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Ookla’s Q3 2022 market report says Telus is the fastest mobile provider

Ookla, the company behind the popular Speedtest app, published its Q3 2022 report on speeds in Canada and other regions. Per the report, Telus topped median download speeds for mobile, while Rogers claimed the top spot for fixed broadband.

It’s worth noting that the data in the reports comes from Speedtest.

Mobile download speeds

Starting with mobile speeds, Ookla’s report lists Telus as the fastest, with a median download speed of 76.03Mbps. Bell was a close second at 73.30Mbps, while Rogers trailed with a median 59.86Mbps. With uploads, the story flips — Rogers leads with a median 9.19Mbps, followed by Telus and Bell and 7.56 and 7Mbps, respectively.

Mobile upload speeds

Ookla’s report also includes a ‘Multi-Server Latency’ measurement. A help page on the Speedtest website notes that multi-server latency is intended to represent the latency users can expect when a network isn’t under heavy load. According to Ookla, Rogers lead the results for mobile with a media multi-server latency of 43ms, followed by Telus at 45 and Bell at 46.

Rogers also topped Ookla’s consistency test with a score of 79.9 percent. However, Telus and Bell were close behind at 78.5 and 77.8 percent, respectively.

5G Performance

Ookla’s report included details about 5G performance as well. Bell topped this with the highest median download speed of 144.73Mbps, followed by Telus at 136.29Mbps and Rogers at 97.55Mbps.

Regional speeds

Looking at regional details, B.C. posted the highest median download speed at 69.48Mbps, followed by Alberta and Manitoba. Zooming into Canada’s most populous cities, St. John’s has the highest median download at 129.74Mbps, followed by Halifax and Calgary.

City speeds

You can view the full report here.

Fixed broadband – Rogers tops download speeds

Fixed broadband median download speeds

Moving onto fixed broadband, Rogers leads the way with a median download speed of 223.89Mbps. Shaw is the only other provider to crack 200Mbps with a median 206.05Mbps download. Bell claims third at 157.05Mbps.

Fixed broadband media upload speeds

Upload speed tells a different story, with Rogers landing in sixth with a median 21.75Mbps. Bell tops this category with 120.76Mbps median upload, followed by Telus at 112.37Mbps. Shaw takes third at 61.26Mbps.

Similarly, Bell, Telus and Shaw take the top three spots for multi-server latency at 11, 12, and 20ms, respectively. Rogers lands in fifth at 21ms.

Rogers landed back at the top of the chart with an 89.7 percent consistency score, followed by Shaw at 87.3 percent and Cogeco at 86.1 percent.

Fixed broadband regional speeds

For fixed broadband, B.C. once again topped the regional chart with a median 151.81Mbps download speed. New Brunswick and Alberta round out the top three. For cities, Fredericton topped at 208.69Mbps, followed by Edmonton and St. John’s.

Fixed broadband city speeds

You can view the full report here.

Ookla’s Q2 2022 results can be found here.

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Telus offered Canadians the fastest mobile speeds this past quarter: report

Telus continues its mobile lead in Canada by being ranked the fastest mobile operator during the year’s first quarter.

Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence reported the provider offered download speeds of 94.48Mbps. The Vancouver-based phone provider has ranked first in every quarter of Ookla’s Speedtest since Q3 2020.

Bell offered the second fastest mobile download speeds with 86.06Mbps, and Rogers was third with 71.70Mbps. This is the same order of scores the big three reported in Ookla’s last quarterly mobile report.

Fido offered speeds of 66.85Mbps, Vidéotron 58.82Mbps, and Freedom Mobile 43.83Mbps.

Despite Freedom Mobile offering the slowest speeds among the top six, it topped the list for providing the lowest latency at 18ms. The brand has been offering the lowest latency since Q4 2020. This is the first time Freedom has lowered the latency since Q2 2021.

 

Vidéotron offered the highest consistency score at 92.2 percent. The score measures the consistent quality of service with at least 5Mbps download speeds and 1Mbps minimum upload speed.

Telus also ranked first on 5G performance with a median download speed of 162.47Mbps. This is the first time Telus has reported the highest score in this category. Since Ookla started tracking it in Q2 2021, it was a title Bell consistently held.

On specific devices, the Galaxy S22 Ultra was rated as the fastest phone this quarter, beating out the iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13, and iPhone 13 Pro.

Fixed service

Like Telus, Shaw continued to hold onto its position as providing the fastest fixed broadband services this quarter with download speeds of 213.47 Mbps. The company has held the position since Q1 2021.

Bell offered the lowest latency at 5ms, and Rogers had the best consistency score with 89.8 percent.

Rogers ranked as the fastest provider for fixed services in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Ontario. Shaw was the quickest provider in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Bell was the fastest provider in Nova Scotia and Quebec.

Source: Speedtest

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Bell and Telus offering the fastest fiber services in several provinces and cities: analysis

Bell offers Prince Edward Island residents upload speeds 12 times faster compared to the combined speeds of other broadband providers in the area, according to data collected from Speedtest Intelligence in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Speedtest is a tool by Ookla that tests fixed broadband and mobile performance data worldwide.

The recent analysis examines fiber connectivity across Canada, focusing on Bell and Telus, given they serve different parts of the country. Their speeds are compared to the average speeds of other companies that serve the area.

Bell also offered faster median download speeds compared to the market average in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Québec. Telus offered faster services in Alberta and British Columbia.

Bell also led with upload speeds compared to other fixed broadband offerings in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, PEI, and Québec. Telus led in upload speeds for Alberta and British Columbia.

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Bell and Telus don’t provide service in Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, impacting services in each province.

For example, the average download speed in Saskatchewan is 68.43Mbps, and the upload speed is 17.04Mbps. This is much slower than the speeds in New Brunswick. Serviced by Bell, the download speed is roughly 160Mbps, and upload is around 120Mbps.

“Infrastructure improvements like laying fiber are very expensive as they often require providers to dig up city streets to physically lay new lines. This often means that fiber deployments are limited to areas with high population density where providers are more likely to recoup costs.”

The analysis shows laying down fiber is worth the cost. In Halifax, for example, fiber upload speeds by Bell are 11.4 times faster than other fixed broadband options. Bell also offered faster upload speed in London, Montréal, Québec City and Toronto. Telus offered faster upload speeds in Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver, compared to other options.

Source: Speedtest