Wide gulf between advertised and actual speeds on UK mobile networks

By Esme Vos on September 24, 2009 in Consumer, Europe, LTE

UK mobile broadband customers are getting barely 1 Mbps, according to a recent survey:

Mobile broadband speeds in the UK (2009)

But the operators continue to use theoretical, not actual, speeds in marketing their service. Last July, Ofcom released its own study which confirms the discrepancy between actual and advertised speeds. Ofcom introduced a voluntary Code of Practice which, if adopted by a service provider, requires the latter to disclose the average speeds that a customer can expect.

UK broadband speeds much slower than advertised (28 July 2009)

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