The speed of the internet connection has become an imperative of today’s society and a key tool for the economic and social development of countries .
At higher speeds we obtain a much better quality of navigation. Hence, knowing the best places in the world to connect to the internet is very valuable information if we decide to travel the globe with a certain requirement in terms of connections.
The latest “ State of the Internet ” report from Akamai, one of the world’s largest network content distribution companies and cloud service provider, sheds light on this issue.
The countries have been classified by their connection speeds, making an average of them, and where the Asian region has been the clear winner .
Almost all major Asian markets have improved their speeds in 2013 compared to the previous year. Indonesia has been the only exception , with a decrease of 30%, relegating it to position 115 on the list.
From Spain , although we are still quite a long way from reaching even the Top 100 on the list, we can get something positive: we have gone up from 4.9 Mbps to 6.8 Mbps on average.
Thus, the list of the best places in the world to connect to the internet is as follows:
1. Hong Kong, 65.4 Mbps
2. South Korea, 63.6 Mbps
3. Japan, 52 Mbps
4. Singapore, 50.1 Mbps
5. Israel, 47.7 Mbps
6. Romania, 45.4 Mbps
7. Latvia, 43.1 Mbps
8. Taiwan, 42.7 Mbps
9. Holland, 39.6 Mbps
10. Belgium, 38.5 Mbps
11. Switzerland, 38.4 Mbps
12. Bulgaria, 37 Mbps
13. United States, 37 Mbps
14. Kuwait, 36.4 Mbps
15. United Arab Emirates, 36 Mbps
16. UK, 35.7 Mbps
17. Canada, 34.8 Mbps
18. Czech Republic, 34.8 Mbps
19. Macao (China), 34.4 Mbps
20. Sweden, 33.1 Mbps
