U.S. Is 16th For Web Speed (Behind Latvia), But #3 For Botnets!

Posted by moezilla on July 31, 2010

Some Eastern European countries enjoy a higher average internet speed than the U.S., according to the new “State of the Internet” report by Akamai. South Korea has the fastest average speed — 12 Mbps — followed by Hong Kong, Japan, Romania, and then Latvia! The U.S. is in 16th place, with an average speed of 4.7 Mbps, though one technology site suggests it’s “the result of the U.S. having so many rural and remote areas compared to South Korea.”

Akamai’s full report is behind a register wall, but it also identified the top countries for “attack traffic” — Russia, the U.S., and China — but “given the population of the three countries, it’s likely they simply house more computers which have been hijacked for botnets.” Still, you can probably blame U.S.-based Microsoft for a lot of the problems. The top compromised port? 445 — the main port for carrying data through Windows’ built-in filesharing.”