From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Fri Oct 02 2009 - 08:10:10 EDT
"Among all countries, South Korea came in first place with an average speed
of 11Mbps, while Eritrea was last at 42Kbps. The U.S. was 18th on the global
list, reaching average connection speeds of 4.2Mbps"
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10365091-83.html
October 1, 2009 9:17 AM PDT
'State of the Internet' assessed
by Lance Whitney
Internet attacks came from 201 different countries in the second quarter, up
from 68 countries in the first quarter, according to a report released
Thursday.
Akamai Technologies' quarterly "State of the Internet" report compiles data
about the online world, from Internet attacks to average connection speeds
across the globe.
Among the 201 countries now seen as the source of malware and other Internet
threats, the U.S., China, and South Korea accounted for more than half of
the attacks in the second quarter.
(Credit: Akamai)
Blaming the Conficker worm on the majority of the assaults, Akamai
discovered attacks on 4,100 unique ports, with 10 specific ports hit in
about 90 percent of the cases. One specific port, 445, used for Microsoft
Directory Services, has proven especially vulnerable and was compromised in
68 percent of the attacks, allowing hackers to invade computers with this
port open, Akamai said.
The report also examined connection speeds.
Several countries saw their connection speeds drop from the previous
quarter, with the overall global average falling 11 percent to 1.5Mbps. Only
19 percent of the connections throughout the globe managed speeds greater
than 5Mbps, a slight decline from the prior quarter.
(Credit: Akamai)
Among all countries, South Korea came in first place with an average speed
of 11Mbps, while Eritrea was last at 42Kbps. The U.S. was 18th on the global
list, reaching average connection speeds of 4.2Mbps.
Akamai found that within the U.S., many states also saw connection speeds
fall. Arizona's average speed dropped 27 percent from the first quarter. New
Hampshire enjoyed the fastest connection in the country at 6.4Mbps, while
Delaware fell to second place at 6.3Mbps, down from 7.2Mbps in the prior
quarter. Overall, the East Coast led the nation with the fastest speeds of
any region.
(Credit: Akamai)
Akamai caches Internet content for its customers, allowing it to monitor
traffic through the Net. The company uses the data from its Internet
monitoring to compile its quarterly reports.
. Lance Whitney wears a few different technology hats--journalist, Web
developer, and software trainer. He's a contributing editor for Microsoft
TechNet Magazine and writes for other computer publications and Web sites.
You can follow Lance on Twitter at @lancewhit. Lance is a member of the CNET
Blog Network, and he is not an employee of CNET.
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