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There are some countries that lag both in Internet penetration and connection speed, while others are way ahead in online spread and broadband speed.
Let's have a look at countries that enjoy high broadband speed and see where India ranks, based on a report by Akamai, an Internet content delivery network headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A game artist sits at his workstation on the floor of Dhruva Interactive's offices in Bangalore.Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
India
Average connection speed (Mbps): 1.0
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 8.0
Percentage above 10 Mbps: N/A
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 1.5 per cent
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Luxurious residential blocks are seen behind Happy Valley horse racing track in Hong Kong.Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
Hong Kong
Average connection speed (Mbps): 9.0
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 54.1
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 27 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 71 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 1
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Part of Gangnam area is seen down the Han River in Seoul.Photographs: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
South Korea
Average connection speed (Mbps): 14.7
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 48.8
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 52 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 86 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 2
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Japan's Mt Fuji, covered with snow, is seen through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo.Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
Japan
Average connection speed (Mbps): 10.5
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 42.2
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 38 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 75 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 3
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Tourists sit around the Table of Silence, a limestone sculpture, in Targu Jiu, 300km west of Bucharest.Photographs: Radu Sigheti/Reuters
Romania
Average connection speed (Mbps): 6.4
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 37.4
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 11 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 64 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 4
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A miniature reproduction of the Grand Place of Brussels is seen in the Mini-Europe park, where all the models are built at a scale of 1:25, in Brussels.Photographs: Laurent Dubrule/Reuters
Belgium
Average connection speed (Mbps): 6.7
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 32.7
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 16 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 68 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 5
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Zurich's main shopping street Bahnhofstrasse.Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
Switzerland
Average connection speed (Mbps): 8.7
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 32.4
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 22 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 81 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 6
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A view of central Tel Aviv, with the Mediterranean Sea in the background.Photographs: Nir Elias/Reuters
Israel
Average connection speed (Mbps): 5.6
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 30.9
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 7.0 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 56 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 7
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: American tourists picnic while enjoying the Dutch tulip fields in Noordwijk.Photographs: Michael Kooren/Reuters
The Netherlands
Average connection speed (Mbps): 8.5
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 30.7
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 22 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 82 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 8
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A cyclist rides past the skyline of the Central Business District in Singapore.Photographs: Edgar Su/Reuters
Singapore
Average connection speed (Mbps): 4.9
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 30.7
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 6.9 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 42 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 9
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Hungarian Parliament building is reflected on the icy Danube river in Budapest.Photographs: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
Hungary
Average connection speed (Mbps): 5.8
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 30.0
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 8.4 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 62 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 10
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A man walks past a wall decorated with comics characters on a street in Lisbon.Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters
Portugal
Average connection speed (Mbps): 4.8
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 29.8
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 4.8 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 53 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 11
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A view of downtown Los Angeles.Photographs: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
The United States
Average connection speed (Mbps): 7.2
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 29.6
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 18 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 62 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 12
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Taipei 101 building in Taiwan.Photographs: Pichi Chuang/Reuters
Taiwan
Average connection speed (Mbps): 4.4
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 28.5
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 4.7 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 38 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 13
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Pedestrian cross the diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus in London.Photographs: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
The United Kingdom
Average connection speed (Mbps): 6.3
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 28.1
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 11 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 62 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 14
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: People slide down a snow covered Petrin hill in Prague.Photographs: David W Cerny/Reuters
The Czech Republic
Average connection speed (Mbps): 7.6
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 27.3
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 15 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 68 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 15
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A worker cleans away snow around the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.Photographs: Christopher Pike/Reuters
Canada
Average connection speed (Mbps): 6.7
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 27.2
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 12 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 70 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 16
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A view of Stockholm.Photographs: Ints Kalnins/Reuters
Sweden
Average connection speed (Mbps): 6.8
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 26.9
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 16 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 50 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 17
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Nyhavn canal, part of the Copenhagen Harbor and home to many bars and restaurants.Photographs: Teis Hald Jensen/Reuters
Denmark
Average connection speed (Mbps): 7.2
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 26.5
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 17 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 68 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 18
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A view of the 'Coffee To Get Her' restaurant near Dublin city centre which becomes a bar and club in the evenings.Photographs: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Ireland
Average connection speed (Mbps): 6.7
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 26.4
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 11 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 50 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 19
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A view of Strane pod Tatrami village from the Roma settlement below the Tatra mountains in Slovakia.Photographs: Petr Josek/Reuters
Slovakia
Average connection speed (Mbps): 5.8
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 26.2
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 7.6 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 48 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 20
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Tourists stroll along Barcelona's harbour in Barcelona.Photographs: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters
Spain
Average connection speed (Mbps): 4.8
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 26.0
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 5.0 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 46 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 21
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Snow covers the yard at the Chancellery in Berlin.Photographs: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
Germany
Average connection speed (Mbps): 5.9
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 26.0
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 8.4 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 60 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 22
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A view of the Polish Parliament building in Warsaw.Photographs: Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Gazeta/Reuters
Poland
Average connection speed (Mbps): 5.3
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 25.1
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 9.3 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 47 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 23
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Visitors walk down the main street at Moomin World theme park in Naatali, Finland.Photographs: Bob Strong/Reuters
Finland
Average connection speed (Mbps): 6.8
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 25.0
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 16 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 59 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 24
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A traditional Fiaker horse carriage passes Burgtheater theatre on Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring street in Vienna.Photographs: Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters
Austria
Average connection speed (Mbps): 6.5
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 24.7
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 12 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 58 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 25
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Children skate on the ice of the frozen Tjoernin lake in central Reykjavik.Photographs: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
Iceland
Average connection speed (Mbps): 5.3
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 24.2
Percentage above 10 Mbps:N/A
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 37 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 26
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: A view of Moscow.Photographs: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
Russia
Average connection speed (Mbps): 5.1
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 23.9
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 7.7 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 52 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 27
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28 countries that have fastest broadband speed
Image: Royal Palace is seen at the end of Karl Johans Gate in Oslo.Photographs: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
Norway
Average connection speed (Mbps): 6.2
Peak connection speed (Mbps): 23.2
Percentage above 10 Mbps: 15 per cent
Percentage above 4 Mbps: 45 per cent
Global rank based on peak speed: 28
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