan 85 Rotterdam, The Netherlands 55
Nagoya, Japan 82 Riga, Latvia 54
Kaunas, Lithuania 79 Copenhagen, Denmark 53
Sapporo, Japan 72 Bucharest, Romania 52
Seoul, South Korea 68 Stockholm, Sweden 51
Malmo, Sweden 67 Vilnius, Lithuania 50
Osaka, Japan 65 Zurich, Switzerland 49
Wuhan, China 60 Tokyo, Japan 49
Uppsala, Sweden 57 Goteborg, Sweden 49
Sofia, Bulgaria 56 Kosice, Slovakia 48

Broadband Internet Speeds 2009-2010: The Top 10 Countries | Latest Technology Trends

 

[Old Rocks]

#37 in health care, down there with third world nations in internet access and speed.

And you Conservatives seem so proud of both facts.

Looking at data from the third quarter of 2009, content delivery network Akamai just announced that the average broadband speed in the U.S. declined by 2.4% in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter in 2008. In the U.S., Delaware currently leads with 7.2 Mbps, though it remains far behind South Korea, where the average speed is almost 15 Mpbs. Currently, the U.S. is in 18th place, far behind Japan, Hong Kong, Romania and Sweden. The average U.S. broadband speed is currently 3.9 Mbps.

Broadband Speeds Increase Around the World - But Not in the U.S.

 

[eagleseven]

And you Conservatives seem so proud of both facts.

I don't see anyone proud of this...yet I do not see anyone in our [Democratic] Congress doing anything about it.

 

[Old Rocks]

You are correct. The money has just as much influence with Democrats as with Republicans. As the article pointed out, it would only take a simple redefinition of what the net is to create a competitive atmosphere like that of the nations that have fast universal broadband access.

 

[Revere]

Anyone who lives where an internet provider wants to sell fast internet access has his choice of fast internet access.

 

[Revere]

#37 in health care, down there with third world nations in internet access and speed.

And you Conservatives seem so proud of both facts.

Looking at data from the third quarter of 2009, content delivery network Akamai just announced that the average broadband speed in the U.S. declined by 2.4% in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter in 2008. In the U.S., Delaware currently leads with 7.2 Mbps, though it remains far behind South Korea, where the average speed is almost 15 Mpbs. Currently, the U.S. is in 18th place, far behind Japan, Hong Kong, Romania and Sweden. The average U.S. broadband speed is currently 3.9 Mbps.

Broadband Speeds Increase Around the World - But Not in the U.S.

Socialists only care that everyone is equal, if equally miserable.

 

[Revere]

Why do you think you're entitled to fast internet service, where you want it, at a price you think you should pay for it?

Is it a public good?

 

[antagon]

an argument can be made that broadband is a 'public good' -- an important piece of US infrastructure.

there's not a mutually exclusive relationship between public good and private enterprise. matching subsidy could bridge the gap and empower private sector infrastructure developers to invest in this crucial emerging necessity.

the US is bigger than the nations in the roundup, but that doesnt mean our cities should each fall behind the world in this end of development.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The government needs to get the fuck out of the way

 

[konradv]

How did this get to be about government internet? I think you're reading things into it that aren't there. You've got look beyond your bias. If the wires are seperate from the service, then people can have the best of both and not be forced to accept a package deal. It helped the telecommunications industry. The comment about going back to rotary phones is a non sequitur. It says more about seeing only what you want to see, than the reality of what I was saying.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

How did this get to be about government internet? I think you're reading things into it that aren't there. You've got look beyond your bias. If the wires are seperate from the service, then people can have the best of both and not be forced to accept a package deal. It helped the telecommunications industry. The comment about going back to rotary phones is a non sequitur. It says more about seeing only what you want to see, than the reality of what I was saying.

It would help if, at least occasionally, you would actually read the articles you post about.

 

[konradv]

How did this get to be about government internet? I think you're reading things into it that aren't there. You've got look beyond your bias. If the wires are seperate from the service, then people can have the best of both and not be forced to accept a package deal. It helped the telecommunications industry. The comment about going back to rotary phones is a non sequitur. It says more about seeing only what you want to see, than the reality of what I was saying.

It would help if, at least occasionally, you would actually read t article you post about.

Who's talking to you? I was commenting on my own posts and the responses to it. Perhaps you should read a whole thread before making a fool of yourself.