The latest quarterly ‘State of the Internet’ report brought out by the Nasdaq-listed Akamai Technologies, Inc., ranks India at 115 among the 223 countries measured in terms of average connection speeds. India’s average connection speed is 772Kbps while the global average is 1.5Mbps. South Korea, which ranks No.1, had average speeds of 15 Mbps.

• India ranked #148 globally for number of unique IP addresses per capita, with 0.0023
• India ranked #62 globally for high broadband adoption, with 0.56% of connections to Akamai at speeds over 5 Mbps
• India ranked #81 globally for high broadband penetration, with fewer than 0.0001 high broadband IPs per capita in Q4 2008
• India ranked #93 globally for broadband adoption, with 3.74% of connections to Akamai at speeds over 2 Mbps
• India ranked #118 globally for broadband penetration, with 0.0001broadband IPs per capita in Q4 2008
• India ranked #55 globally for narrowband adoption, with 25.8% of connections to Akamai at speeds below 256 Kbps