(Telecompaper) For the second consecutive quarter, the global average connection speed remained above the 4 Mbps "broadband" threshold; however, it saw a slight decline in the third quarter of 2014, dropping 2.8 percent to 4.5 Mbps, according to Akamai's new State of the Internet Report. Six of the top ten countries saw increases in global average connection speeds, and all of the top ten remained well above the 10 Mbps "high broadband" threshold.