14 DAY TRIAL // Akamai, the largest content delivery provider in the world, has released its quarterly State of the Internet Report for Q1 2009, which looks at traffic levels, security issues as well as broadband and Internet coverage around the world. Some of the findings include the fact that Japan now has more “higher broadband” connections than South Korea while the US and China make up almost 50 percent of online attacks traffic.
Attacks were found coming from 68 countries yet the bulk came from China and the US, with 27.59 percent and 22.15 percent respectively. They were followed by South Korea with 7.53 percent, Germany with 2.95 and Brazil with 2.6 percent.
Broadband connectivity is on the rise, with the number of connections with 5 Mbps or higher speeds seeing a five percent increase in Q1 2009 from Q4 2008 and a 30 percent increase year-over-year. Overall the average connection speed grew 11 percent to 1.7 Mbps but 120 countries still had an average speed of less than 1 Mbps.
Japan finally managed to overtake South Korea, becoming the country with the most broadband connections with over 5 Mpbs; however, South Korea still has the fastest average connection speed with 11 Mbps a safe margin from the runner up Japan, which has an 8 Mpbs average speed. Hong Kong came in third with 7.6 Mbps followed by Sweden with 6.9 Mbps and Romania with 5.8 Mbps. The US managed to come in 18th with 4.2 Mbps.
In the US the East Cost grabbed 8 out of the 10 top spots in broadband connectivity among states, with Delaware coming in first with a 62 percent of connections coming in at 5 Mbps or more. The state also had the biggest average speed in the country with 7.2 Mbps. Meanwhile, Maine managed an impressive 371 percent increase in “higher broadband” connections reaching the 10th spot in the country.