For every German that are connected to the Internet, the download speed of 50 Mbps in the near future will not be a gimmick. The German authorities decided that until the end of 2018 so the download speed will become the standard for Internet infrastructure in the country. This is almost 11 times faster than the average Internet speed in the world.

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For every German that are connected to the Internet, the download speed of 50 Mbps in the near future will not be a gimmick. The German authorities decided that until the end of 2018 so the download speed will become the standard for Internet infrastructure in the country. This is almost 11 times faster than the average Internet speed in the world.

last year, according to Akamai Technologies, it amounted to 4.6 Mbit/s. As the leader in this race high-speed access was South Korea with an average speed of 24.6 Mbps in Order to 2018 to overtake the Koreans, the German government is going to allocate 2.7 billion euros for infrastructure improvement.

According to the resource Ubergizmo, 70% of German households today have a speed access to the Internet at 50 Mbps. But in the next two and a half years the work will be done with the remaining 30%.