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Which country has the fastest Internet connection?

If you are thinking the United States, think again!

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) recently conducted a survey to rank the countries
of the world based on the speed of their Internet connection. The results were published in a report,
and guess what?

South Korea ranked number 1 with the average download speed of 20.4 megabits per second!

Compared to that speed, the United States lags far behind at only 5.1 mbps. In fact, the US ranked
only 28th.

The other top “scorers” are Japan with 15.8 mbps, Sweden with 12.8 mbps, and the Netherlands with
11.0 mbps.

So just how fast is the Internet in the top countries? In Japan, for example, users can upload a video in
high def within 12 minutes. Compare this to the 2.5 hours it would take the average American to do the
same thing.

Who tested the speeds? Speedmatters.org was the one responsible for the testing and the organization reported that from 2008 to 2009, the average speed in the US increased by a mere nine-tenths of a
megabit per second.