The question of which country has the best Internet access is an interesting one because it doesn't mean which country uses the Internet the most, but rather which has the best technology making it available to them. The most recent study reveals the winner for fastest Internet service is South Korea. It has an average download speed of 17.62 Mbps. Surprisingly, Romania is second fastest and another three Eastern European countries round out the top five. The USA, even though it ranks second for Internet use world wide only has 4.93 Mbps, while China, the first on the list for Internet use ranks at 1.96 Mps.
The slowest in the world is the Congo with 13 Kbps, even slower than the first dial up Internet. The reason that South Korea has the fastest Internet is because it offers its users more competition than in the USA, so the choices are more varied and the prices are lower. Another major difference is cultural, the South Korean government has encouraged its citizens to connect to high speed Internet and even subsidize connection prices to help low-income families. Also, South Korea requires broadband providers to keep their lines open and share them, whereas in the USA this is not the case. Finally, South Korea has a much denser population than the USA, as such it costs less to set up a broadband Internet structure.
