Miguel Ángel Criado
The measurements were performed with the ‘app’ NetRadar, installed in more than 200,000 mobile recording parameters such as speed or latency. / NetRadar / Aalto University
Although the vast majority of Spaniards have a mobile phone and pay for access to mobile broadband, the actual speed of your connection is worst among developed countries. A global study with five million measurements shows that the Nordic countries and several East Asian enjoy speeds that bend and, in some cases, five times the average of that in Spain.
The big data looked good. 2014 ended with a number of mobile lines of over 50 million, according to the latest report of the National Commission of Markets and Competition. It has long ceased to be news that there are more phones than people in Spain. In addition, almost 75% of Spaniards had the middle of last year, a mobile broadband connection, a figure that has since improved at this time. In recent months, telecommunications companies have continued to advertise their 4G networks, up to 10 times faster than 3G.
But what is the actual quality of that mobile broadband? The average speed of the mobile connection in Spain is 4.6 megabits per second (Mbps), according to an analysis on a sample of more than 200,000 users worldwide by experts from the Aalto University in Finland and the Internet Society. The figure itself is largely silent. But, when compared with those obtained in other countries, is best understood: the citizens of 29 other nations enjoy higher speeds than the Spanish,
Among the top 10 countries with the best mobile connection. (always in direction discharge) are, almost without exception, those who already enjoy better access to fixed Internet. In the list, led by Denmark with enviable 22.3 Mbps, are the other Nordic countries, Switzerland and Belgium. Besides Canada, complete the group the more advanced Asian countries such as Singapore (ranking second), Korea or Japan. They all bend at least the speed in Spain.
Spain ranks thirtieth real speed mobile broadband with an average speed of 4.6 Mbps
“Several factors explain why mobile users achieve different speeds in different countries, “says electrical engineer and co-author of the study, Professor at Aalto University, Jukka Manner. These factors may be from the mobile model to the data plan contract. But what most influences is, according to this expert networks “congestion in the network, which has few base stations covering populated areas, or availability of the network, how many base stations is around you to which you can connect “.
Manner, which participates in the development of network standards since 1999, knows the Spanish reality and policy deployment of Spanish operators. He only knows the data provided NetRadar, mobile application that created together with his team to measure the actual speed of the connection. Once installed, lets the user know that average and maximum speed obtained with the connection, what type of network is connected or coverage available in your area. Also, anonymous and aggregate, sends the results to laboratory Manner.
Another element that measures the latency NetRadar, a key aspect of the performance of a connection and expressing the delay in shipping / receiving a data packet. In the Spanish case, a number of bits sent from a mobile to the servers used in the study took on average 254 milliseconds (ms). There seems long overdue, but “this is the most important for interactive services such as Voice over IP or bidirectional video communications,” recalls Manner. To get an idea, the average latency is 119 ms Switzerland and Iran almost one second.
Diving for COUNTRY between the results obtained by the application, Manner also offers disaggregated data technology radio (particularly 4G) of Spain and, for comparison, Finland. NetRadar shows that during 2014, the percentage of fourth generation connections in Spain was 10% of the total, below the world average. However, with data rates up yesterday, 4G connections and make up 22% so far this year. The figure doubles the previous year but still far from the 4G coverage that claim to offer operators and would reach 70% of the Spanish population. Here we must bear in mind that not all phones are still compatible with this technology.
The 4G, however, does not ensure a better position to Spain in qualifying. The average connection speed of the Spaniards with this technology was, in 2014, 17.6 Mbps. It is four times more than the average of all the Spanish mobile broadband, but still far from the 29.4 Mbps of Finland, for example. And is this the Internet is not a still photo. When you think you have come to where the other, they have already become to overtake.
The results for Spain are based on a sample of 6,324 users NetRadar figure could not be representative. “Of course, the more the better, but even with these samples is represented quite well the national level,” said a Manner invites everyone to settle their application to check how good your connection and, incidentally, refine . the results for next year
Source: elpais.com
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