Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, average & maximum connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, and mobile usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. This infographic illustrates the Americas Highlights with regard to Internet and Broadband Adoption, Security: Attack Traffic and Mobile Connectivity for the third quarter of 2013. To download the latest edition of Akamai’s “State of the Internet” report, visit: http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/

1. The State of the Internet Report
AMERICAS HIGHLIGHTS – THIRD QUARTER, 2013
INTERNET & BROADBAND ADOPTION
In the third quarter, the global average connection speed increased 10% to 3.6 Mbps, and the global average peak connection speed decreased
-5.2% to 17.9 Mbps. Across countries in the Americas, quarterly changes across both metrics were generally positive.
Brazil: 2.7 Argentina: 2.8 Colombia: 3.0
Chile: 3.3
Peru: 2.4
Uruguay: 2.2
Costa Rica: 2.1
5
4
6
3
Paraguay: 1.5
2
Venezuela: 1.5
Bolivia: 1.1
8
Mbps
Mbps
10
Colombia: Argentina: Brazil:
15.4
15.9
16.7
Costa Rica: 10.0
17.9
Paraguay: 8.5
Bolivia: 8.3
Venezuela:
8.0
Mbps
United
States:
9.8
9
Uruguay:13.5
Peru: 13.2
Global Average
Connection Speed
Canada:
8.8
7
1
0
3.6
Ecuador: 3.6
Mexico:
3.9
Global Average Peak
Connection Speed
15
20
25
Mexico:
17.1
Chile:
17.2
Ecuador:
18.5
Canada:
34.8
30
10
35
5
United
States:
37.0
40
Mbps
Average Peak Connection Speeds, Americas
Average Connection Speeds, Americas
SECURITY: ATTACK TRAFFIC
Just over 16% of observed attack traffic originated in North and South America, just over 13.5% originated in Europe, and just over
68% originated in the Asia Pacific/Oceania region. Africa was responsible for just four-tenths of a percent.
35%
20%
11%
5.2%
2.1%
2.6%
1.7%
1.9%
1.2%
17%
1.1%
TK
China
Indonesia
United States
Taiwan
Brazil
Russia
India
Romania
Venezuela
South Korea
OTHER
Other
The blue areas represent each country’s percentage of the overall total amount of attack traffic observed by Akamai.
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
Mobile provider US-4 had the highest average connection speed at 8.4 Mbps, while AR-2 had the lowest at .9 Mbps. Mobile provider US-2 had
the highest average peak connection speed at 24.5 Mbps, while AR-1 had the lowest at 3.9 Mbps.
25
24.5
7.0
6.4
6.7
7.3
7.8
8.0
6.1
3.9
1.8
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.9
Colombia
CO-1
Paraguay
PY-2
Bolivia
BO-1
Venezuela
VE-1
Brazil
BR-1
Chile
CL-3
Argentina
AR-1
Argentina
AR-2
Canada
CA-2
U.S.
US-2
2.1
Uruguay
UY-1
4.4
2.1
U.S.
US-4
0
9.7
7.3
Chile
CL-4
5.8
5
6.3
12.9
Brazil
BR-2
6.4
10.8
El Salvador
SV-3
8.4
11.0
U.S.
US-3
10
14.0
15.5
El Salvador
SV-1
15
16.7
U.S.
U.S.-1
Mbps
20
Average Connection Speed
Average Peak Connection Speed
NOTE: The average and average peak connection speeds presented above are based on end-user connections from those mobile networks to the Akamai Intelligent Platform, and are not necessarily
representative of a single provider’s full set of service offerings or capabilities.
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