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Worldwide Internet Speeds Are Dropping, But Australia’s On The Upswing

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Akamai’s released its statistics on average worldwide internet connection speeds. The interesting news is that, despite advances in connection technologies, the average worldwide speed has actually dropped, although Australia is bucking that trend.


January 28, 2011
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Australia’s Fastest Average Broadband Speed Is 5.8Mbps

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The Akamai ‘State of the Internet’ report for Q3 2010 has just been released, revealing interesting statistics about the net around the world. For any geek, the results for Australia are a slightly depressing read.


January 17, 2010

Lots Of Countries Are Getting Faster Internet, US Isn’t One Of ‘Em

Akamai released their quarterly State of the Internet report this week, along with this chart showing the fastest national networks in the world. From 2008 to 2009, on average, the world’s internet got 13 per cent faster. America’s got 2.4 per cent slower.