Among the 100 cities with fastest Internet connection worldwide, cities in Asia continue to dominate the list, including South Korean cities rounding out the top 5 and 57 cities in Japan making the list.

South Korea had the highest average connection speed, at 16.7 Mbps, as well as the highest average peak connection speed, at 46.8 Mbps. Singapore ranked forth on table and 33rd in the world with 4.5 Mbs (broadband). The global average connection speed was recorded at 2.7 Mbps, and the global average peak connection speed was 11.7 Mbps

Based on data collected by Ericsson, mobile data traffic continued to double on a year-over-year basis, and grew 18% between the second and third quarters of 2011

In the third quarter of 2011, analysis of the top 100 fastest cities around the world, based on average connection speeds, also reflected the following:

Amsterdam, Netherlands is the fastest city in Europe (#33 out of 100)

23 US cities made the list, with San Jose, CA ranking as the fastest (#13 out of 100)

Each quarter, Akamai publishes a "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform about attack traffic, broadband adoption, mobile connectivity and other relevant topics concerning the Internet and its usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time

Akamai Technologies, Inc., a Cloud platform that helps enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, recently released its Third Quarter, 2011 State of the Internet report, based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform.

The report provides insight into key global statistics such as Internet penetration, mobile traffic and data consumption, global and regional connection speeds, and observed attack traffic.

In the third quarter, more than 615 million unique IPv4 addresses from 239 countries/regions connected to the Akamai platform – 1.8% more than the second quarter, and 15% more than in the third quarter of 2010.  Nearly 200 countries/regions saw year-over-year growth, with Brazil, Italy, and China all experiencing growth of 25% or more.

As more end-user networks roll out native IPv6 connectivity to their subscribers, and as more and more popular content is made available over IPv6, the number of unique IPv4 addresses making requests to Akamai from a given network provider may decline.