The State of the Internet Report
AMERICAS HIGHLIGHTS – SECOND QUARTER, 2013
INTERNET & BROADBAND ADOPTION
In the second quarter, the global average connection speed increased 5.2% to 3.3 Mbps, and the global average peak connection speed
increased 0.1% to 18.9 Mbps. Across countries in the Americas, quarterly changes across both metrics were generally positive.
Costa Rica: 2.1
Peru: 2.1
Brazil: 2.4
Colombia: 2.9 Ecuador: 2.9
Chile: 2.9
Mexico:
3.6
3.3
Mbps
Argentina: 2.0
Uruguay: 1.9
3
Paraguay: 1.3
Venezuela: 1.3
5
4
6
2
Bolivia: 0.9
8
1
Mbps
Argentina: 14.5
Brazil:
18.7
25
Mexico:
18.9
Chile:
19.3
Ecuador:
19.6
Canada:
34.4
30
10
Venezuela:
8.4
Global Average Peak
Connection Speed
20
15
Bolivia: 8.8
Mbps
10
Colombia:
16.8
Costa Rica: 12.4
Paraguay: 9.7
18.9
United
States:
8.7
9
0
Global Average
Connection Speed
Canada:
8.2
7
Peru:
16.0
Uruguay: 15.3
35
5
United
States:
36.3
40
Mbps
Average Peak Connection Speeds, Americas
Average Connection Speeds, Americas
SECURITY: ATTACK TRAFFIC
Just over 10% of observed attack traffic originated in North and South America, just over 10% originated in Europe, and over 78% originated
in the Asia Pacific/Oceania region. Africa was responsible for just three-tenths of a percent.
38%
33%
6.9%
2.5%
2.4%
2.0%
1.7%
1.4%
1.0%
0.9%
11%
OTHER
Indonesia
China
United States
Taiwan
Turkey
India
Russia
Brazil
Romania
South Korea
Other
The blue areas represent each country’s percentage of the overall total amount of attack traffic observed by Akamai.
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
Mobile provider CA-2 had the highest average connection speed at 4.1 Mbps, while AR-1 and AR-2 had the lowest at 0.9 Mbps. Mobile provider
US-2 had the highest average peak connection speed at 17.7 Mbps, while AR-1 had the lowest at 4.7 Mbps.
20
17.7
15.4
1.6
6.4
4.7
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.2
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.9
Argentina
AR-2
1.6
6.3
Argentina
AR-1
1.6
9.4
9.1
Brazil
BR-1
1.8
9.5
Bolivia
BO-1
2.0
8.6
El Salvador
SV-3
2.3
7.9
Venezuela
VE-1
2.8
Brazil
BR-2
3.8
U.S.
US-3
4.1
El Salvador
SV-1
5
7.9
7.3
Paraguay
PY-2
10
12.0
11.7
9.5
Colombia
CO-1
13.0
El Salvador
SV-2
Mbps
15
Average Connection Speed
Average Peak Connection Speed
15.4
Chile
CL-3
15.2
Uruguay
UY-1
Chile
CL-4
U.S.
US-1
U.S.
US-2
Canada
CA-2
0
NOTE: The average and average peak connection speeds presented above are based on end-user connections from those mobile networks to the Akamai Intelligent Platform, and are not necessarily
representative of a single provider’s full set of service offerings or capabilities.
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ASIA-PACIFIC HIGHLIGHTS – SECOND QUARTER, 2013
INTERNET & BROADBAND ADOPTION
In the second quarter, the global average connection speed increased 5.2% to 3.3 Mbps, and the global average peak connection speed
increased 0.1% to 18.9 Mbps. Across countries in the Asia-Pacific region, quarterly changes across both metrics were generally positive.
Thailand: 4.5
New Zealand: Australia: Taiwan: Singapore: Hong
4.6
4.8
5.5
6.5
Kong:
10.8
Malaysia: 3.1
China: 2.8
6
8
12
4
Indonesia: 1.7
Vietnam: 1.7
Philippines: 1.6
India: 1.3
2
Mbps
16
New Zealand:
21
Vietnam: 14.1
Mbps
18.9
South
Korea:
13.3
14
0
3.3
Global Average
Connection Speed
Japan:
12
10
Philippines: 16
Mbps
Global Average Peak
Connection Speed
Malaysia:
26.6
Australia:
29.1
China: 11.4
Taiwan: 39.5
Singapore: 45.6
Indonesia:
11.3
20
30
40
10
India:
10.5
Average Connection Speeds, Asia-Pacific
Thailand: 33
Japan: 48.8
50
South Korea: 53.5
60
Mbps
0
Hong Kong:
65.1
70
Average Peak Connection Speeds, Asia-Pacific
SECURITY: ATTACK TRAFFIC
Just over 10% of observed attack traffic originated in North and South America, just over 10% originated in Europe, and over 78% originated
in the Asia Pacific/Oceania region. Africa was responsible for just three-tenths of a percent.
38%
33%
6.9%
2.5%
2.4%
2.0%
1.7%
1.4%
1.0%
0.9%
11%
OTHER
Indonesia
China
United States
Taiwan
Turkey
India
Russia
Brazil
Romania
South Korea
Other
The blue areas represent each country’s percentage of the overall total amount of attack traffic observed by Akamai.
