10 Countries With Best Internet Speed In The World


#3 Japan

Internet Speed: 40.5 Mbps (Peak)

Year-to-year change: 28 per cent

Global rank: 3

Japan has one of the best cost-to-performance internet services available in the world. The country started with 56 Kbps dialup connections in the early 90s. Towards the end of the decade cable operators started providing broad band connections of their own which became popular among the commoners. Japan has passed total network usage of more than 1 Tbps of data in 2010 as per the Ministry of Communications.

#2 South Korea

Internet Speed: 46.9 Mbps (Peak)

Year-to-year change: 31 per cent

Global rank: 2

Due to government’s policies and programs that facilitated a rapid expansion and use of broadband, South Koreans enjoy internet speeds as high as 200 times the United States. As early in 2005, more than 96% of mobile phones in South Korea had internet access and it was the first country to have completed dial-up to broad band network. Many public restaurants and firms in the country even offer free Wi-Fi internet in business hours.