CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content
delivery network (CDN) services, today released its Second
Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report. Based on data
gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides
insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds,
broadband adoption metrics, notable Internet disruptions, IPv4
exhaustion and IPv6 implementation.
Data and graphics from the Second Quarter, 2016 State of the
Internet Report can be found on the Akamai State of the
Internet site and through the new Akamai State of the Internet app
for iOS and Android devices, which includes richer datasets for
comparison views, ability to plot trends across time and countries,
and easy social sharing of user-generated charts. State of the
Internet Report-related discussions are also taking place on
the Akamai Community.
"The continued increase in average connection speeds is a
reassuring trend as online retailers prepare for the busy holiday
shopping season," said David Belson,
editor of Akamai's State of the Internet Report. "However,
recent Internet disruptions caused by everything from
government-ordered blackouts to a lone monkey sparking a widespread
outage are reminders of the many factors that can affect access to
and use of the Internet that is so often taken for granted."
Highlights from Akamai's Second Quarter, 2016 State of the
Internet Report:
Global Average Connection Speeds and Global Broadband
Connectivity
- Global average connection speed decreased 2.3% from the first
quarter of 2016 to 6.1 Mbps, a 14% increase year over year.
- Global average peak connection speed increased 3.7% to 36.0
Mbps in the second quarter, rising 2.5% year over year.
- Global 10 Mbps broadband adoption rate grew 0.7% quarter over
quarter, but 15 Mbps and 25 Mbps broadband adoption rates fell 0.8%
and 2.1%, respectively.
IPv4 and IPv6
- The number of unique IPv4 addresses connecting to the Akamai
Intelligent Platform was just over 800 million, which is 1% less
than the first quarter of 2016.
- Belgium remained the clear
global leader in IPv6 adoption with 38% of its connections to
Akamai occurring over IPv6, up 5.1% from the previous quarter.
- Cable and wireless/mobile providers continued to drive the
largest volumes of IPv6 requests, with Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile
and Sky Broadband topping the list with 74%, 61% and 56% of their
requests to Akamai being made over IPv6 in their regions,
respectively.
Mobile
- Average mobile connection speeds ranged from a high of 23.1
Mbps in the United Kingdom to a
low of 2.2 Mbps in Venezuela.
About the Akamai State of the Internet Report
Each
quarter, Akamai publishes a "State of the Internet – Connectivity"
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 http://akamai.me/sotimetrics.
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 Second Quarter, 2016 State of
the Internet Report, please visit:
http://wwwns.akamai.com/soti/soti_q216_figures.zip.
About Akamai
As the global leader in Content Delivery
Network (CDN) services, Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable
and secure for its customers. The company's advanced web
performance, mobile performance, cloud security and media delivery
solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer,
enterprise and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere.
To learn how Akamai solutions and its team of Internet experts are
helping businesses move faster forward, please visit
www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on
Twitter.
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