全球WIFI最快的5個國家：居然沒有美國

Wi-Fi technology has only been around for a couple of decades, but demand for high-speed public access has exploded over the last few years.

WIFI網路技術出現不過二十年，但在過去的幾年裡，人們對於高速公共網路的需求卻是暴漲。

Many of the companies innovating in this space are located in the United States. However, in terms of how the U.S. compares to other countries in public Wi-Fi speed -- it's barely a contender. The U.S. ranks number 19 on the list of countries with the fastest average public Wi-Fi download speeds according to RottenWifi.

很多網路創新公司都位於美國，但是在公共WIFI的速度上，美國的競爭力卻並不強勁。在Rotten WiFi發布的全球公共WiFi下載網速排行榜上，美國僅排在第19位。

Here are the five countries with the fastest public Wi-Fi as of 2016.

以下是截止2016年公共WiFi速度最快的5個國家：

Topping the list of fastest public Wi-Fi is Lithuania, with average download speeds of 16.6 Mbps, nearly double that of the U.S.

居於榜首的是立陶宛的公共WIFI網咯，它的平均速度為16.6兆，幾乎是美國的兩倍。

This small Baltic country seems very focused on promoting itself as a good option for businesses to set up shop as it tries to attract more international investment.

為了吸引更多的國際投資、讓更多的商家進駐，這個波羅的海邊上的小國似乎很注重提高它的公共服務水平。

This seems to be fueling the focus on tech-forward thinking, including investment in helping to spread public Wi-Fi in the country.

立陶宛政府特別關注技術前瞻性的想法，包括投資拓展本國的公共WiFi網路。

Singapore has moved up the list in recent years, which makes sense as this small island-country between Malaysia and Indonesia has become a financial and technological tentpole of the region.

最近幾年，新加坡在榜單的排名有所上升，這也說得通，這個位於馬來西亞和印度尼西亞之間的島國已經成為該地區經濟和科技的支柱。

The Singaporean government has set up a program offering free public Wi-Fi via thousands of hotspots across the island called "Wireless@SG."

新加坡政府已經建立了一個名為「Wireless@SG」的項目，通過在全島設立幾千個熱點，來為大眾提供免費的公共WIFI網路。

Last year, the government announced that it is upgrading the hotspots to faster speeds and that they will double the number to 20,000 across the country by 2018.

去年，政府稱他們正在提高這些熱點的網速，並爭取在2018年前將WIFI熱點的數量增至2萬個，是之前熱點數量的兩倍。

Switzerland is serious about its public Wi-Fi -- locals and visitors can access the internet in public areas like parks, beaches, museums, public squares, and other open areas.

瑞士很重視他們的公共WIFI，不論是本地人還是遊客，都可以在諸如公園，沙灘，博物館，公共廣場及其他公共露天場所享受到WIFI網路的覆蓋。

The country is also known for its skiing, and one operator there is combining the two.

瑞士還以滑雪運動聞名，瑞士一家運營商打算將滑雪和公共WiFi結合在一起

A resort near Davos recently opened a new chairlift that comes equipped with sensors that adjust the seat height before the skier boards, heated seats -- and free public Wi-Fi for the 8 minute ride to the top.

最近，達沃斯附近的一個度假村開設了一種新型纜車，上面裝有感測器，可以在遊客進入纜車車廂之前調整座椅高度，並加熱座椅，同時在短短8分鐘車程內提供免費的WIFI網路。

Denmark wants to expand its public Wi-Fi reach further through an initiative that would see thousands of new lamp posts across the country connected with services beyond just offering light.

丹麥倡導將國內的幾千個燈柱連接到伺服器，使其成為WIFI熱點——而非僅作照明功能，他們想借著此項工程將公共WIFI網路覆蓋面積進一步擴大。

As announced in 2014, the long-term vision is to have the lamp posts see coming bicyclists and increase their brightness accordingly, sense when there's a dumpster that needs to be emptied -- and also serve as free public Wi-Fi hot spots. The program is being developed in Copenhagen in conjunction with Cisco as part of its "smart cities" initiative.

丹麥在2014年就公布了這一長期計劃，他們是這樣設想讓路燈燈柱在感應到行人或騎腳踏車的人靠近時可以相應調高路燈亮度，還可以感應到附近的垃圾箱是否已經裝滿需要清理了，當然它們還可以提供免費公共WIFI熱點。目前，丹麥政府與思科公司正在哥本哈根合作開發該項目，這是「智能城市」計劃的內容的一部分。

Though the U.K. makes the top five on this list, the government there wants to upgrade its connectivity infrastructure, particularly in London as a means to keep its status as a financial center of Europe.

儘管英國位列榜單第五，英國政府仍舊想對其連接性設備進行升級，以保證英國作為歐洲金融中心的地位。

Partner companies are working to install hundreds of devices in government fixtures (like lamp posts, etc.) throughout the City of London in 2017 to bring better connectivity to the area.

今年，合作夥伴公司將在倫敦市安裝大量新設備（如燈柱等），進一步改善倫敦地區的連網服務。

Those hotspots will reportedly have speeds up to 1Gbps -- nearly 100 times as fast as average download speeds across the U.K. now.

據稱，這些熱點的網速將會達到1千兆比特——幾乎是英國現行網速的100倍。