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Internet World Stats
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Internet World Stats News |
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Number 080 -
December 4, 2013 - For subscribers only, delivered directly by email |
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Internet Broadband Metrics
Dear Reader,
Sorry for the long silence, corresponding to a sabbatical leave
of the writer. But here I am, once again, with new and better Internet World
Stats. A lot of things have happened during 2013 in the Internet. Growth
in use of tablets and smartphones for access to the Internet has been phenomenal.
Likewise Internet broadband has increased in all the world, making possible
the surge in Internet videos, VoIP, games, smartphone applications, and so forth.
In our opinion, today it is not only the number of users in each country that
is of importance, now you have to consider the Quality of Internet access at
each location. For this reason, we have added a new metric to the Internet World
Stats website: broadband download speeds, measured in Mbps (megabits per second).
This figure is important, as we explain below, and you can see it for many of
the world countries at the regional pages on the IWS website.
Please continue reading for further information and enjoy this new issue # 80
of the IWS Newsletter.
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What is Broadband Internet
The term broadband has several meanings. Here we
refer to Broadband Internet, or high speed Internet. Commonly an access of more
than 256 Kilobits per second (256 Kbps) is considered Broadband Internet. You
can find out the speed of your own Internet access using a speed test. Here is
the link to one of the most popular free tools for performing an Internet
Speed Test.
Ookla is the global leader in broadband speed testing and web-based network
diagnostic applications. Established in 2006, Ookla's software and methodologies
are used world-wide by the broadband industry for testing and measurements. They
operate the Speedtest since 2007 and with the data collected they publish the
Net Index showing average Internet speed for cities, regions, countries
and even for the entire world.
Ookla also offers another free tool for determining the quality of your own
broadband Internet connection. The tool also shows packet loss, ping and jitter
values, and gives a grade to your connection for overall quality. Try the
Ping Test and find out
how well your Internet access is performing.
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Top Broadband Speeds by Region
Based on the Ookla Net Index, which compares and
ranks consumer download speeds around the globe, we have prepared the following
table that shows the country with the fastest broadband download speeds for each
of the ten world regions that we follow and report:
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World
Regions
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Fastest
Country
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Broadband
Speed
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Date
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Africa
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Mauritius
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16.34 Mbps
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Nov.27/13
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Asia
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Hong Kong
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70.91 Mbps
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Nov.28/13
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North
America
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United States
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20.77 Mbps
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Nov.27/13
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Central
America
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Mexico
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11.46 Mbps
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Nov.27/13
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Caribbean
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Aruba
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11.44 Mbps
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Nov.28/13
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Europe
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Andorra
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39.70 Mbps
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Nov.28/13
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European
Union
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Romania
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52.48 Mbps
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Nov.28/13
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Middle
East
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Israel
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18.80 Mbps
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Nov.28/13
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South
America
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Uruguay
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21.78 Mbps
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Nov.27/13
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South
Pacific
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New Zealand
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17.02 Mbps
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Nov.30/13
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Source: Net Index, data accessed on November, 2013.
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Please take into consideration that these values exhibit frequent variations
because they represent the rolling mean throughput in Mbps over the past 30
days, where the mean distance between the client and the server is less than
300 miles, according to Ookla.
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The table presented in this newsletter is sourced from the Ookla
Net Index,
which compares and ranks consumer download speeds around the globe.
Right now IWS (Internet World Stats) is collecting and processing Internet user
data for mid-year 2013. This information will be available soon and the subject
of our coming newsletters. We really appreciate your loyalty, feedback and the
comments received from the readers. See you next issue with more stats.
Yours truly,
Enrique de Argaez, CEO
Miniwatts Marketing Group
Miniwatts de Colombia Ltda.
www.internetworldstats.com
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About this newsletter:
IWS News is a free newsletter featuring Internet usage research,
Internet marketing tips, eCommerce and world telecommunications reports,
published by the Miniwatts Marketing Group. For contacting the editor, please
write to "editor"at"internetworldstats.com". This subscription issue was uploaded
to the website on December 4, 2013.
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