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This is a sortable list of broadband internet connection speed by country, ranked by Speedtest.net data for March 2024, [1] and with M-Lab data for June 2023 [2] Country/Territory Median
Fixed-broadband access refers to high-speed fixed (wired) access to the public Internet at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes satellite Internet access, cable modem, DSL, fibre-to-the-home/building, and other fixed (wired) broadband subscriptions. The totals are measured irrespective of the method of payment.
In 2019, the United States ranked 3rd in the world for the number of internet users (behind China and India), with 312.32 million users. [ 3 ] As of 2019, 90% of adults in America use the internet, either irregularly or frequently. [ 4 ] The United States ranks #1 in the world with 7,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) according to the CIA. [ 5 ]
The Federal Communications Commission has released a report showing that average American broadband download speeds tripled between March 2011 and September 2014, jumping from 10Mbps to 31Mbps ...
Internet users. In 2015, the International Telecommunication Union estimated about 3.2 billion people, or almost half of the world's population, would be online by the end of the year. Of them, about 2 billion would be from developing countries, including 89 million from least developed countries. [1][2] According to Hootsuite, the number of ...
Government Broadband Index. The Government Broadband Index (gBBi) is a report compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit that assesses countries on the basis of government planning, as opposed to current broadband capability. With ambitious targets for both the speed and coverage of next-generation broadband networks, the developed countries ...
All United Nations member states are included, except North Korea, whose number of internet users is estimated at a few thousand. [ 5 ] Data from Statista and Internet World Stats estimates that the total number of internet users at the end of 2023 is around 5.3 billion. [ 6 ][ 7 ] Worldwide Internet users [ 8 ] 2005. 2010.
In 2009, it was estimated that US$350 million would be expended to build the nationwide inventory of broadband services map. [5] The mapping project was part of a much larger project perhaps involving seven billion dollars [6] for a National Broadband Plan that had, among other goals, bringing high speed Internet service to rural areas.