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Akamai Technologies, Inc., a company that delivers content and applications online, released its fourth quarter 2009 State of the Internet report that used information from its own network to gain insights into key Internet statistics such as origin of attack traffic and global broadband connectivity levels. 100 Fastest Cities The fourth quarter report analyzed cities with at least 50,000 unique IP addresses connecting to Akamai, and found 48 of them to be in Japan while 62 are in Asia. The 15 top cities that are located in Europe are spread across six countries, while more than a fifth (21) are in the United States and 23 of them are in North America Fastest US States  Half of the top 10 states saw a quarterly increase and the other five saw a decrease. Delaware topped the list with an average connection speed of 7.6 Mbps, a four percent increase year over year. Overall, 31 states saw average connection speeds increase. Notable gains included South Dakota's 18 percent jump to 4.5 Mbps, while decreases in average connection speeds were seen in 19 states and the District of Columbia, including Virginia's 13 percent drop to 4 Mbps. Akamai said Virginia's drop was likely due, in part, to increased traffic seen from lower-speed mobile connections that entered the Internet through gateways within those states. Increased speeds year over year were seen in 29 states, with Hawaii growing 33 percent to 4.7 Mbps.Global Average Connection Speeds South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan provided the highest average measured connection speed by country. These countries were the only three to surpass 7.5 Mbps average connection speed in the fourth quarter. Ninety six countries had average connection speeds below 1 Mbps. Attack Traffic Akamai said attack traffic originated from 198 unique countries. Russia remained the top attack traffic source, accounting for 13 percent of observed attack traffic in total. The United States and China returned to the second and third place spots, respectively, accounting for nearly 20 percent of observed attack traffic. Brazil moved back down into fourth place. Akamai observed attack traffic targeted at more than 10,000 unique ports, with the top 10 ports once again seeing nearly 92 percent of the observed attack traffic. Port 445 remained the most-targeted port for the seventh consecutive quarter, and continued to be overwhelmingly responsible for the highest percentage of attacks. |
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