Posted: 29th Apr, 2008 By: MarkJ
It might seem slow by some land-line standards but new research has revealed that the average download speed of UK based '
Mobile Broadband' (3G/4G) services, such as those offered by Three (3), T-Mobile,
Orange, O2 and Vodafone, is a respectable 1.46Mbps and 0.38Mbps for uploads.
Comparison site
Broadband Expert also compared the results with those it recently published for land-line services, which registered an average speed of 2.95Mbps. Not bad for a comparatively new technology:
Operator - Average Download Speed (Megabits per second)- Vodafone - 2.3Mbps
- T-Mobile - 1.1Mbps
- Three (3) - 1Mbps
Naturally O2 has only just introduced its '
Mobile Broadband' service and as a result was not included.
Orange was not included either. However, Broadband Expert has warned operators not to fall into the same trap as fixed-line rivals by advertising speeds far in excess of what customer could expect to achieve. Our list of related '
Mobile Broadband' providers can be viewed here:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/list.shtml .