#4: Iran

Average Internet Speed: 30 percent are below 256 kbps

Deviation From Last Quarter: 6 percent decrease.

Iran has the second highest percentage of its population online in the Middle East- 20 million, but the speed for residential connections is restricted to 128Kb/s by the government (2006) and is still in effect to reduce the amount of western media entering nation. High speed internet is available only to commercial firms at high cost.