Global broadband zooms, US penetration is over 80 percent

Did you know that Bulgaria has the highest level of broadband adoption at 96 percent? Or that average connection speed in South Korea is 16.7 megabits per second (Mbps) versus the global average connection speed of 2.7 Mbps? These are some of the fun facts included in Akamai’s State of the Internet report for the third quarter of 2011.

The company will release its report later this week. South Korean and Japanese cities dominate the top 100 cities list. Amsterdam is the fastest city in Europe (ranked #33), and San Jose was once again the fastest city in the United States with an average connection speed of 13 Mbps. It was ranked at number 13 amongst the top 100 and was one of the 23 US cities that made the list. Other US cities in the top 100 include Plano, Texas (8.9 Mbps,) Fremont, California (8.6 Mbps,) North Bergen, NJ (8.5 Mbps,) and Jersey City, New Jersey (8.2 Mbps.)