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U.S. Internet connection speeds decline; Delaware nears 100% broadband penetration
The United States made the Top 10 percent - barely - in terms of average Internet connection speeds, ranking 18th out of 203 nations tested, according to Akamai's latest State of the Internet report. The usual suspects, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong, ranked 1-2-3 respectively in Q3. While each of those three countries saw increase in connectivity speeds in excess of 10 percent Y-o-Y (the average connection speed for them was more than 10 Mbps), the U.S. speeds declined 2.4 percent to 3.9 Mbps.
Akamai said global connection speeds overall increased to 1.7 Mbps, a 13 percent improvement from a year ago.
In the U.S., you've got the best chances for a killer connection if you live in Delaware (7.2 Mbps), New Hampshire (5.9 Mbps), Massachusetts (5.9 Mbps), Vermont (5.7 Mbps), or Rhode Island (5.6 Mbps).
Akamai also reports that the U.S. was home to 119.2 million of the world's 444.1 million unique IP addresses. China was second with 49.11 million.
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Posted by So Slow Sussex County | February 21, 2010 - 7:57pm
Such a misleading headline. A great many of we Delawarians are still "stuck" with dial-up. I live within sight of a Verizon switching and hardware building yet it is so outdated they cannot even offer DSL, getting any answers from Verizon of upgrade dates or such is hopeless, they have promised to call me with info, from field techs to district offices, never get follow-ups or any other choices except to go with satellite internet and that is far from an ideal solution. At this time I'm hopeful the 4G coverage will come to my rural area but will it be affordable? Presently it seems clear.com has the best plan but they have only got metropolitan regions covered so far.
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