{"id":4776,"date":"2018-11-26T14:23:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T14:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/mobile-faster-than-wi-fi-in-many-countries\/"},"modified":"2018-11-26T14:23:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T14:23:22","slug":"mobile-faster-than-wi-fi-in-many-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/mobile-faster-than-wi-fi-in-many-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile faster than wi-fi in many countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Download speeds across mobile networks are now faster than wi-fi in many countries, research suggests.<\/p>\n

Speed tests in 80 countries revealed wi-fi was left lagging in 33 nations, according to wireless coverage mapping company OpenSignal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mobile data should also get a further speed boost when 5G networks arrived, it said.<\/p>\n

Wi-fi remained the fastest way to go online in most countries surveyed, including the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n

But OpenSignal noted that because anyone could set up a wi-fi network in a location already used by others, performance could suddenly lag due to “congestion” of the airwaves involved. <\/p>\n

By contrast, mobile networks have to license the spectrum they use, so in theory, the company said, they should deliver a more consistent experience.<\/p>\n

“The perception that mobile networks are inferior to wi-fi has persisted, wrongly,” wrote analyst Ian Fogg in the report.<\/p>\n

Australians enjoy the greatest advantage over wi-fi, with mobile download speeds being on average 13Mbps faster. Other nations in a similar position included Qatar, France, Mexico, Turkey and South Africa.<\/p>\n

Places where wi-fi was on average more than twice the speed of mobile data included Hong Kong, the US, Thailand, Israel and Russia.<\/p>\n

In the UK, wi-fi was about 60% faster than mobile because, said the report, its mature fixed network helped data get to hotspots and on to users quickly.<\/p>\n

The differences in network speeds were more pronounced when only the latest 4G networks were taken into account.<\/p>\n

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In 63% of the 50 nations where 4G was available, mobile networks were quicker, said Mr Fogg. <\/p>\n

And the gap would only widen once fifth-generation (5G) networks were turned on, because most improvements to wi-fi speeds were set to come from work to upgrade fixed broadband networks, which would take much longer to accomplish.<\/p>\n

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However, another data speed-measuring company cautioned that it could take a while for the benefits to be shared by all.<\/p>\n

“The infrastructure deployed for 5G will likely not extend into remote areas,” Kevin Hasley, head of product at RootMetrics, told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“Wi-fi will remain an important tool for the provision of fast internet connections for a segment of the populous.” <\/p>\n

Even so, OpenSignal said phone-makers needed to “ensure they do not accidentally push consumers’ smartphones on to a wi-fi network with a worse experience than the mobile network”.<\/p>\n

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Technology news site The Register said Huawei now made phones that performed tests to find the fastest network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The report also noted efforts by Samsung to make phones that joined to both wi-fi and mobile networks to send data and boost browsing speeds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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