Real-life 4g mobile bandwidth

A national newspaper in Norway just recently traveled around Oslo to test 4g speed. They tested Telenor and Netcom with a Samsung Galaxy 4 Active using the app Ookla Speedtest.

Even if this is not an extensive test, I think this illustrate the connectivity dimension quite well. Connectivity on mobile devices is dramatically different from how we think (or not think) about it for desk- or laptop scenarios.

VG (the newspaper) only published this in their paper edition (an edition of vg.no printed on paper to be read in a book-like manner), so I publish it here:

Netcom Telenor
Place Location Mbps down Mbps down
Location 1 Outside

36,33

15,18

Location 1 Outside

36,39

18,69

Location 2 Outside

24,76

18,17

Location 3 Car moving

0,36

6,18

Location 4 Car moving

9,15

14,99

Location 5 Outside

42,49

13,17

Location 6 Outside

30,55

19,65

Location 7 Car not moving

38,79

19,71

Location 8  Outside

24,01

19,96

Location  9 Saloon

7,86

19,07

Location  9 Saloon

11,78

8,86

Location 9  In car lower deck

0

2,77

Location 10 Car moving

0

0,15

Location 11 Car moving

21,5

1,47

Location 12 Car moving

44,09

18,85

Location 12 Car moving

10,49

9,16

Location 13 Outside

10,61

19,65

Location 13 Outside

12,34

20,16

Location 14 Car moving

16,29

16,5

Location 15 Outside

2,53

20,04

Location 16 Train moving

13,57

9,59

Location 17 Underground

1,29

0,1

Avg

17,96272727

13,27590909

Here is also a chart displaying bandwidth for the different locations:

mobile bandwidth chart

Changing bandwidth different locations

Also worth noticing that the actual bandwidth is capped by the type of subscription you have.

#FYI

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