State of the Internet (Q1, 2014)

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UnitStat40.6

Argentina: 18.8

Paraguay: 9.0

Venezuela:7.9

Colombia: 16.8

Ecuador: 19.0Chi20.

Mexico:19.3Brazil: 17.9

Costa Rica: 10.1

Panama: 12.5Can39.7

The State of the Internet ReportAMERICAS HIGHLIGHTS FIRST QUARTER, 2014

In the first quarter, the global average connection speed increased 1.8% to 3.9 Mbps, while the global peak connection speed decreased

8.6% to 21.2 Mbps. In the Americas, the United States had the highest average connection speed at 10.5 Mbps, while Bolivia had the lowest at0.9 Mbps. Uruguay had the highest peak speed at 45.4 Mbps, while Venezuela had the lowest at 7.9 Mbps.

INTERNET & BROADBAND ADOPTION

5 45

10 40

15 35

20 25 30

Mbps

Average Peak Connection Speeds, Americas

1

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10

11

8

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7

3

64

5

Mbps

Average Connection Speeds, Americas

UnitedStates:10.5

Uruguay: 4.3

Argentina: 3.2

Venezuela: 1.3Paraguay: 1.2

Bolivia: 0.9

Bolivia: 8.4

Colombia: 3.0Ecuador: 3.3Chile: 3.3

Mexico:4.0

Brazil: 2.6

Canada:9.7

Peru: 2.7

Peru: 17.1

Costa Rica: 2.0

Panama: 2.6Global Average

Connection Speed

Global Average PeakConnection Speed

3.9Mbps

21.2Mbps

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NOTE: The average and average peak connection speeds presented above are based on end-user connections from those mobile networks to the Akamai Intelligent Platform, and are not necessarily

representative of a single providers full set of service offerings or capabilities.

Within the Americas, Canada had both the highest average connection speed at 6.3 Mbps and the highest peak connection speed at 21.5 Mbps,

while Argentina had the lowest average connection speed at 1.0 Mbps and the lowest peak connection speed at 6.6 Mbps.

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United

States

Venezuela

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Colombia

Uruguay

Chile

Paraguay

Bolivia

Brazil

Argentina

Average Connection Speed

Average Peak Connection Speed

Mbp

s

6.3

15.1

5.5

19.9

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9.111.1 11.2

2.3

21.5

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6.6

Urug45.4

SECURITY: ATTACK TRAFFIC

MOBILE CONNECTIVITY

Together, North & South America drove just over 20% of observed attacks, with nearly twice as much coming from North America than South Ameri

The blue areas represent each countrys percentage of the overall total amount of attack traffic observed by Akamai.

25%

Other

OTHER

1.6%

Romania

3.2%

Brazil

3.4%

Taiwan

11%

United States

6.8%

Indonesia

41%

China

2.6%

India

2.9%

Russia

1.7%

Turkey South Korea

1.6%


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The State of the Internet ReportEMEA HIGHLIGHTS FIRST QUARTER, 2014

In the first quarter, the global average connection speed increased 1.8% to 3.9 Mbps, while the global peak connection speed decreased

8.6% to 21.2 Mbps. With a 5.8% quarter-over-quarter increase, Switzerland regained its top slot among the surveyed countries in the EMEAregion, reaching an average connection speed of 12.7 Mbps. Israel and Romania remained the only two surveyed EMEA countries with average

peak connection speeds above 50 Mbps in the first quarter, while South Africa had the lowest peak connection speed at 10 Mbps.



MOBILE CONNECTIVITY

20

1060

30

50

40

Mbps

Average Peak Connection Speeds, EMEA

2

12

8

410

6

Mbps

Average Connection Speeds, EMEA

Germany: 8.1

Sweden: 11.6

Belgium: 10.0

Spain: 7.2

Switzerland:12.7

SwitCzech Republic:

11.2

UK: 9.9Poland: 7.5

Netherlands:12.4

Norway: 10.1Norway: 35.7

Hungary: 7.5Romania: 9.3Russia: 8.6

Ireland: 10.7Finland: 10.7

Austria: 9.4

Denmark: 10.5

Swed

Belgiu

Czech R

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Netherla

IsraRoman

Finland: 36.5Austria:36.0

France: 6.6

Slovakia: 7.3

Portugal: 6.4

Italy: 5.2Turkey: 5.0

South Africa 2.6

ed Arab Emirates 4.3

Israel: 8.9 Germany: 35.4

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Irelan

Global AverageConnection Speed


3.9Mbps

21.2Mbps


NOTE: The average and average peak connection speeds presented above are based on end-user connections from those mobile networks to the Akamai Intelligent Platform,

and are not necessarily representative of a single providers full set of service offerings or capabilities.

