guess which country has the fastest internet?

[tualingong]

http://www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/...ntries-with-the-fastest-internet.html#slide11

 

[nirvarq]

1. Hong Kong
2. South Korea
3. Japan
4. Latvia
5. Romania
6. Belgium
7. Switzerland
8. Bulgaria
9. Israel
10. Singapore

With an average of 30.7 megabits per second, Singapore cracked the top 10 with a peak speed that is nearly double the global average of 15.9 megabits per second.

Thanks in part to its fast broadband, Singapore "is a tech hub," said David Belson, who edited the report. The country is also home to well-known techie Eduardo Saverin, who moved there and renounced his U.S. citizenship before last year's initial public offering of Facebook, which he co-founded.

Where does the U.S. rank on the list of the top 10 countries or regions with the fastest broadband connections? Nowhere.

Bloomberg.com got an early look at the quarterly Internet report that Akamai Technologies will publish later today. The rankings, which cover July through September of last year, are based on average peak connection speeds.

The U.S. landed at No. 14, partly because of its large landmass, which is difficult to fully cover with high-speed fiber.

 

[Ash007]

Aussieland should be swiss standard once this rolls out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Broadband_Network

The National Broadband Network (NBN) is a national wholesale-only, open-access data network under development in Australia. Fibre broadband connections are sold to retail service providers (RSP), who then sell Internet access and other services to consumers. The NBN was subject to political and industry debate for a number of years, before construction actually commenced.
The network is estimated to cost A$35.9 billion to construct over a 10-year period, including an Australian Government investment of A$27.5 billion. The build cost has been a key point of debate. NBN Co, a government-owned corporation, was established to design, build and operate the NBN, and construction began with a trial rollout in Tasmania in July 2010.
The fibre to the premises (FTTP) rollout is planned to reach approximately 93 percent of the population by June 2021. As of September 2012, construction of the network has commenced and 24,000 customer services are active. The network will gradually replace the copper network which is owned by Telstra and currently used for most telephony and data services. As part of an agreement with NBN Co, Telstra will move its customers to the NBN, and lease access to its exchange space and extensive network ducting to assist in the rollout. A similar agreement with Optus is in place.

 

[Kinana]

with higher the bandwidth, the more electronic noise and hazard to health.

 

[Ash007]

And which scientific studies, papers is this based on? Or is this from the bible?

with higher the bandwidth, the more electronic noise and hazard to health.

 

[Kinana]

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/a...n-from-cell-phones-and-wifi-is-hazardous.aspx

 

[Ash007]

Then stop walking under the sun.

 

[Kinana]

Then stop walking under the sun.

The article made no mention of the sun. You failed to read.

 

[Ash007]

You fail to understand the strongest radiation you can get in your daily activity is from the sun.

The article made no mention of the sun. You failed to read.

 

[Kinana]

You fail to understand the strongest radiation you can get in your daily activity is from the sun.

Looks like you really did not read the article. Why you show your hypocrisy so openly to all?

 

[mollusk]

Looks like you really did not read the article. Why you show your hypocrisy so openly to all?

Even our underground power line radiate EMF, so basically there is no escape.

 

[Ash007]

Delusional people usually don't consider what they are reading to begin with. Let alone simple logic.

Even our underground power line radiate EMF, so basically there is no escape.

 

[Kinana]

Even our underground power line radiate EMF, so basically there is no escape.

Surely you did not read the article. ahahahahahahah..................

 

[drifter]

with higher the bandwidth, the more electronic noise and hazard to health.

No wonder u are deaf ...

 

[MaiTuLiow]

Based on this listing, Singapore is number 2.

http://www.netindex.com/download/allcountries/

1Hong Kong 44.30 Mbps
2Singapore 39.06 Mbps
3Japan 37.27 Mbps

 

[Ash007]

Looks like little radiation might be good for you after all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis

Radiation hormesis (also called radiation homeostasis) is the hypothesis that low doses of ionizing radiation (within the region and just above natural background levels) are beneficial, stimulating the activation of repair mechanisms that protect against disease, that are not activated in absence of ionizing radiation. The reserve repair mechanisms are hypothesized to be sufficiently effective when stimulated as to not only cancel the detrimental effects of ionizing radiation but also inhibit disease not related to radiation exposure (see hormesis).[1][2][3][4] This counter-intuitive hypothesis has captured the attention of scientists and public alike in recent years.[5]
Quoting results from a literature database research, the Académie des Sciences — Académie nationale de Médecine (French Academy of Sciences — National Academy of Medicine) stated in their 2005 report concerning the effects of low-level radiation that many laboratory studies have observed radiation hormesis.[6][7] However, they cautioned that it is not yet known if radiation hormesis occurs outside the laboratory, or in humans.[8]
While the effects of high and acute doses of ionising radiation are easily observed and understood in humans (e.g. Japanese Atomic Bomb survivors), the effects of low-level radiation are very difficult to observe and highly controversial. This is because baseline cancer rate is already very high and the risk of developing cancer fluctuates 40% because of individual life style and environmental effects,[9][10] obscuring the subtle effects of low-level radiation. An acute dose of 100 mSv may increase cancer risk by ~0.8%.
Consensus reports by the United States National Research Council and the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements and the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) argue that there is no evidence for hormesis in humans and in the case of the National Research Council, that hormesis is outright rejected as a possibility. Therefore, the Linear no-threshold model (LNT) continues to be the model generally used by regulatory agencies for human radiation exposure.

 

[johnny333]

Based on this listing, Singapore is number 2.

http://www.netindex.com/download/allcountries/

They probably got their facts from the Spore authorities. Anyone who has ever signed a contract with a Spore ISP will find that max speed is only a theoretical max speed. Just read the "small" print on the contract

I remember when they had the APEC meeting in Spore, some people claimed their connectivity speeds were noticeably slower. It seems that the priority was given to the APEC users & they were given the bandwidth.

There is also a problem of reliability. Only last week M1's network failed. I have also experienced problems as a loyal longtime Singnet customer.