#3 Hong Kong
Size and speed are two key factors in Hong Kong's Internet success. As a concentrated, urban locale of roughly 7 million people, Hong Kong makes for an ideal testing ground for better - and faster - Internet service to flourish. And flourish it has, as Strategic Analytics ranked Hong Kong second in its global Broadband Composite Index (BCI) for 2010. In 2002, the Hong Kong Broadband Network built the largest Metro Ethernet network in the world, providing centralized broadband for over 1 million Hong Kongers. The company continues to grow, and is aggressively pursuing its long-term goal of being Hong Kong's largest Internet provider. Much of Hong Kong's Web development mirrors the local government's rather laissez-faire attitude toward taxation and government intervention, as the "one country, two systems" model has allowed the Special Administrative Region to stay somewhat autonomous from the Chinese central government in Beijing. Global Top 5s is a monthly feature by RealClearWorld.com powered by Gallup's worldwide research. Learn more at Gallup.com.