Ukraine had the highest average connection speed at 7.3 Mbps, while South Africa had the lowest at 1.7 Mbps. Slovakia had the highest peak

connection speed at 37 Mbps, while South Africa had the lowest at 6.0 Mbps.



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40

Mbps

7.07.3 7.0 6.6 6.1 6.1 5.9

28.430.4

37.034.3

32.235.1 34.0

Ukraine

Denmark

Slovakia

Sweden

Austria

Russia

France

United

Kingdom

Ireland

Czech

Republic

Spain

Italy

Norway

Poland

Moldova

Slovenia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Belgium

Romania

Germany

Hungary

Turkey

Croatia

Egypt

Morocco

South

Africa

5.6

34.6

27.6

5.1

18.6

4.9

27.3

4.8

36.6

4.6 4.3 3.9

17.9

3.8

24.7

3.5

17.9

3.4

13.916.0

3.3 3.2

24.4

3.2

9.2

2.9 2.9

24.5

2.7

14.8

2.2

16.6

2.0

21.1

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9.111.6

14.6

6.0

Spain: 32.2

Poland: 32.8 Hungary:37.6

France: 25.8

Slovakia: 32.1

Portugal: 36.7

Italy: 21.4

Turkey: 26.6

South Africa 10.0

United ArabEmirates 32.4

During the first quarter of 2014, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 194 unique countries/regions, up six from the fourth quarter of 2013

Europe contributed just over 16% of observed attacks. The percentage of observed attacks originating from African countries increased by half but

remained low, reaching 0.6%.


25%

Other

OTHER

1.6%

Romania

3.2%

Brazil

3.4%

Taiwan

11%

United States

6.8%

Indonesia

41%

China

2.6%

India

2.9%

Russia

1.7%

Turkey South Korea

1.6%


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The State of the Internet ReportASIA-PACIFIC HIGHLIGHTS FIRST QUARTER, 2014

In the first quarter, the global average connection speed increased 1.8% to 3.9 Mbps, while the global peak connection speed decreased 8.6% to

21.2 Mbps. South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong maintained their solid lead in the average connection speed metric globally and regionally, while

India had the lowest at 1.7 Mbps. South Korea had a 68.5 Mbps peak connection speed, while India had the lowest peak speed at 12 Mbps.


Global AverageConnection Speed


3.9Mbps

21.2Mbps


NOTE: The average and average peak connection speeds presented above are based on end-user connections from those mobile networks to the Akamai Intelligent Platform, and are not necessarily

representative of a single providers full set of service offerings or capabilities.

In the Asia-Pacific region, Japan had the highest average connection speed at 5.7 Mbps, while India had the lowest at 1.3 Mbps. The highest

peak connection speed was in Australia with 114.2 Mbps, while the lowest peak connection speed was seen in Iran at 5.0 Mbps.

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10 60

20 5030 40

Mbps

Average Peak Connection Speeds, Asia-Pacific

Hong Kong:66.0

Average Connection Speeds, Asia-Pacific

SouthKorea:23.6

China: 3.2

India: 1.7

Philippines: 2.1Vietnam: 2.0

Indonesia: 2.4

Malaysia: 3.5

NewZealand:

5.6

Taiwan:8.9

Australia: 6.0

China: 13.6

India:12.0

Vietnam:12.3

Indonesia:19.4

Philippines:18.8

New Zealand:24.3

Thailand: 5.2 Malaysia:27.9

Australia:31.6

Thailand: 34.4

Taiwan: 52.6

Singapore: 57.7

South Korea:68.5

Japan: 55.6

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Japan

Hong

Kong

China

Australia

Singapore

kuwait

New

Zealand

Malaysia

Indonesia

Iran

Kazakhstan

Pakistan

India

Mb

ps

23.412.2

4.9

114.2

4.8 4.6 3.6 3.5 3.0 2.3

2.02.0 2.0

1.51.3

23.233.1

14.319.8

5.7

47.3

10.85.0 7.8

14.78.7

Japan:14.6

HongKong:13.3

Singapore: 8.4


MOBILE CONNECTIVITY

Observed attack traffic concentration from the Asia Pacific region saw an increase to nearly 63% of observed attacks. The concentration in the Asia

Pacific region was nearly 4x the volume seen from Europe.


25%

Other

OTHER

1.6%

Romania

3.2%

Brazil

3.4%

Taiwan

11%

United States

6.8%

Indonesia

41%

China

2.6%

India

2.9%

Russia

1.7%

Turkey South Korea

1.6%



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