S. Korea has fastest internet speed in the world, PH slowest

                              

South Korea led the way with the highest average connection speed at 29.0 Mbps in Q4 2016, as per internet monitoring firm Akamai. South Korea beat Norway, Sweden and Hong Kong to claim the top spot, all of which have internet speeds up to23.6 Mbps, 22.8 Mbps and 21.9 Mbps respectively.

South Korea also boasts of internet speed that is around four times the world average of 7.0 Mbps.

The USA didn’t make the top 10, ranking No. 16 with average connection speed of 15.3 Mbps, a 7.7% rise from the prior quarter.

Other countries that also have high internet speed

are Switzerland (21.2 Mbps), Denmark (20.7 Mbps), Finland (20.6 Mbps) and Singapore (20.2 Mbps).Japan and Netherlands are also included in the list of top 10 countries with the highest internet speed in the world. Overall, four Asian countries are included in the top 10 countries with the quickest internet speeds.

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source: technology.inquirer.net