CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content
delivery network (CDN) services, today released its Third
Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report. Based on data
gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform™, the report provides
insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds,
broadband adoption metrics, notable Internet disruptions, IPv4
exhaustion and IPv6 implementation.
Data and graphics from the Third Quarter, 2015 State
of the Internet Report can be found on the Akamai State of the
Internet site and through the Akamai State of the Internet app for
iOS and Android devices. State of the Internet
Report-related discussions are also taking place on the Akamai
Community.
"While we did observe an increase in the number of unique IPv4
addresses connecting to Akamai, the third quarter of 2015 saw the
Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for North America completely exhaust its available
inventory of IPv4 address space," noted David Belson, editor of the State of the
Internet Report. "The continued depletion of IPv4 space, in
both North America and around the
world, should further spur organizations to expand or accelerate
their own IPv6 adoption, particularly as the cost of obtaining IPv4
address space may rise as scarcity increases."
Highlights from Akamai's Third Quarter, 2015 State of the
Internet Report:
Global Average Connection Speeds and Global Broadband
Connectivity
- Global average connection speed increased slightly (0.2%) to
5.1 Mbps from the second quarter, accounting for a 14% increase
year-over-year.
- South Korea had the top
average connection speed at 20.5 Mbps, despite a year-over-year
drop of 19% since the third quarter of 2014.
- After a 12% quarterly increase in the second quarter, the
global average peak connection speed declined a slight 0.9% to 32.2
Mbps in the third quarter. This accounts for 30% year-over-year
growth.
- Singapore (135.4 Mbps) and
Macao (73.7 Mbps) saw double-digit
quarterly gains at 25% and 18%, respectively. Singapore also retained its position as the
country/region with the highest average peak connection speed.
- Globally, 5.2% of unique IP addresses connected to Akamai at
average speeds of at least 25 Mbps, a 6.3% increase over the
previous quarter. Year-over-year, global 25 Mbps adoption increased
by 15%, in contrast to the 0.5% yearly decrease seen in the second
quarter.
- Three of the top 10 countries/regions – South Korea (24% adoption), Hong Kong (14% adoption), and Japan (13% adoption) – saw yearly declines,
losing 37%, 15%, and 2.5%, respectively.
- In the U.S., 10 states had 10% or more of unique IP addresses
connected to Akamai at average speeds of at least 25 Mbps, with the
District of Columbia holding the
top spot at 22% adoption.
- The global percentage of unique IP addresses connecting to
Akamai that met the 4 Mbps broadband speed threshold increased 2.7%
to 65%. Year-over-year growth was 9.8%.
- In the third quarter of 2015, 27% of unique IP addresses across
the world connected to Akamai at average speeds above 10 Mbps, an
increase of 2.4% over the previous quarter. Year-over-year, this
was a 19% increase.
- 15% percent of the unique global IP addresses connected to
Akamai at average "4K-ready" connection speeds of 15 Mbps or above,
up 5.3% from the second quarter. Year-over-year, the global 15 Mbps
adoption rate grew 21% with seven of the top 10 countries/regions
seeing gains ranging from 8.9% in Latvia (31% adoption) to 73% in Norway (37% adoption).
IPv4 and IPv6
- Partially offsetting the second-quarter drop, the number of
unique, worldwide IPv4 addresses connecting to Akamai increased by
about 4.8 million in the third quarter.
- The U.K. saw IPv4 counts hold steady, while the U.S. saw a
small 0.5% decline from the second quarter.
- On a global basis, close to 60% of the countries/regions saw a
quarter-over-quarter increase in unique IPv4 address counts in the
third quarter, compared with roughly half in the second
quarter.
- 43 countries/regions saw IPv4 address counts grow 10% or more,
while 27 saw counts decline 10% or more as compared with the
previous quarter.
- European countries continued to dominate the top 10
countries/regions, taking eight of the top 10 spots with the
largest percentage of content requests made to Akamai over IPv6 in
the third quarter of 2015.
- Despite an 8.4% quarterly drop, Belgium again maintained a clear lead, with
35% of content requests being made over IPv6.
- Verizon Wireless (72%) and Belgium's Telenet (53%) continued to lead as
the two companies with more than half of their requests to Akamai
made over IPv6.
- Nine of the top 20 providers had at least one in four content
requests to Akamai via IPv6, down from 11 in the second quarter.
However, all of the top 20 – up from 17 in the previous quarter –
had at least 10% of their requests to Akamai occur over IPv6.
Ask the Expert
State of the Internet Report
editor David Belson will respond to
"Ask the Expert" questions submitted via the Akamai Community
Wednesday, December 16, through
Friday, December 18.
About the Akamai State of the Internet Report
Each
quarter, Akamai publishes a "State of the Internet" report. This
report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent
Platform about attack traffic, broadband adoption, mobile
connectivity and other relevant topics concerning the Internet and
its usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. For
additional information on the metrics in the report and how they
are analyzed, please visit http://akamai.me/sotimetrics. To learn
more and to access the archive of past reports, please visit
http://www.stateoftheinternet.com/soti-reports. To download the
figures from the Third Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet
Report, please visit:
http://wwwns.akamai.com/soti/soti_q315_figures.zip
About Akamai
As the global leader in Content Delivery
Network (CDN) services, Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable
and secure for its customers. The company's advanced web
performance, mobile performance, cloud security and media delivery
solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer,
enterprise and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere.
To learn how Akamai solutions and its team of Internet experts are
helping businesses move faster forward, please visit
www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on
Twitter.
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