Armenia ranks 131st by Internet connection speed, Speedtest.net informs. According to this data, Armenia is the last amid neighboring countries in the list. Average speed of traffic is 1.29Mb/s in the country, whereas in Azerbaijan — it is 3.26 Mb/s, in Georgia — 6.23 Mb/s and in Russia-8.23 Mb/s. On average, Internet speed is 6.94 Mb/s throughout Europe.

The list of countries with fast Internet is as follows: South Korea-23 Mb/s, Japan-16.43 Mb/s, Latvia-14.48 Mb/s, Aland Islands-14.32 Mb/s, Sweden-13.81 Mb/s, Lithuania-13.76 Mb/s, Romania-13.58 Mb/s, Netherlands-13.01 Mb/s, Bulgaria-10.65 Mb/s, Andorra-11.99 Mb/s, Moldavia-10.46 Mb/s, Hong Kong-9.73 Mb/s, Slovakia-9.49 Mb/s and Portugal-9.33 Mb/s.

The development of high technologies is announced as priority for Armenian government within last years. However, based on a picture above, it is a mere propaganda with no linkage with the field.

K.M.