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UK Mobile Broadband Performance Analysis

Initial Findings 2009

This report details the performance of mobile broadband networks in the UK based on data collected from December 8th 2008 to May 8th 2009. Major mobile broadband operators were analysed including Hutchison 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone and Virgin Mobile. Over 1.4 million tests recorded performance data from more than 1,300 testing agents located throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Epitiro sought to further understand mobile broadband and also compare it to similarly-specified, nationally-available ADSL services. The following key points were discovered:
  • Mobile broadband users experience on average 24% of maximum headline "up to‟ speeds advertised
  • The average mobile broadband speed achieved is less than 1 Mbps
  • Of the 1,300 agents tested, the fastest 20 agents posted an average speed of 1.8 Mbps
  • The average Ping time is 150msec which exceeds the recommended 100msec ceiling for internet game playing. Similarly specified ADSL broadband achieves an average of less than 50 msec.
  • Web browsing, on average, is 34% slower than speeds achieved on ADSL connections though smaller but popular web sites download in less than 3 seconds
  • Trends in mobile data indicate TCP download speeds improving at a rate of 11% over the test period

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