late is good - how statistics can be deceiving

I read today an article which said that we (Romania) have the fastest internet connection in Europe. Of course this article was in a Romanian online newspaper. For the article see this. The I made some research to see if this is true and what are the explanations of Romania ranking first in this top, I have to admit it rarely does when being first is something positive.
First of all I searched some international tops. Romania was in the 4th place in the world and 3rd in Europe. Not the first, but good enough anyway. South Korea is the first, then Lithuania and Latvia. For the entire top, check this out. Seeing these countries in the top made me search further.
Then I found the reason, the explanation behind these figures: internet connections became available in Romania later then in more developed countries. This meant that the technology first used was newer and better. Until now it all sounds good: we are faster, newer, better. And then: there is another sexy thing called internet penetration rate. This show which is the percent of a country's population that has internet access. I found a top listing the first 58 countries in the world here, but Romania is not present in this top.
So, all in all, we have something, that's true. We have broadband internet connections, modern equipment. But still we are behind. We are behind because our infrastructure is covering only around 30% of our country. This is just an example how figures and statics can be somehow deceiving, how you should look further into an issue before having an opinion, before being proud or sad or whatever. Information is out there, just grab it!