India has the slowest broadband adoption internationally, according to the latest State of the internet report by Akamai. Despite a 31% quarterly increase and a 131% yearly increase, India’s high-speed broadband connections adoption rate is at a paltry 0.4%, the lowest among countries that were included in the report. Brazil was the only other country that had an adoption rate below 1%, with a 0.8%. Akamai defines broadband connections with speeds over 10Mbps as high-speed broadband, leagues ahead of TRAI's definition of broadband as 512Kbps. The average connection speed in India was 1.5Mbps according to the report. On the other hand, 71% of connections in South Korea have speeds over 10Mbps, followed by Japan with 47%. Broadband connectivity: Akamai defines broadband as connections with speed of over 4Mbps and India ranked 81 internationally. Only 3.6% of its connections offer such speeds. The number of connections that can offer these speeds has increased 97% year-on-year and by 20% from the previous quarter. This however, pales in comparison to China that has increased the number of connections with speeds over 4Mbps to 29% at an annual growth rate of 382%. TRAI should seriously consider increasing minimum broadband speed to 4Mbps to arm twist operators into providing better speeds. Average peak broadband speed: India registered a similarly disappointing when the peak average broadband speed was calculated. India was ranked 125th internationally and slowest in Asia Pacific with a peak speed of 10.9Mbps as opposed to Hong Kong which had a average peak speed…
