An independent poll from SIRODA, commissioned by O2, has found that Vodafone offers the fastest mobile browsing in the UK.
The tests were commissioned over a 60-day period in 150 locations to see which networks offered the fastest services across the country.
The tests were divided into two sections - web page access speed and music download speed - with O2 coming top of the latter.
Vodafone comes up trumps
However, the web access speed test, the results of which are critical to networks as mobile internet browsing continues to grow at a fast pace, was topped by Vodafone.
The red network was fastest in five cities, with O2, Orange and T-Mobile taking four. Mobile network 3 was (fittingly) fastest in three cities across the UK.
O2 is still claiming that the test were a victory for the network, with the bubbly operator fastest in London, one of the heaviest use areas for mobile data.
But Vodafone will be pleased to be top of the mobile web speed test - especially when it was commissioned by one of its rivals.
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ecsrobin
February 24th 2010
3. I guess they didn't try this test recently. Vodafones data service has been down for the last 2 weeks in Lincolnshire, Cambridgshire and Norfolk.
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garethtbeavis
February 24th 2010
2. The tests were commissioned to be exactly like real conditions - ie how the phones will work under normal network strain.
It's not a test of who has the fastest equipment, more which network can handle real life usage, which is why it was tested in so many locations over two months.
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dansus
February 23rd 2010
1. Test like these are pointless without knowing network conditions or getting everyone to turn their phones off while trials take place.
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