Signs are encouraging about the State Of The Internet in India. From 105th position and 4.1 Mbps speed till three months ago, the country has risen to 97th position on a global level with 5.6 Mbps of average connectivity speed.
The data comes from Akamai¡¯s State Of The Internet for Q4 2016, and the report¡¯s generally pretty chirpy about how the Internet¡¯s growing around the world, not just in terms of global connectivity speeds but also penetration into rural areas where the Internet didn¡¯t exist before.
Compared to the same period in 2015, India¡¯s connectivity speed has risen by 99% (in terms of IPv4 traffic), and with respect to the last report from Q3 2016 the Internet speed in India has risen by 36%.
Reuters
The rise in people having a minimum connection speed of at least 4 Mbps has risen by 123% in India year-on-year and 28% over the last Q3 2016 quarter.
While this is good, our country still has a very long way in terms of getting our Internet connectivity standards up to global standards. The global average Internet connectivity speed is 7 Mbps, according to the Akamai report. South Korea leads the APAC countries with the highest average Internet speed of 26.1 Mbps, and Philippines is the lowest at 4.5 Mbps.
India¡¯s internet connectivity speed still lags behind countries like China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand. We have a long way to go...