The United States isn’t the first when it comes to 4G availability and speeds. It’s actually behind 60 other countries. OpenSignal’s latest report places the United States in 61st position. The firm’s survey is based on 50 billion measurements taken by its app running on over 3.8 million devices in 77 countries. The survey period was from July 1st to October 1st. The findings prioritize availability, a measure of how often a phone catches the LTE signal.
As far as availability is concerned, the United States is in fifth position behind South Korea (96.69%), Japan (94.11%), Norway (88.66%), and Hong Kong (87.23%). OpenSignal rated availability at 86.94%.
Bear in mind that availability doesn’t necessarily mean coverage. If an area is known to have a bad LTE signal and users avoid it then that coverage gap isn’t accounted for in this metric. Moreover, it doesn’t take into account that the United States is significantly larger than the top four markets on this list.
It’s a whole different story when it comes to average speeds. The United States is in 61st position with an average 4G LTE speed of 13.98 Mbps. Singapore tops out at 46.64 Mbps with South Korea and Norway in second and third positions having average speeds of 45.85 Mbps and 42.03 Mbps respectively.
Even Canada and Mexico are higher on that list with 29.79 Mbps and 22.03 Mbps average speeds. OpenSignal’s last report measured average 4G LTE speeds in the United States at 14.99 Mbps.
Figures from other services that track wireless performance through their apps will likely be a bit different, but it goes to show that there’s a lot more room to grow in this department.
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