Global Broadband Zooms, U.S. Penetration Is over 80 Percent
GigaOM, February 1, 2012
By Om Malik
Did you know that Bulgaria has the highest level of broadband adoption, at 96 percent? Or that the average connection speed in South Korea is 16.7 megabits per second versus the global average connection speed of 2.7 Mbps? These are some of the fun facts included in Akamai's "State of the Internet" report for the third quarter of 2011.
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