Ookla’s Q3 community efficiency report ranked British Columbia because the Canadian province with the quickest median cell obtain speeds.
Now sitting on the primary spot with 69.48 Mbps, British Columbia jumped to first place from its third spot within the final quarter, dethroning Newfoundland and Labrador.
Alberta and Manitoba nonetheless occupied the second and third spots, which had been measured to have related community efficiency since final quarter, coming in at 68.9Mbps and 67.57Mbps respectively.
Curiously, Newfoundland and Labrador fell from first place to seventh. Ookla measured a cell median obtain pace of 47.60Mbps in Q3 2022, a far cry from final quarter when the province’s community produced 72.81Mbps.
With a bump to 64.8Mbps, Quebec got here out simply forward of Ontario, which slid barely this quarter to 60.90Mbps.
Of Ookla’s check areas, Northwest Territories nonetheless had the slowest cell speeds measured, coming in at simply 16.51Mbps.
General, Canada’s median cell community pace superior 4 spots to twenty first place globally, clocking in at 70.73 Mbps.
All three main carriers confirmed stable obtain speeds. Telus and Bell vied for first place with a median pace of 76.03Mbps and 73.30Mbps respectively. Rogers trailed behind at 59.86Mbps.
Bell nonetheless had the quickest 5G speeds in Canada at 144.73 Mbps, edging out Telus, which had 136.29Mbps. Rogers was far behind on this regard, coming at 97.55Mbps. With that stated, Rogers is the one service that closely invested in low-band 5G, which is fitted to distance and never bandwidth. Bell and Telus give attention to 5G companies on increased spectrum that ship quicker knowledge speeds however have a shorter vary.
To measure community consistency, Ookla measured the share of community check samples that was above a sure threshold. For its cell experiences, that threshold has been set at 5Mbps minimal obtain speeds, the advisable pace for streaming HD movies, in response to the research.
Rogers ranked first on this class, though solely with a 1.4 per cent distinction in comparison with Bell. Telus is shut behind with a pace of 77.8 per cent. All in all, the three carriers carried out equally.
