PCCA Journal 3rd Quarter 2013 - page 47

PCCA Journal|3
rd
Quarter 2013
47
band to high-cost, low-density areas across rural America.
We look forward to continuing to work with the FCC on this
critical initiative.”
Study Explores Broadband
Connection Speeds
F
or the first time, global average connection speeds have
surpassed the 3 Mbps mark. Meanwhile, the demands
of the mobile world are growing very fast, with data
traffic doubling in the last year. The latest figures come from
Akami, a leading cloud platform, which in July published its
quarterly
State of the Internet
report for Q1 2013.
The United States ranks ninth in average broadband con-
nection speeds worldwide, however, the connection speeds
in the U.S. grew 27 percent compared to the first quarter of
2012 and 7.4 percent in Q1 2013. The Netherlands, Sweden,
and Denmark currently lead in quarter-by-quarter speed
growth, while the Czech Republic has the highest year-over-
year growth of 34 percent. Still, average broadband speeds
for these countries fall below the “high broadband” speed
threshold of 10 Mbps.
Akami looked at global network connectivity and connec-
tion speeds, broadband adoption and availability, and secu-
rity. The company said that the biggest news is that between
Q4 2012 and Q1 2013, the global average connection speed
rose 4 percent from 2.9 Mbps to 3.1 Mbps, or 17 percent
year-over-year.
Akamai listed 123 countries/regions as experiencing an
increase in average connection speeds year-over-year, rang-
ing from 1.4 percent in Oman to 122 percent in Iraq. 117 of
them saw their average connection speeds increase this past
quarter, ranging from 0.7 percent in Kuwait to 75 percent in
Guatemala.
Global broadband adoption, which Akamai rates as speeds
of 4Mbps and up, increased 5.8 percent last quarter to reach
46 percent. Global high broadband, rated as 10 Mbps and up,
reached 13 percent thanks to a 10 percent increase over the
previous quarter.
Despite all this, mobile is where all the interest really lies.
Akamai cited data collected by Ericsson, which has a pres-
ence in more than 180 countries and a customer base repre-
senting more than 1,000 networks, that indicated the volume
of mobile data traffic doubled from Q1 2012 to Q1 2013 and
grew 19 percent between Q4 2012 and Q1 2013. Mobile voice
traffic continues to increase as well, though at a slower rate
of 4 percent growth quarter-over-quarter.
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