CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies,
Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the world's largest and most trusted cloud
delivery platform, announced today the release of its First
Quarter, 2017 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 First Quarter, 2017 State
of the Internet Report can be found on the Akamai State of the
Internet site and through the Akamai State of the Internet app for
iOS and Android devices. State of the Internet
Report-related discussions are also taking place on the Akamai
Community.
"Increases in connection speeds and broadband penetration have
helped enable the Internet to support levels of traffic that even
just a few years ago would have been unimaginable," said
David Belson, editor of the State
of the Internet Report. "One need only look to January's U.S.
Presidential Inauguration, which broke traffic records for live
coverage of a single news event delivered by Akamai, largely thanks
to the combination of more viewers watching at increasingly higher
levels of video quality."
Highlights from Akamai's First Quarter, 2017 State of the
Internet Report:
Global Average and Peak Connection Speeds and Global
Broadband Adoption
- Global average connection speed was 7.2 Mbps (an increase of
15% year over year).
- Global average peak connection speed increased 28% year over
year to 44.6 Mbps in the first quarter.
- South Korea again had the
highest average connection speed globally at 28.6 Mbps in the first
quarter.
- Singapore had the highest peak
connection speed at 184.5 Mbps in the first quarter.
- Global 4, 10, 15 and 25 Mbps broadband adoption rates increased
13%, 29%, 33% and 42% year over year, respectively.
IPv4 and IPv6
- In the first quarter of 2017, more than 814 million unique IPv4
addresses connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform, which is a
0.7% increase as compared to the first quarter of 2016.
- Belgium remained the clear
global leader in IPv6 adoption with 38% of its connections to
Akamai occurring over IPv6 (down 19% from the previous
quarter).
Mobile
- Average mobile connection speeds ranged from a high of 26 Mbps
in the United Kingdom to a low of
2.8 Mbps in Venezuela.
- Germany had the highest peak
mobile connection speed at 200 Mbps in the first quarter.
- Among the qualifying surveyed countries/regions, 37 had an
average mobile connection speed at or exceeding the 10 Mbps
broadband threshold (up from 30 in the previous quarter), while 70
achieved average speeds at or above the 4 Mbps broadband level (up
from 58).
Disruptions
- Traffic to Gabon on
Feb. 18th and
19th dropped to approximately 25% of normal levels due
to an outage of uknown cause that affected eight of the country's
networks.
- The Iraqi government continued its practice of blocking
Internet access to prevent cheating during national middle- and
high-school exams, impacting traffic on several days in
February.
- Due to a cut in a submarine cable providing connectivity to
Madagascar, traffic to the country
dropped suddenly and significantly on Jan.
25th and did not recover to normal levels until
nearly three weeks later.
- A submarine cable break also impacted traffic to the
Marshall Islands for more than
three weeks during which Internet access was restricted to email
only, with certain businesses allowed web access on a rotating
basis.
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 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/sotimetrics2016. 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 First Quarter, 2017 State of
the Internet Report, please visit:
http://wwwns.akamai.com/soti/soti_q117_figures.zip.
About Akamai
As the world's largest and most
trusted cloud delivery platform, Akamai makes it easier for its
customers to provide the best and most secure digital experiences
on any device, anytime, anywhere. Akamai's massively
distributed platform is unparalleled in scale with over 200,000
servers across 130 countries, giving customers superior performance
and threat protection. Akamai's portfolio of web and mobile
performance, cloud security, enterprise access, and video delivery
solutions are supported by exceptional customer service and
24/7 monitoring. To learn why the top financial institutions,
e-commerce leaders, media & entertainment providers, and
government organizations trust Akamai please
visit www.akamai.com, blogs.akamai.com, or @Akamai on
Twitter.
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