Akamai Technologies, a company that powers media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, has released its quarterly State of the Internet report. The report contains a detailed insight on Internet statistics, usage and adoption for the first quarter of 2009.
According to the report, India figured in the twentieth place for the number of unique IP addresses (amounting to over 3 million) seen by Akamai. This is a 52 percent increase over last year. United States occupied the top spot with 116.1 million unique IP addresses.
Average connection speed in India was found to be 898 Kbps (it has still not touched 1 Mbps yet). On a global scale, this put India in the 107th place. Globally, the average connection speed was approximately 1.7 Mbps. The United States is within the top twenty, at eighteen, with an average connection speed of 4.2 Mbps. The top spot for this parameter is currently occupied by South Korea, with an average speed of 11 Mbps.
When it came to high broadband adoption -- India ranked 63 globally. Just 0.91 percent of 'high broadband' connections to Akamai were at speeds over 5 Mbps. On the other hand, 5.31 percent of broadband connections to Akamai were at speeds of over 2 Mbps, putting India in 87th place.
Narrowband penetration in the country is down by 17 percent compared to last year, which shows that there is a steady adoption of higher bandwidth connections. It is now ranked 53 globally for narrowband adoption, where 23.2 percent of connections to Akamai were at speeds of 256 Kbps.
Akamai also observed attack traffic originating from 68 unique countries around the world. On a global scale, India came in eleventh, with 1.6 percent of observed attack traffic. In this case, China took poll position with 27.59 percent, closely followed by the U.S. with 22.15 percent of observed attack traffic. Both these countries accounted for nearly half of the observed total attack traffic on the Internet.
Even though the numbers are not as good as they should be, there is definitely an increase from the previous year. With more unique IP addresses, steady Internet penetration coupled with the adoption of higher bandwidth connections, India is steadily moving in the right direction. Bandwidth may also improve when more submarine cables are deployed and WiMAX projects are implemented in the country. Adoption of higher bandwidth should also improve as service providers (both wired as well as wireless) continue to provide cost-effective packages to end users.
Akamai has published its report online. To read the detailed report, visit: www.akamai.com/StateoftheInternet/
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