Media News - Tuesday, February 07, 2012

China plans to improve Internet speeds, bring down costs

Following user complaints of slow connection speeds, China plans to improve the nation's Internet networks by building new fiber networks while also lowering their prices, said a Chinese government official on Tuesday. Although China has the world's largest Internet population at 513 million users, according to the government estimates, the country still lags far behind other nations in Internet access speeds. China has an average Internet speed of 1.4 Mbps, putting the nation 90th on the global rankings, according to Internet content delivery network vendor Akamai Technologies. In contrast, the global average Internet connection speed is 2.7 Mbps. South Korea has the highest average Internet speed at 16.7 Mbps, while the U.S. ranks 13th with an average speed of 6.1 Mbps. In building more Internet networks, China plans to also bring more broadband to the country's rural areas. Currently, China's Internet penetration rate covers 38.3 percent of the population. (PC World)

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