The global average connection speed once again saw a solid quarter-over-quarter increase, growing 13 per cent to reach 3.0 Mbps, according to a recent study released by Akmai, an Internet content delivery network headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
However, quarterly changes were not as positive across the top 10 countries, with eight seeing lower average connection speeds than in the previous quarter.
Let's first take a look at countries that have the best Internet speed in the world and then at the Asia-Pacific, including India.
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Hong Kong
Second-quarter, 2012: 49.2 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -0.2 per cent
Year-to-year change: 11 per cent
Global rank: 1
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South Korea
Second-quarter, 2012: 46.9 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -1.9 per cent
Year-to-year change: 31 per cent
Global rank: 2
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Japan
Second-quarter, 2012: 40.5 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: 2.4 per cent
Year-to-year change: 28 per cent
Global rank: 3
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Romania
Second-quarter, 2012: 38.6 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -0.6 per cent
Year-to-year change: 15 per cent
Global rank: 4
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Latvia
Second-quarter, 2012: 33.5 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: N/A per cent
Year-to-year change: 14 per cent
Global rank: 5
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Switzerland
Second-quarter, 2012: 29.9 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: 4.3 per cent
Year-to-year change: 25 per cent
Global rank: 6
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Belgium
Second-quarter, 2012: 29.5 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: 1.1 per cent
Year-to-year change: 10 per cent
Global rank: 7
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Singapore
Second-quarter, 2012: 28.3 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -1.1 per cent
Year-to-year change: 36 per cent
Global rank: 8
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Hungary
Second-quarter, 2012: 28.0 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: 0.3 per cent
Year-to-year change: 15 per cent
Global rank: 9
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Bulgaria
Second-quarter, 2012: 27.9 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: 1.7 per cent
Year-to-year change: 17 per cent
Global rank: 10
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The United States
Second-quarter, 2012: 27.1 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -5.4 per cent
Year-to-year change: 24 per cent
Global rank: 11
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South Korea
Second-quarter, 2012: 14.2 (peak Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -9.8 per cent
Year-to-year change: 2.9 per cent
Global rank: 1
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Japan
Second-quarter, 2012: 10.7 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -1.6 per cent
Year-to-year change: 21 per cent
Global rank: 2
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Hong Kong
Second-quarter, 2012: 8.9 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -4.1 per cent
Year-to-year change: -14 per cent
Global rank: 3
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Singapore
Second-quarter, 2012: 5.1 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -2.4 per cent
Year-to-year change: 12 per cent
Global rank: 25
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Australia
Second-quarter, 2012: 4.4 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: 24 per cent
Year-to-year change: 25 per cent
Global rank: 39
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New Zealand
Second-quarter, 2012: 3.9 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -0.3 per cent
Year-to-year change: 0.4 per cent
Global rank: 44
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Taiwan
Second-quarter, 2012: 3.7 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -3.7 per cent
Year-to-year change: -9.9 per cent
Global rank: 46
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Thailand
Second-quarter, 2012: 3.1 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -5.5 per cent
Year-to-year change: -1.1 per cent
Global rank: 50
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Malaysia
Second-quarter, 2012: 2.2 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: 7.4 per cent
Year-to-year change: 17 per cent
Global rank: 70
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Vietnam
Second-quarter, 2012: 1.6 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -1.0 per cent
Year-to-year change: -15 per cent
Global rank: 94
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China
Second-quarter, 2012: 1.5 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: -0.5 per cent
Year-to-year change: 29 per cent
Global rank: 97
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The Philippines
Second-quarter, 2012: 1.2 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: 4.0 per cent
Year-to-year change: 1.7 per cent
Global rank: 109
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India
Second-quarter, 2012: 1.0 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: 4.6 per cent
Year-to-year change: 21 per cent
Global rank: 116
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Indonesia
Second-quarter, 2012: 0.8 (average Mbps)
Quarter-to-quarter change: 7.2 per cent
Year-to-year change: 20 per cent
Global rank: 127