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Blog, Telecommunications - Friday, June 14, 2013 10:09 - 3 Comments
First Vodafone 4G tests: It’s fast, but patchy
blog As you may have noticed, Australia’s third major mobile telco, Vodafone, finally launched its 4G mobile broadband network this week. The launch is late — quite late — compared to the mid-2011 4G launch by Telstra and the mid-2012 4G launch by Optus. But at this point, that’s hardly what’s important for Australian consumers. What we really need to know is how widely available the network is, and how it performs. Is it fast? Is it available everywhere you need it? Is it consistent? Is it secret? Is it safe? Wait, that’s another movie. OK, back on topic. This is important.
The best series of tests we’ve seen so far come from Reckoner, a new Australian technology site of excellent quality that was launched this month by a collection of refugees from another popular local site, MacTalk, and that we highly recommend you subscribe to. Reckoner reports about Melbourne coverage (we recommend you click here for the full article):
“Telstra was the most consistent, with decent speeds everywhere. Vodafone had a few bad patches where speeds and latency were awful. So even though Vodafone has a higher average speed, it crapped out in a few places, which was countered by the significantly faster speeds during peak times over Telstra & Optus.”
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