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Netograf.ro: average download speed for the fixed internet was 97.7 Mbps in the third quarter

8.11.2016
 
 
Official statistics on the quality of fixed and mobile internet service in Romania, updated on Netograf.ro, show that - in Q3 2016 - the users benefited from average actual speeds of 27.98 Mbps for mobile data download, respectively 97.7 Mbps for data download over the fixed internet. “The average download speed actually experienced by fixed internet users in Romania in the third quarter of 2016 is 30% higher than the average speed registered on a national level in the first two quarters of the year. This is means that Romania will remain among the countries with the highest internet access speeds”, declared Eduard Lovin, Regulation Executive Director of ANCOM.
Through Netograf.ro, ANCOM generates statistics on the quality of the fixed and mobile internet service in Romania, including on the average data download speeds, as experienced by the users having resorted to this application to measure their speed, itemised by operator.
Dynamics of average download and upload speeds
The tests carried out on www.netograf.roindicate that - in Q3 2016 - the Romanian users experienced average actual download speeds on the fixed internet that were on an upward trend, compared to the first two quarters of the year. The average download speed over the fixed internet increased by 30%, from 75.07 Mbps to 97.7 Mbps, whereas mobile internet data download speed remained constant, i.e. 27.98 Mbps by reference to the 27.72 Mbps in the first two quarters of the year.
Growth is registered in the actual internet data upload speeds, as well, by approximately 14% - from 64.77 Mbps to 73.78 Mbps for fixed services -, respectively by approximately 3%, from 10.78 Mbps to 11.1 Mbps for mobile services.
Statistics: fixed internet average speeds on Netograf.ro
Fixed internet*
Average actual download speed
Average actual upload speed
Digital Cable Systems
 42.58 Mbps
50.99 Mbps
Nextgen Communications
 90 Mbps
114.82 Mbps
RCS & RDS
111.64 Mbps
92.55  Mbps
Telekom Romania Communications
54 Mbps
41.17 Mbps
UPC Romania
114.2 Mbps
15.9 Mbps
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*(providers with the largest number of users, presented in alphabetical order)
Statistics: mobile internet average speeds on Netograf.ro
Mobile internet*
Average actual download speed
Average actual upload speed
Orange Romania
37.8 Mbps
12.96 Mbps
RCS&RDS
11.29 Mbps
2.33 Mbps
Telekom Romania Mobile Communications
19.79 Mbps
9.86 Mbps
Vodafone Romania
29.64 Mbps
14.62 Mbps
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
How Netograf.ro generates statistics
Netograf.ro generated statistics for fixed and mobile internet based on more than 33,500 tests the users performed in the third quarter of 2016, among which 27,000 have been validated and used in generating the official statistics. Netograf.ro tests the quality of the connection between an end-user’s terminal equipment and a test server connected to a national public internet interexchange point.
How to use Netograf.ro
Netograf.ro is easy to use and offers real-time and accurate results. All you have to do is select your offer type and choose the access modality, - wireless or wired, for fixed internet, and indoor or outdoor for mobile internet. A test takes approximately 30 seconds, and the results obtained may be analysed and compared in the context of the quarterly statistics published under “Additional information”, upon the test completion.
About Netograf.ro
Netograf.ro is the application for monitoring and assessing the quality of the internet access service developed by ANCOM in order to offer the Romanian users an instrument which is independent (does not depend on the servers made available by the providers and/or their location), objective (presents the internet access service quality as experienced by the end-users, since it is measured using a single reference point for all the users of internet access services in Romania) and free of charge. 
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