Download Speed by Region

Poll

Average Internet Download Speed (113 respondents): > 3 M (T3) 15.0% 1.51 - 3 M (T1, high-speed DSL/Cable) 17.7% 1 - 1.5 M (high-speed DSL/Cable) 39.8% 384-768 K (low-speed DSL/Cable) 21.2% 56 Kbps or less (dial-up) 6.2%

Comparing with a previous poll 2005 KDnuggets Poll: download speed, dial-up (56KB or less) percentage declined from 12% to about 6%, while other, faster connection types increased their proportion.

Poll

Region (count) and Average Internet Download Speed: China (4) 2.31 Mbits West Europe (27) 2.06 Mbits USA/Canada (42) 1.77 Mbits Other Asia (except China/India) (4) 1.58 Mbits Latin America (8) 1.44 Mbits East Europe and Russia (13) 1.41 Mbits Australia/NZ (7) 1.39 Mbits Africa/Middle East (2) 0.65 Mbits India (6) 0.64 Mbits

Editor Note:
The height of the bar corresponds to the number of respondents from the region, and the length of the bar to the average download speed in Mbits.