Japan,Sweden,Netherland lead in broadband:Study

Sweden and The Netherlands have the best performing broadband internet connections in Europe,helped by investments in high-speed fiber-optic links and upgrades to cable TV networks,a study found.Japan was the global leader by a larger margin in the study,released last month carried out by the universities of Oxford and Oviedo and sponsored by network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc.
The study is based on measurements from Speedtest.net which helps consumers test their broadband connections.A total of 8 million tests were gathered in May,and the study's authors combined data for upload and download speed as well as latency-the times takes for a data packet to travel from source to destination - into a "broadband quality score".
Several industrialized countries,such as Great Britain,Spain,Australia and Italy,offer broadband speeds that on average are just below what is necessary to make good use of broadband applications such as watching videos on Youtube,video chatting and small file sharing,the researchers found.Slovenia and Lithuania also scored in the top 10.The United States and Russia are ranked 16th and 17th,ahead of Bulgaria but trailing behind Finland.
When drawing up the ranking,the study did not take into account how widespread broadband use is how much it costs.