Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World

Internet speeds are not the same around the world. It is something in which west lags a lot. Asian countries like South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan have much better internet speeds than US, UK or other developed western countries.

The following infographic is created by Reddit user DMan9797, that compares internet speeds of different countries. The data comes from Speedtest.net, a website that lets users test their own internet connections. It indicates that the fastest internet in the world is in Hong Kong, with an average of almost 80 million bits per second (Mbps). Other high-speed countries include Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Romania, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The United States clocks in at number 30, with average speeds of 24 Mbps. It's important to note that these figures are based on a self-selected sample: users visiting the Speedtest.net website to test their own broadband speeds. It seems likely that users with fast connections would be most likely to try it. So these data likely overstate average broadband speeds somewhat — other measures, for example, peg the average US broadband speed at more like 12 Mbps than 24. Still, the map gives a pretty good sense of which countries enjoy fast internet access (mostly in Northern Europe and parts of Eastern Asia) and which ones are relegated to the slow lane (much of the developing world).

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Credits: DMan9797

Here is another infographic that compares internet speeds and their costs around the world, as of Feb 2011.
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 Source: Internet World Stats Broadband Penetration

Below is infographic that compares internet speeds and their costs around the world in different countries, as of September 2010.. Japan tops the list with highest speed of 81mbps and $0.4 per megabyte of internet.

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This infographic created by cira.ca that shows the internet costs and speeds around the world in the OECD Broadband Portal Rankings.

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