The International Telecommunication Union has conducted a large-scale study of communications in various countries, including the Internet. The quality of Internet services was evaluated according to 11 different parameters, such as the average channel width, the percentage of households with a computer and / or Internet, the number of subscribers to mobile Internet, the quality and quantity of statistics provided, and others.
Even the adult literacy rate and the percentage of students from all citizens were assessed (although it is difficult to understand how this relates to the assessment of communications). Each parameter got its own score, and their sum allowed them to be located by the level of quality of Internet services provided.
Top 10 countries with the best internet.
10. Norway
Severe Vikings managed to surpass even super-meteotechnological Japan, having set it at 0.02 points. Descendants of the samurai scored 8.47 points, and the Norwegians - 8.49. However, this result indicates a recession rather than an upsurge - after all, according to a 2010 study, the Scandinavian country occupied no less, fifth. Either the Internet has become worse, or the rest of the country is better.
9. Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong has again become China's relatively recently, only in 1997, and it seems that the event has benefited the Internet. Here is the largest Chinese online store with free shipping - Aliexpress. The Autonomous Territory took ninth place with a score of 8.49 points. About 180 providers provide more than 3 million Internet users at a speed of 100 Mbit / s for 99 Hong Kong dollars per month, which is approximately 13 US dollars.
8. The Netherlands
And again, the European country is in the ranking of the highest quality Internet communications. Tulip lovers got a score of 8.52 points. And not without reason: according to the OECD, the inhabitants of the Netherlands are provided with broadband Internet better than all other European countries.
7. Switzerland
In addition to cheese, the Swiss also appreciate the Internet: the country scored 8.53 points. 76% of the total population of Switzerland are residents of the World Wide Web.
6. Luxembourg
This tiny European duchy with a population of only 550 thousand people (of which 440 thousand use the Internet) received an estimate of 8.59 points.
5. Sweden
The birthday of the Swedish Internet is 1984, when the network of the city of Gothenburg joined the World Wide Web, and ten years later the first Swedish provider offered the masses access to the Network through a modem. Two years later, the first lucky ones began to use cable communication, and after only 9 years, Sweden got the fifth place in the world in the quality of Internet connection with a score of 8.67.
4. England
The fourth place in the ranking with a score of 8.75 is taken by the United Kingdom. The Internet there has become so common in everyday life that you have to prohibit jurors from using Facebook or using Google during trials. And one of the famous porn sites even tried to sponsor a football team.
3. Iceland
The Internet of the most peace-loving country in the world was highly rated at 8.86 points, only 0.02 points behind the second place, and 0.07 behind the first one. And even Eyyafyadlayekyudl volcano is not a hindrance to the quality of Icelandic Internet services.
2. Denmark
Denmark is the highest on the list, with a score of 8.88. Most Danes (97%) prefer to use ADSL (FTTx technology is the second most popular), and 89% of the total population is interested in it. There are many different providers in Denmark, but all the last meters — the channel connecting the client’s equipment to the carrier’s access node — belong exclusively to TDC. Once she owned a monopoly on communications in the state.
1. Republic of Korea
According to the study, the maximum possible score is 10, but not one member of the rating could reach this height. Closest to the ideal was South Korea with a total score of 8.93 points. In this country, the fastest Internet in the world is 22.1 Mbps. Compared to 2013, the speed increased by 51%. It is unlikely that in the future another country will be able to shake the leadership of the Far Eastern giant.
