TrueNet releases Mobile Broadband Study

TrueNet releases Mobile Broadband Study

2011-06-14

TrueNet today has released a paper studying the data performance of the three mobile carriers from the point of view of a user in the street. Select here or on the icon below to download a copy;

The paper compares TrueNet's Mobile results in Wellington with a Mobile broadband paper covering the entire UK, released by Ofcom, the UK regulator.

TrueNet's results show carriers in New Zealand have a mix of performance advantages and disadvantages. The tests include Browsing, File transfers and Network Latency.

Summarised, the results of our mobile tests show:

• Telecom is the best for national download speeds for video or mail.
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• 2Degrees is the best for web browsing such as downloading TradeMe.
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• Vodafone is the best for uploading a file and international downloads.
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For the technically minded the TrueNet methodology includes;

1. HTTP download using the cURL command to test the speed of throughput from a file located on the trademe website
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3. cURL command to upload a file to the TrueNet website
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5. HTTP webpage download using the Wget command to collect a dummy webpage from the trademe website. The dummy site is constructed to equate to the average number of files, size and type of files for the websites in the top 10 NZ sites identified by Hitwise. (Unlike the Ofcom measure which uses cURL to download just the words, we download the full website using Wget, this enables good image compression methods to impact the result)
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7. Tests are completed every 100 meters or 20 seconds, whichever is first.
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9. Timeouts on failure is 60s
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11. Each test is initiated for each carrier at the same moment, ensuring fixed or moving obstructions, local weather and time of day is precisely the same for each carrier.
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13. All tests are on 3G only
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15. The equipment we use includes; a Sierra Wireless mc8700 and a Routerboard 411U for each carrier and one Holux USB GPS receiver to detect location.
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17. GPS location information is recorded for each test.

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