The UK has taken third place in new global rankings of broadband reliability by Opensignal, the independent and reliable analytics company specialising in “quantifying the mobile-network experience”.
In its latest report on broadband reliability around the world, “Bridging the digital divide: Unlocking reliable broadband for all”, Opensignal makes use of its new Broadband Reliability Experience metric to assess users’ real-world fixed broadband experience across 18 countries and examines the digital divide between urban and rural areas. It does so by examining the varying income levels and other characteristics of the countries in the study and analysing variations in broadband characteristics and reliability between urban and rural areas.
One of the key findings is that the UK is doing well, scoring 702 points on Opensignal’s 100- to 1,000-point scale, behind only Sweden and Norway. Other findings are that urban broadband reliability is consistently higher than rural. And while that is hardly a surprise, it is good to have empirical evidence to support the fact that urban premises have access to better infrastructure, higher-speed broadband and newer technology and equipment that bolster the user experience.
