Akamai's globally distributed network of servers allows us to gather massive amounts of information on many metrics, including connection speeds, attack traffic, and network connectivity/availability/latency problems, as well as traffic patterns on leading Web sites. Each quarter, Akamai publishes a "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered from across Akamai's Intelligent Platform during the third quarter of 2011 about attack traffic, broadband adoption, and mobile connectivity, as well as trends seen in this data over time. In addition, this quarter's report also includes insight into SSL, the state of IPv6 adoption, and observations from Akamai partner Ericsson regarding the impact that mobile data plans have on usage.
The global broadband revolution is in full swing and across the planet we are seeing people logging on the internet with faster and faster connections. It is new economies that are among the fastest. What is most astonishing - laggards like India & UK going zoom zoom.