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The report lists 100 cities around the world with fastest average Internet connection speeds. Akamai only measured cities with at least 50,000 unique IP addresses connecting to its network. It also excluded academic networks.
The list was dominated by Asian cities, with Masan, South Korea, at the top with an average connection speed to Akamai of more than 20Mbps. Masan was followed by 20 other cities, most of which were also in South Korea and Japan, with average connection in excess of 10Mbps. No North American cities made it onto the 10Mbps-plus list and the only European city on it was Umea, Sweden, with average connection speed of 10.3Mbps.
The fastest North American city was Victoria, British Columbia, with 7.2Mbps average connectivity and the fastest city in the US was Monterey Park, California, with average connection speed of 6.9Mbps.
Overall, the top-100 list consisted of 62 cities in Japan and 12 cities in South Korea and Hong Kong. There were 15 cities from eight European countries, five of which were Romanian cities, and 10 North American cities, with two in Canada and eight in the US.
Akamai found attack traffic originating from 200 unique countries or regions around the world, with US being the top source, accounting for 11 percent of observed attack traffic total. China and Russia were in the second and third places respectively, together accounting for about 20 percent of observed attack traffic.
The report lists 100 cities around the world with fastest average Internet connection speeds. Akamai only measured cities with at least 50,000 unique IP addresses connecting to its network. It also excluded academic networks.
The list was dominated by Asian cities, with Masan, South Korea, at the top with an average connection speed to Akamai of more than 20Mbps. Masan was followed by 20 other cities, most of which were also in South Korea and Japan, with average connection in excess of 10Mbps. No North American cities made it onto the 10Mbps-plus list and the only European city on it was Umea, Sweden, with average connection speed of 10.3Mbps.
The fastest North American city was Victoria, British Columbia, with 7.2Mbps average connectivity and the fastest city in the US was Monterey Park, California, with average connection speed of 6.9Mbps.
Overall, the top-100 list consisted of 62 cities in Japan and 12 cities in South Korea and Hong Kong. There were 15 cities from eight European countries, five of which were Romanian cities, and 10 North American cities, with two in Canada and eight in the US.
Akamai found attack traffic originating from 200 unique countries or regions around the world, with US being the top source, accounting for 11 percent of observed attack traffic total. China and Russia were in the second and third places respectively, together accounting for about 20 percent of observed attack traffic.