A survey of the UK mobile network mobile data download speeds has reported that O2 was the fastest provider for mobile web pages in London, although the results were more mixed throughout the rest of the country.
The survey was carried out by Siroda and commissioned by O2. The tests, conducted over a 60 day period across 150 UK locations, measured mobile data connection speed at peak periods throughout the day.
The tests show that in January 2010, O2 offered the fastest average web page access experience in London at 1.7 seconds, over 30% quicker than the slowest operator. For downloading a music track, O2 was shown to be the fastest operator on average in the UK. It achieved the fastest music download rate in 12 out of 20 UK key cities and was second place in a further four more.
Data performance was measured by testing the time to access a webpage and the speed of downloading a typical music file. Tests were conducted between 10am and 10pm Monday to Sunday, replicating genuine user patterns. Cities covered included London, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield.
Simon Page from SIRODA said: "Networks have seen an enormous growth in data traffic in recent months and consumer interest in network quality has grown accordingly. This nationwide survey reflects actual customer experience in the places where data is in most demand. Regularly testing in this way helps identify areas for investment."
The survey methodology, commissioned by O2, was independently verified by BABT (British Approvals Board for Telecommunications). BABT also verified the results of the tests.
Number of UK cities were each operator came top for web page access speed
* O2 - 4
* Orange - 4
* Three - 3
* Vodafone - 5
* T-Mobile - 4
Number of UK cities were each operator came top for music download speed
* O2 - 12
* Orange - 0
* Three - 1
* Vodafone - 5
* T-Mobile - 2
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