The countries with the best internet connection speeds are in Asia, according to a study by Akamai, published by the technology portal Mashable. These are Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Singapore.
As a measure of comparison for the needs of the study, which presents the top twenty countries worldwide and does not include Greece, the highest average speeds that a user can "enjoy" in each country were selected.
In Hong Kong, the average connection speed reaches 65.4 megabits per second, while in South Korea it reaches 63.6. Correspondingly, in Japan the connection speed is 52 megabits per second, while in Singapore it is 50.1 megabits per second.
Israel is in 5th place with 47.7 megabits, followed by Romania (45.4 megabits/second), Latvia (43.1 megabits/second), Taiwan (42.7 megabits/second) and the Netherlands (39.6 megabits/second). The top ten is completed by Belgium (38.5 megabits/second). The USA is in 13th place with 37 megabits/second, while the United Kingdom is 16th with 35.7 megabits/second.
