Photographs: Tony Gentile/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: A view of Hong Kong.Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: A view of Seoul.Photographs: Lee Jae Won/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: Japan's Mt Fuji, covered with snow, is seen through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo.Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: View of the Casa Poporului or House of the People, now the Parliament Palace, in downtown Bucharest.Photographs: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: View of Riga's Old City in snow.Photographs: Ints Kalnins/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: People walk on Zurich's main shopping street Bahnhofstrasse.Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: Guests enjoy a 'Dinner in the Sky' on a platform hanging in front of the Cinquantenaire park in Brussels.Photographs: Francois Lenoir/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: An aerial view of Marina Bay and Singapore's central business district.Photographs: David Loh/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: Boys hold on to a girl as they throw water at her as part of traditional Easter celebrations in Holloko, 100km east of Budapest.Photographs: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: A man reads a book in a park in Sofia.Photographs: Oleg Popov/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge is seen from the 90th storey of One World Trade Center in New York.Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: A view of Seoul.Photographs: Lee Jae Won/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: Pedestrians walk on the street at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo.Photographs: Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: A picture taken from the roof of Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong's tallest building, shows the city's Central district.Photographs: Victor Fraile/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: A guest swims in the infinity pool of the Skypark that tops the Marina Bay Sands hotel towers in Singapore.Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: Rowers train at dawn on the Yarra River in Melbourne.Photographs: Toby Melville/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: People cross a street after rainfall in central Auckland.Photographs: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: A view of the Taipei skyline shows the Taipei 101 building shortly before the city participated in Earth Hour.Photographs: Pichi Chuang/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: A skytrain passes over vehicles during rush hour in Bangkok.Photographs: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur after lights were turned on after the Earth Hour.Photographs: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: Stone statues of Buddhist arhats sit on a truck in Vietnam's northern Ninh Binh province.Photographs: Nguyen Huy Kham/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: Waiters from a hotel cross a road in Beijing's Central Business District.Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: A dancer performs during the Kalesa Festival in Manila.Photographs: Darren Whiteside/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: Shoppers leave a retail store inside a mall in Mumbai.Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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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Countries with the best Internet speed in the world
Image: Women walk past a shop selling luxury shoes and bags at a mall in Jakarta.Photographs: Enny Nuraheni/Reuters
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
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