India has 38% connections above the 4 Mbps threshold, according to a study conducted by content delivery network Akamai Technologies for its Q4 2016 State of the Internet report. Overall, connections above 4 Mbps saw 28% increase from the previous quarter, and 123% from the same quarter last year. However, despite this, the country was still the 2nd lowest ranked in the Asia-Pacific region and overall 102nd in the world. The average connection speeds in the country were also up – 5.6 Mbps up 36% last quarter – but was still the 3nd slowest average internet speed in the APAC region. Honestly, as we have mentioned time and again, even 5.6 Mbps appears to be hard to believe for India, although Akamai attributed the growth to initiatives like Google’s RailTel. South Korea continued to have the fastest average connection speed…
