As mentioned in Chapter 9, according to their Q3 2012 speed survey, ChinaCache, the largest domestic content delivery network (CDN), notes that while the overall speeds are a little slower than previous speed rankings, Shanghai currently leads the country in average speeds at roughly 3.44 Mb/s and Beijing is 10th at around 2.5 Mb/s.12 Akamai Technologies (a global content delivery network provider) ranked China’s average internet-connection speed at 94th globally, at 1.6 Mb/s.3
Here is a new estimate from Qihoo 360 (in mb/s):
Via Tech In Asia
- ChinaCache Releases Third Quarter 2012 China Internet Connection Speed Rankings from China Web Report [↩]
- For comparison, the average download bandwidth in the US is 11.6 Mb/s. See International Broadband Data Report (Third) from the Federal Communications Commission [↩]
- China’s ‘Wall’ Hits Business from The Wall Street JournalI [↩]