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Our online world has changed so much in last few years. Every day, we listen about some new events, new software or a new technology that keeps making our world a easier place to place. What we have now is, Web 2.0. If you are not aware of it then let me tell you, it is also considered as the ‘second generation’ of the Internet. Web 2.0 is a concept. Don’t go by its name and it is not something that can be purchased neither it is an updated version of any software. In other words, Web 2.0 is a way of doing thing on internet in a different way.

Let me explain you. Remember those old days of early 90s? We used to surf web, download software and use it. There were things like chat messenger, online forums etc. Now, what we have is much more than that. We are not just restricted to these mundane activities. We interact with internet. We use blogs and use social bookmarking. There are number of good social networking sites using which we interact with the rest of the world. We can now develop a website in a single day and have it up and running.

Web 2.0 has its core several new concepts and specific technologies. But the essence is interactivity. Sites catering to web 2.0 are becoming increasingly popular because people can interact with and through them. And how can we forget importance of video in this concept. Remember, Youtube.com? Internet marketers are making full use of this concept. Of course, there is lots of money to be made. Now, all we are waiting for is Web 3.0. Who knows, what fortune that will bring to us!

Internet plays such a vital role in our lives. The way broadband has proliferated in recent years speaks of its importance. It is one of most favoured mode of business as well as personal communication. It is also an encyclopaedia and a treasure of knowledge. Life without internet seems so difficult. It is very hard to comprehend how helpless we will feel without having internet facility. In tune with its rising popularity, many surveys now take internet connection as a barometer of social justice and equality. In India, the things are rising fast but the per capita penetration is still far from satisfactory. Indian government is trying its best to push the internet connectivity in all corners of the country. Recently, broadband has been given as must for any new internet connection. It also signifies one will have minimum speed of 256 kbps.

Worldwide, no less than 20 percent of Internet connections around the world were at speeds greater than 5 Mbps and that is indeed remarkable. It is almost 21 per cent increase over the average global connection speed at the end of 2007. This report has been prepared by State of the Internet report and published by Akamai Technologies which is a renowned name in the world of telecommunication. In terms of internet connection speed, top 10 nations are;

1. South Korea
2. Japan
3. Hong Kong
4. Romania
5. Sweden
6. Switzerland
7. Netherlands
8. Belgium
9. Slovakia
10. Norway

Surprisingly, United States is at the 17th position and China has an average internet speed of 833 kbps. Total 223 countries were surveyed and as far as India is concerned, it stands at a dismal 115 position with average speed of 772 kbps. The global internet connection speed is 1.5 Mbps. So, India has a lot to catch up with but things are improving fast and necessary steps are being taken.