{"id":3862,"date":"2016-07-01T04:57:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T04:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/?p=3862"},"modified":"2016-07-01T04:57:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T04:57:10","slug":"akamai-report-shows-global-connection-speeds-and-broadband-adoption-trending-upward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/akamai-report-shows-global-connection-speeds-and-broadband-adoption-trending-upward\/","title":{"rendered":"Akamai report shows Global Connection Speeds and Broadband Adoption Trending Upward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bengaluru, India (June 30, 2016) \u2013<\/strong> Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content delivery network (CDN) services, today released its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateoftheinternet.com\/soti-report\" target=\"_blank\"><em>First Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report<\/em><\/a>. Based on data gathered from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akamai.com\/html\/technology\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Akamai Intelligent Platform\u2122<\/a>, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, broadband adoption metrics, notable Internet disruptions, IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Data and graphics from the <em>First Quarter, 2016 <\/em><em>State of the Internet Report<\/em> can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akamai.com\/us\/en\/our-thinking\/state-of-the-internet-report\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Akamai State of the Internet site<\/a> and through the Akamai State of the Internet app for <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/akamais-state-of-the-internet\/id800491468?mt=8\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.akamai.soti\">Android<\/a> devices. <em>State of the Internet Report<\/em>-related discussions are also taking place on the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.akamai.com\/community\/state-of-the-internet\">Akamai Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive sports will be at the forefront this summer as we prepare for the games in Brazil, with expectations that this year\u2019s events will be watched by more online viewers than ever,\u201d said David Belson, editor of the <em>State of the Internet Report<\/em>. \u201cGlobal connection speeds have more than doubled since the summer of 2012, which can help support higher quality video streaming for bigger audiences across even more connected devices and platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai.jpg\" alt=\"Akamai\" width=\"211\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highlights from Akamai\u2019s <em>First Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Average Connection Speeds and Global Broadband Connectivity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Global average connection speed increased 12% from the fourth quarter of 2015 to 6.3 Mbps, a 23% increase year over year.<\/li>\n<li>Global average peak connection speed increased 6.8% to 34.7 Mbps in the first quarter, rising 14% year over year.<\/li>\n<li>Global 10 Mbps, 15 Mbps, and 25 Mbps broadband adoption also grew significantly in the first quarter of 2016, posting year over year gains of 10%, 14% and 19% at each threshold, respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IPv4 and IPv6<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of unique IPv4 addresses connecting to the Akamai Intelligent Platform declined 0.2% to 808 million.<\/li>\n<li>Belgium remained the clear global leader in IPv6 adoption with 36% of its connections to Akamai occurring over IPv6, down 3.1% from the previous quarter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3866\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3866 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-2.jpg\" alt=\"Akamai-2\" width=\"1244\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-2.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-2-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-2-768x215.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-2-1024x287.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-2-1170x328.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-2-740x208.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1244px) 100vw, 1244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile Connectivity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average mobile connection speeds ranged from a high of 27.9 Mbps in the United Kingdom to a low of 2.2 Mbps in Algeria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3867\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3867 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-3-1024x506.jpg\" alt=\"Akamai-3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-3-1024x506.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-3-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-3-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-3-1170x578.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-3-740x366.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Akamai-3.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Akamai State of the Internet Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each quarter, Akamai publishes a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateoftheinternet.com\" target=\"_blank\">State of the Internet \u2013 Connectivity<\/a>\u201d report. This report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform about attack traffic, broadband adoption, mobile connectivity and other relevant topics concerning the Internet and its usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. For additional information on the metrics in the report and how they are analyzed, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/akamai.me\/sotimetrics\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/akamai.me\/sotimetrics<\/a>. To learn more and to access the archive of past reports, please visit https:\/\/www.akamai.com\/us\/en\/our-thinking\/state-of-the-internet-report\/global-state-of-the-internet-connectivity-reports.jsp. To download the figures from the <em>First Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report<\/em>, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/wwwns.akamai.com\/soti\/soti_q116_figures.zip\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wwwns.akamai.com\/soti\/soti_q116_figures.zip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PRESS RELEASE, REPORT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bengaluru, India (June 30, 2016) \u2013 Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content delivery network (CDN) services, today released its First Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report. 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