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U.S. has 62nd Ranking in LTE Speeds in the World, about 1/3 the Speed of Singapore

posted by mrpg on Sunday February 25 2018, @01:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-complain-I-have-2mbps dept.

PastTense writes:

According to OpenSignal's latest State of LTE report, the average 4G download speed in the United States was 16.31 Mbps in Q4 2017. That's little more than a third of the speed that mobile device users in Singapore enjoy and ranks the U.S. at a disappointing 62nd place in the global ranking.
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The Full Open Signal Report, The State of LTE (February 2018):
http://opensignal.com/reports/2018/02/state-of-lte

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  • (Score: 2) by dry on Monday February 26 2018, @03:18AM (3 children)

    by dry (223) on Monday February 26 2018, @03:18AM (#643724) Journal

    I'm in rural Canada and have a fixed mobile (LTE) connection. It'd be nice if it was faster, especially in the evenings when the network is really overloaded. Just tested, 2.5 Mbs down and 3.5Mbs up, for close to a hundred bucks a month. Still beats dialup though.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday February 26 2018, @09:18AM (2 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Monday February 26 2018, @09:18AM (#643842) Homepage
    That level of service can be had for about 10-15/month in Europe. How are the prices justified?
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    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday February 26 2018, @03:43PM

      by Freeman (732) on Monday February 26 2018, @03:43PM (#643969) Journal

      Telephone companies justify it with large stacks of money under their pillows at night.

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    • (Score: 2) by dry on Monday February 26 2018, @07:50PM

      by dry (223) on Monday February 26 2018, @07:50PM (#644129) Journal

      Capitalism, once you have a monopoly, charge whatever you can get away with. I have exactly one choice for internet (and phone) and even closer to town, there's only basically two choices, the phone company or the cable company.