Bulgaria 3rd in Global Internet Download Speed

Bulgaria has been placed third among the world's top Internet download speeds with its 1,611 KBps average, according to a study released by Pando Networks on Tuesday.

The list is topped by South Korea (2,202 KBps), followed by Bulgaria's neighbor, Romania (1, 909 Kbps).

Lithuania (1,462 KBps and Latvia (1,377 KBps) round out the top five. Japan was next at 1,364 KBps, followed by Sweden (1,234 KBps), Ukraine (1,190 KBps), Denmark (1,020 KBps) and Hong Kong (992 KBps).

The average download speed in the United States was a mere 606 KBps, while the worldwide average is 580 KBps, the study reveals.

The Comoros with 23 KBps, the Central African Republic with 14 KBps, and the the Democratic Republic of Congo with 13 KBps register the word's lowest download speeds.

Pando Networks based its findings on 27 million downloads from 20 million computers in 224 countries over the first six months of this year. The company measured actual download speeds, and not the network capacity cited by Internet service providers or the price paid for the services.

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