US Net Speeds Improve, But #17 Globally

Akamai has released its State of the Internet Report for Q1-2016 and the good news is the U.S. internet speeds are improving. The U.S., however, now ranks only 17th globally in average broadband speeds.

		kbps			kbps
1	Korea	29,047	11	Iceland	17,458
2	Norway	21,315	12	Denmark	17,180
3	Sweden	20,646	13	Vatican City	16,769
4	Hong Kong	19,873	14	Singapore	16,501
5	Switzerland	18,662	15	Romania	16,070
6	Latvia	18,326	16	Belarus	15,815
7	Japan	18,185	17	United States	15,333
8	Netherlands	17,914	18	Belgium	15,286
9	Czech Republic	17,768	19	Lithuania	15,105
10	Finland	17,745	20	United Kingdom	14,936

Within the U.S., the District of Columbia takes the speed prize with speeds that are approximately 2.5 times that of last place Ohio.

	State	kbps		State	kbps		State	kbps
1	DC	23,966	8	NY	18,033	45	NM	11,405
2	DE	21,163	9	VA	17,987	46	AR	11,267
3	RI	19,958	10	WA	17,367	47	MS	11,061
4	MA	19,890	11	PA	16,997	48	AK	10,905
5	UT	19,686	12	CT	16,891	49	ID	10,904
6	NJ	18,516	13	MI	16,839	50	KY	10,881
7	MD	18,414	14	CA	16,444	51	OH	9,038

This year’s report has an interface that allows you to manipulate some of the data. Below is an overview of trends in broadband speeds at kbps and percentage adoption of high-speed (10 kbps or greater) broadband showing how the United States matches up against its competitors by region.