With a few clicks on a keyboard and a swipe of the mouse, we have access to anunprecedented amount of information the likes of which humanity has never seen before.

　　敲几下键盘，滑动几下鼠标，我们就可以获取前所未见的海量信息。

　　But if you have a slow internet connection speed, then waiting for that page to load, that video to buffer, or that file to download can feel like an eternity.

　　但若遇网速慢，就会感觉等待页面加载、视频缓冲、文件下载的时间貌似好长啊!

　　Akamai Technologies, a cloud services provider, made a list of the fastest internet connection speeds in the world that shows where the luckiest netizens reside.

　　云服务提供商的Akamai技术就全球互联网网速最快的国家列了榜单，这些国家的网民可谓是最幸运的网民。

　　Each of these countries is ranked by the average speed of their broadband internet connection in megabits per second (Mbps). And they are all faster than the United States, which ranks 17th in the world in internet connection speed, according the list.

　　按每个国家宽带每秒的平均网速排名(单位是兆比特每秒Mbps)，美国排在第17位，上榜国家的网速都比美国的网速快。

　　#10 Finland

　　芬兰排名第10

　　Average Mbps: 12.1. Internet speeds have increased 33% over the last year.

　　平均网速：12.1M。网速比去年快了33%。

　　# 9 Czech Republic

　　捷克排名第9

　　Average Mbps: 12.3. Internet speeds have increased 8.4% over the last year.

　　平均网速：12.3M。网速比去年快了8.4%。

　　#8 Ireland

　　爱尔兰排名第8

　　Average Mbps: 12.7. Internet speeds have increased 24% over the last year.

　　平均网速：12.7M。网速比去年快了24%。

　　#7 Latvia

　　拉脱维亚排名第7

　　Average Mbps: 13. Internet speeds have increased 25% over the last year.

　　平均网络：13M。网速比去年快了25%。

　　#6 The Netherlands

　　荷兰排名第6

　　Average Mbps: 14.2. Internet speeds have increased 15% over the last year.

　　平均网络：14.2M。网速比去年快了15%。

　　#5 Switzerland

　　瑞士排名第5

　　Average Mbps: 14.5. Internet speeds have increased 21% over the last year.

　　平均网速：14.5M。网速比去年快了21%。

　　#4 Sweden

　　瑞典排名第4

　　Average Mbps: 14.6. Internet speeds have increased 34% over the last year.

　　平均网速：14.6M。网速比去年快了14.6%。

　　#3 Japan

　　日本排名第3

　　Average Mbps: 15.2. Internet speeds have increased 16% over the last year.

　　平均网速：15.2M。网速比去年快了16%。

　　#2 Hong Kong

　　香港排名第2

　　Average Mbps: 16.8. Internet speeds have increased 37% over the last year.

　　平均网速：16.8M。网速比去年快了37%。

　　#1 South Korea

　　韩国排名第1

　　Average Mbps: 22.2. Internet speeds have increased 1.6% over the last year.

　　平均网速：22.2M。网速比去年快了1.6%。

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