Country Reports

Country:

Guam

Oceania - Micronesia

Open Internet Environment

The open Internet allows people and organizations to mix and match technologies without permission and with minimal barriers. Sustaining and growing an open Internet helps to spur innovation and keep it fit for future applications. An open Internet is an accessible Internet – it is easy to connect to the open Internet and use its services.

Internet Use

Individuals using the Internet as a percentage of the total population.

80%
Regional Rank: 7th
Oceania average: 61%

Internet Shutdowns

Intentional disruptions of Internet communications, making them unavailable for a specific population, location, or type of access.

Ongoing: 0
Last 12 months: 0

Transit Provider Diversity

More diversity in routes to the global Internet improves connection resilience.

Poor

Retail ISP Diversity

Diversity of retail Internet providers improves resilience and user choice.

Fair

IXP Operator Market

A measure of the diversity and concentration of the local market for Internet Exchange Point operations.

University of Guam: 53%
Guam Exchange: 41%
GU-IX: 6%

Globally Connected Infrastructure

The globally connected Internet is inclusive. It allows networks and users to interconnect without geographical restrictions. Increasing the connectivity of the Internet makes it more valuable to every participant, as a tool for communications, learning, commerce.

Networks Assigned

A measure of how many Internet networks are active here.

10
Regional Rank: 8th
Oceania average: 202

IPv4 Addresses Assigned

A measure of how many legacy addresses are assigned here.

219,392
Regional Rank: 3rd
Oceania average: 2,834,445

IPv6 Addresses Assigned

A measure of how many Internet addresses are assigned here.

524,292
Regional Rank: 8th
Oceania average: 34,261,830

IPv6 Adoption

Enabling the Internet to support more users and more uses.

3%
Regional Rank: 15th
Oceania average: 18%

IXP Count

IXPs help strengthen local Internet connectivity, develop local Internet industry, improve competitiveness, and serve as a hub for technical activity.

4
Regional Rank: 3rd
Oceania average: 10

Peering Networks

Peering networks help to keep Internet traffic local, provide faster connections, and improve the experience of the people relying on them.

15
Regional Rank: 3rd
Oceania average: 100

Secure and Trustworthy Internet

A secure Internet is resistant to attacks on its infrastructure, delivering a robust service to its user community. A trustworthy Internet meets the expectations of its users by offering a resilient and reliable base for applications and services.

Naming Security Status

Adopting DNSSEC improves trustworthiness of Internet communications.

.gu Inactive

Naming Security Adoption

A measure of how much local Internet users are protected by DNSSEC.

80%
Regional Rank: 17th
Oceania average: 67%

Routing Security Adoption

A measure of how much local Internet providers are checking validity of connectivity information they receive from other networks.

1%
Regional Rank: 21st
Oceania average: 39%

Routing Security Coverage IPv4

One measure of how much local Internet network providers are securing their infrastructure.

49%
Regional Rank: 20th
Oceania average: 57%

Routing Security Coverage IPv6