The U.S. internet penetration lags a handful of countries; South Korea has awesomely fast internet access; and Japan leads the world as the source of "attack traffic," according to a second-quarter state of the internet study from Akamai (pdf).
Among the countries ahead of the U.S. for internet penetration are Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Netherlands and the Cayman Islands. The U.S. came in at a lowly 7th for internet penetration, which measures the number of unique IP addresses against the general population.
The most significant sources of attack traffic, or DDoS attacks, hacking attempts and DNS hijackings were Japan, the U.S., China and Germany; Ukraine, South Korea, Taiwan, France, Russia and Poland trailed behind.
The fastest countries -- in terms of internet connectivity -- are South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Sweden, Belgium, the U.S., Romania, Netherlands, Canada and Denmark respectively. South Korea enjoys a healthy lead over much of the world thanks to government support, according to the report. Plus, apartment buildings make up more than 50 percent of housing in South Korea, and apartment blocks are easier to wire with fiber.
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