Haryana Fastest Average Connection Speed?


With an average internet connection speed of 1,100 Kbps for the second quarter of 2009, Karnataka has been ranked second in a study of the top 10 Indian states for their average connection speeds. The state has recorded a 32% increase in the average connection speed over last year.
In its quarterly “State of The Internet” report, Akamai Technologies, has concluded that Haryana has the highest average connection speed in India at 1,271 Kbps which has increased by 19% compared to last year. Others states in the top five include Kerala, Gujarat and, Jammu and Kashmir. The average internet connection speed in India was seen to be maintained above 768 Kbps. Globally, the average connection speed was 1.5 Mbps and South Korea maintained the highest average connection speed at 11.3 Mbps.
The study also ranked Karnataka fourth in its top 10 Indian states by the number of unique IP addresses. Karnataka recorded 173,945 unique IPs which was a growth of 25%compared to last year. Delhi, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu were ranked as the top three Indian states in this regard.
Overall, India was ranked 20th globally for the number of unique IP addresses, with over 3 million unique IPs which was up 57% year-on-year, and 8% from Q1 2009. It was also ranked 107th globally for the average connections speed, at 895 Kbps. In terms of the observed traffic attack, China led the list followed by the US, South Korea and India. In terms of the number of unique IP addresses per capita, India was ranked 166th with 0.0029.
For the fifth consecutive quarter, the US and China continued to account for 40% of the observed IP addresses. [Via]

Is this report for real? Can the average connection speeds in India actually be about 768 Kbps? Where’s my average speed?

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