Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Romanian and Latvian cities are leading the way in Europe’s broadband speed, according to research conducted by Pando Networks. London lags behind and Paris barely makes it to the top 20. The only Western European cities in the top 10 are Stockholm and Hamburg.
1. Vilnius (Lithuania)
Vilnius: slow city, fast Internet. (Photo by dujarandille via Flickr)
Download Speed: 36.37 Mbps
Upload Speed: 28.51 Mbps
IP Addresses: 210,728
2. Kaunas (Lithuania)
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Download Speed: 30.69 Mbps
Upload Speed: 23.41 Mbps
IP Addresses: 114,904
3. Sofia (Bulgaria)
Download Speed: 30.34 Mbps
Upload Speed: 16.11 Mbps
IP Addresses: 307,457
4. Iasi (Romania)
Download Speed: 29.28 Mbps
Upload Speed: 16.50 Mbps
IP Addresses: 80,779
5. Riga (Latvia)
Download Speed: 29.10 Mbps
Upload Speed: 17.84 Mbps
IP Addresses: 266,973
6. Constanta (Romania)
Download Speed: 28.74 Mbps
Upload Speed: 11.27 Mbps
IP Addresses: 77,078
7. Bucharest (Romania)
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Download Speed: 28.61 Mbps
Upload Speed: 14.91 Mbps
IP Addresses: 641,690
8.Hamburg (Germany)
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Download Speed: 27.51 Mbps
Upload Speed: N/A (Average German upload speed 2.06 Mbps)
IP Addresses: 264,088
9. Tallinn (Estonia)
Download Speed: 26.57 Mbps
Upload Speed: 10.82 Mbps
IP Addresses: 149,277
10. Stockholm (Sweden)
Download Speed: 25.82 Mbps
Upload Speed: 9.26 Mbps
IP Addresses: 170,947
11. Timisoara (Romania)
12. Den Haag (Netherlands)
13. Amsterdam (Netherlands)
14. Helsinki (Finland)
15. Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
16. Rotterdam (Netherlands)
17. Paris (France)
18. Kharkov (Ukraine)
19. Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
20. Krasnoyarsk (Russia)
*Source: Business Insider