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
Mobile provider HK-2 had the highest average connection speed at 3.6 Mbps, while NC-1 had the lowest at 0.8 Mbps. Mobile provider MY-2
had the highest average peak connection speed at 39.8 Mbps, while NC-1 had the lowest at 6.1 Mbps.
40
39.8
Average Connection Speed
Average Peak Connection Speed
35
30
16.9
14.1
13.7
19.2
20.5
18.9
26.0
13.9
14.1
7.4
2.7
2.5
2.4
2.4
2.2
1.9
1.7
1.6
1.2
0.9
0.8
Singapore
SG-3
Taiwan
TW-1
Hong Kong
HK-1
Taiwan
TW-2
Sri Lanka
LK-1
Malaysia
MY-3
Thailand
TH-1
Indonesia
ID-1
New
Caledonia
NC-1
6.1
2.9
New
Zealand
NZ-2
3.4
Australia
AU-3
3.6
Malaysia
MY-2
10
5
18.6
China
CN-1
15
20
Hong Kong
HK-2
Mbps
25
20
0
NOTE: The average and average peak connection speeds presented above are based on end-user connections from those mobile networks to the Akamai Intelligent Platform, and are not necessarily
representative of a single provider’s full set of service offerings or capabilities.
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EMEA HIGHLIGHTS – SECOND QUARTER, 2013
INTERNET & BROADBAND ADOPTION
In the second quarter, the global average connection speed increased 5.2% to 3.3 Mbps, and the global average peak connection speed
increased 0.1% to 18.9 Mbps. Across countries in EMEA, quarterly changes across both metrics were generally positive.
Russia: 7
Germany: Israel: 7.4
7.3
Norway: 7.4
Spain: 5.9
Romania:
7.5
Ireland:
8
France: 5.7
Portugal: 5.4
4
Italy: 4.9
6
8
0
Mbps
Switzerland:
11
12
Mbps
Ireland:
30.9
Finland:
31
Austria:
31.6
Spain:
32.1
Sweden: 33.7
Germany:
32.6
Portugal: 35.1
Denmark: 29.9
UK: 37.1
Norway: 28.7
Netherlands: 38.8
30
France: 24.2
18.9
Netherlands:
10.1
10
Russia:
30.8
Global Average
Connection Speed
Belgium: 8.4
Sweden: 8.4
UK: 8.4
2
S. Africa: 2.3
3.3
Denmark: 8.1
Finland: 8.1
Austria: 8.1
20
Belgium: 39.9
40
Israel: 40.1
Mbps
Italy: 23.3
Global Average Peak
Connection Speed
S. Africa:
8.3
10
Switzerland: 41.4
50
Mbps
Romania: 47.5
Average Peak Connection Speeds, EMEA
Average Connection Speeds, EMEA
SECURITY: ATTACK TRAFFIC
Just over 10% of observed attack traffic originated in North and South America, just over 10% originated in Europe, and over 78% originated
in the Asia Pacific/Oceania region. Africa was responsible for just three-tenths of a percent.
38%
33%
6.9%
2.5%
2.4%
2.0%
1.7%
1.4%
1.0%
0.9%
11%
OTHER
Indonesia
China
United States
Taiwan
Turkey
India
Russia
Brazil
Romania
South Korea
Other
The blue areas represent each country’s percentage of the overall total amount of attack traffic observed by Akamai.
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
Mobile provider RU-1 had the highest average connection speed at 9.7 Mbps, while ZA-1 had the lowest at 0.5 Mbps. Mobile provider SA-1 had
the highest average peak connection speed at 53.9 Mbps, while ZA-1 had the lowest at 2.2 Mbps.
50
Average Connection Speed
Average Peak Connection Speed
53.9
51.8
3.7
3.4
3.1
3
2.9 2.9
2.8
2.7 2.7
2.5
2.3 2.2
France
FR-2
Ireland
IE-4
Belgium
BE-2
UAE
AE-1
UK
UK-1
Italy
IT-4
UK
UK-3
Saudi Arabia
SA-1
Belgium
BE-2
Ireland
IE-2
7.1
2.1
9.1
1.9
1.6
1.6
1.2
6.9 2.2
0.5
1
NOTE: The average and average peak connection speeds presented above are based on end-user connections from those mobile networks to the Akamai Intelligent Platform, and are not necessarily
representative of a single provider’s full set of service offerings or capabilities.
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S. Africa
ZA-1
3.8
14.2 14.3
Russia
RU-3
3.9
Italy
IT-IT-2
4.1
18.5 7.2
2.1
UK
UK-2
4.3
17.9
18.9
14.7
Spain
ES-1
4.9
11.8
16.2
Egypt
EG-1
20.3
23.6
Norway
NO-1
5.3 5.2
Germany
DE-2
Austria
AT-2
5.9
Austria
AT-1
0
9.7
24.2
11.5
Russia
RU-4
10
18.6
29.9
28.5
26.8
Germany
DE-1
20
22.7 21.9 21.4
Morocco
MA-1
24
Pakistan
PK-1
25.8
Netherlands
NL-2
Kuwait
KW-1
26.6
Ireland
IE-1
Italy
IT-3
30
Russia
RU-1
Mbps
40