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Asian cities have the fastest connection speeds in the world, with HK clocking the highest peak connection speed, and Japan having the highest level of broadband adoption. Russia generated the most attack traffic.

Basically, the Internet has become a faster and more dangerous place.

The State of the Internet report for Q4 2010

Akamai has released its Q4 State of the Internet report for 2010. It is a leading provider of cloud optimisation services. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Internet Platform, the report provides insight into key global Internet statistics such as the world’s fastest and slowest regions for connection speed, the most frequent origins of attack traffic, and the highest-performing geographies for mobile connectivity, as well as resulting trends over time.

Looking at the two main areas of speed and security, the State Of The Internet (SOTI) report paints the following picture:

Speed

• Cities in Asia have the fastest connection speeds in the World.
  (top 40 cities are either in Japan or South Korea)
• Hong Kong has the highest peak connection speed.
• Japan has the highest level of broadband adoption.
• Average peak connection speeds on mobile devices rose to 21.2Mbps globally.

Security

• Russia is the number one country in terms of generating attack traffic, followed by Taiwan (2nd), China (4th), US (5th), Malaysia (25th), HK (47th), and Singapore (48th). 10% of all attack traffic originates from Russia.
• The Akamai network saw more DDoS attacks in Q42010 than the previous three quarters combined.
• In terms of mobile-generated attack traffic, the top ten countries are:

1. Italy
2. Chile
3. UK
4. Poland
5. Malaysia
6. China
7. Russia
8. US
9. Hungary
10. Lithuania

Akamai’s globally distributed network of servers allows it to gather massive amounts of information on many metrics, including connection speeds, attack traffic, and network connectivity/availability/latency problems, as well as traffic patterns on leading Web sites.

Each quarter, Akamai publishes a “State of the Internet” report. The 2010 Q4 report included data about attack traffic, broadband adoption, and mobile connectivity, as well as trends seen in this data over time.

Tags: Akamai, broadband, Internet, mobile, security, speed, statistics

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