Research from Ookla finds that Starlink now averages over 100 Mbps in 15 countries.
The results, from Q4 2021, suggests that SpaceX’s satellite system continues to beat median fixed broadband speeds in most locations:
StarlinkFixed BroadbandAustralia141.5551.35Austria131.8450.33Belgium155.1576.94Canada106.6496.39Chile118.95168.92France102.1575.47Germany115.5865.86Ireland123.5165.89Italy124.3949.56Mexico141.9436.56Netherlands138.4095.55New...
The latest UK Mobile Performance Review from RootMetrics finds that EE remains the operator to beat.
EE earned the top spot across all seven of RootMetrics’ performance categories: Overall Performance, Reliability, Accessibility, Speed, Data, Call, and Text. The operator took home 109 of 112 RootScore Awards in major metropolitan areas.
Patrick Linder, Sr. Director of Marketing and Communications at RootMetrics, said:
“As the UK’s hunger for data...
A report from Opensignal finds that Singaporean mobile users are enjoying faster speeds over 5G than WiFi.
The first 5G networks in Singapore went live in H2 2020 after the pandemic had begun. As with most of us around the world, Singaporeans have been spending more time at home using their fibre broadband rather than mobile networks.
On 5G networks, Opensignal’s users from Singapore logged an average speed of 179.6 Mbps. On WiFi, the average speed recorded was 120.9...
Research from CircleLoop has found the countries which have the fastest and most widespread 4G, 5G, and fixed broadband connections.
South Korea, unsurprisingly, comes out on top with an overall “connected score” of 9.55 out of 10. The country’s score is based on an average mobile download speed of 186.06Mbps, fixed broadband download speed of 241.58Mbps, and 98.3 percent 4G availability.
On average mobile download speed, South Korea is just beat by the UAE which...
The network testing experts at Ookla have published an analysis of European mobile roaming speeds over a year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Existing vaccines are, fortunately, effective against the ‘Delta’ variant which is spreading rapidly in countries like the UK. However, the reduced efficacy – especially after just one dose – has already set back the country’s lifting of remaining restrictions by four weeks.
A more virulent, deadly, and vaccine-dodging...
Research from Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) has found that good progress in 5G deployments is already making a “marked improvement” in UK speeds.
According to GWS’ network scanner testing, 5G is available across 37 percent of the 37 major cities, towns, and roads tested.
Throughput testing has shown that average speeds are boosted nearly five times in areas where 5G is available. Across all operators, 5G areas are delivering 150Mbps average speeds compared to...
A new ‘Internet Accessibility Index’ ranks Denmark as the most connected nation, Burundi the least.
The index, from BroadbandChoices, looks at a range of factors to determine a nation’s connectivity ranking including download/upload speeds, internet access percentage, affordability, mobile coverage, free WiFi hotspots, and more.
Overall top 10Overall bottom 10Denmark160. AfghanistanLiechtenstein161. TurkmenistanUnited States162. Equatorial GuineaHong Kong163. São...
The latest report from Ookla finds AT&T beating Verizon in average 4G speeds and T-Mobile blazing ahead in 5G.
Ookla’s 4G “speed score” for AT&T is 41.23 with T-Mobile quite far behind in second place with a score of 33.69. The other two major operators, Sprint and Verizon, are clumped close to T-Mobile with scores of 31.53 and 30.77 respectively.
All the providers now have high 4G availability scores. Sprint and Verizon lead with a joint 99% 4G...
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