Which country has the fastest Internet? - Page 5

On April 29 2012 18:18 v3chr0 wrote:
Really interesting.

In my circle of friends, if you have a 2-5mbps download (actual) it's awesome, lol. I know when I got Verizon Fios a little while back, it was a huge upgrade, 5mbps download up from 1mbps.

Is it the technology SK uses? or is it other factors in the process that are keeping prices and speeds so high and low respectively (here in the U.S)?

On April 29 2012 17:34 Nihilnovi wrote:
Wanted to take this OP seriously, then I noticed Sweden is missing and I know for a fact that it's competing with Hong Kong for the #2 spot overall, and Stockholm average internet speeds are way above the Korean averages, every single house here has access to at a minimum 24/10 and a huge majority to 100/100 or 50/50...

On May 01 2012 20:57 disco wrote:
I'm actually quite surprised that the average internet speed is still that low. I think too many people are still on ADSL.
I believe about 98% of the Netherlands has access to coaxial cable which allows (maximum) speeds of 480Mbit down and 120Mbit up. It's a little bit more expensive than ADSL but so much more reliable. Not sure if it's the same for other countries.

On May 01 2012 20:59 zezamer wrote:


I think most people are more than satisfied with 8-24mb connection.

On May 02 2012 10:30 Disregard wrote:
Have to consider the size and the infrastructure of South Korea. I can just compare Seoul to New York City <insert face palm>

On April 29 2012 07:46 NeMeSiS3 wrote:
If I recall, my memories really vague, but I thought Sweden just announced in the past year the fastest internet speeds ever recorded, and then one of the SC2 tournaments, dreamhack I believe, had some ridiclous 1 or so gb/s download on site, and asked everyone to come to the event just to download so they could break some record.

On May 02 2012 10:37 Caphe wrote:

Things dont work like that. There are many countries that smaller than SK, so why they are not at the top？

Most of my friend are Koreans so I knew this already, actually, Korea has been on top since early 2000.

On May 01 2012 18:55 affinity_12 wrote:


That's what the companies claim, not ACTUAL speeds.

Learn the difference between company quoted speeds and actual speeds.

On May 02 2012 10:45 Satyric wrote:


They had a 40 Gbit/s connection at Dreamhack winter 2011. Also regarding the bad average in Sweden, it is a big country with a very low population density. In almost every city you can get a fiber connection if you live close to the center of the city. However if you live outside the "metropolitan" area you can only get ADSL (0.5-24 Mb/s, higher in some cases) or 3G (most big cities have 4G).

I live in a pretty small city, 30-40k people here and I have a 100/100 Mbit connection, costs me around $40/month

On May 02 2012 11:21 ggrrg wrote:


I have no idea where you live, but I've never met anyone around here (in Germany), who's ever had any difference between "company quoted speed" and actual speed. I've switched through 5 providers in 3 appartments (in 3 cities) in the past 10 years and everytime my speed has been exactly as fast as advertised. The same applies to all my friends and everybody I've ever discussed the issue with. The only exception is a friend of mine, who had paid for 16/1 connection but for some odd reason received 30/5 for two years. I guess, that was a mistake, though, and he never bothered to correct it.

Just for shits and giggles, I tested my speed again and my 30/1 "company quoted speed" yields this result: