Akamai’s reports: UK broadband fails to make the grade in top 100 worldwide speed ratings
Broadbandgenie.co.uk reports the bad news for UK broadband user in term of broadband speed compared to other cities all around the world. In fact, UK broadband speed in many cities is getting speed according to results published by independent survey, Akamai. Broadbandgenie.co.uk reports that Bradford is the only place across the entire UK to to creep into the top 100 cities for average broadband speeds, scraping in at number 99. Then where is the best place around the world which having the best broadband speed according to survey held by Akamai?
Akamai reported that Taegu, in South Korea, got the best place which having the best broadband speed around the world. According to broadbandgenie.co.uk, Taegu, in South Korea, got the number one accolade with a very brisk average speed of 18.36Mb. Akamai’s State of the Internet Report, which covers the last quarter of 2010, reported that average broadband speed in UK is getting decent except Bradford that scraping in at number 99. Bradford broadband speed is reaching 6 Mb according to Akamai’s report. How about the broadband speed in the rest cities beside Bradford? Akamai reported that the rest of the country only manages around 4,2 Mb on average. With this situation, Akamai reports leaves the UK broadband speed at number 26 in the global broadband rankings
Still taken from broadbandgenie.co.uk, Akamai report highlighted some new finding such as the the fastest broadband speed in the Europe, you will find in Constanta in Romania which coming in at number 56 in the league table. Beside UK broadband speed which getting decent, USA also did poorly and only 8 American cities which coming into top 100. broadbandgenie.co.uk also reports that Akamai’s quarterly report is based on data collected from the Akamai Internet Platform, which delivers up to 30 percent of global Web traffic on a given day.
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