Akamai, the content delivery network, has once again issued its assessment of web traffic based on the requests hitting its servers. The resulting survey shows the world’s broadband getting faster. Read more »
Second quarter of 2012 represented three good months for planet broadband, particularly for the US which saw big gains in higher broadband speeds. In addition, Japan got faster and more countries are offering more broadband to more people. But there is some bad news as well. Read more »
Akamai’s “State of the Internet” report for the second quarter of 2011 shows that the unrelenting march of broadband continues unabated across our planet. Not only are the number of broadband subscribers on the up, but so are the average speeds all around the world. Read more »
In 1999, it was the rapid growth of wired web services that was the top story. Fast-forward to today, and it is all about the demand for the mobile Internet (and its subset, the mobile Web), which is upending all expectations and predictions. Read more »
Despite a global economic downturn, the demand for broadband is growing globally, especially in Asia. It is hardly a surprise that Asian countries that favor fiber-based connections like South Korea and Japan now account for 59 of the top 100 fastest cities in the world. Read more »
Updated with new maps from Akamai: Akamai, a Cambridge, Mass.-based company that has built a content delivery network that spans the globe, will soon be releasing the latest edition of its “State of The Internet” report, which looks at some of the key Internet developments, including […] Read more »
