Vodafone UK is the most reliable and the fastest network for 'Mobile Broadband' (HSPA) services, according to LCC International, the largest independent wireless engineering company in the world. The study ran 28,000 network tests during most of Q2-2008 and recorded both file download and website loading performance:


It's interesting to note that some potentially less reliable results from the Broadband-Expert.co.uk comparison site recorded a similar outcome, adding some weight to LCC's findings:


In May, Vodafone said it would do more to make actual speeds clearer to customers when purchasing a USB modem to access its mobile broadband network; dropping the 7.2Mbps claim from some of its adverts. Their network reliability was also found to be the highest among the operators with a 99.76% success rate for downloading a 2MB MP3 file:


Naturally this kind of performance isn't likely to threaten current land-line based broadband rivals, although as reported yesterday (here), that could be set to change by 2010/11. Meanwhile, Vodafone says it will continue to invest in improving its Mobile Broadband capacity, speed and coverage. The operator might not be the cheapest but they are beginning to gain a reputation for being the fastest.