Internet speed

One thing I was surprised at coming to Europe is the internet speed is slower than in Japan. I thoughts most of European countries have a high-bandwidth network which should be higher than in Asia. I lived in France. The web speed was so slow that I stopped to download a movie my friend in Japan sent to me. My understanding to developed countries was not correct. The following article says, South Korea has very high-web speed services. Akamai: South Korea still leads world in web speeds, China finally speeding up(Tech Asia) Since I love Korea, I was used to go 2-3 times in a year. I’ve never had any