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24th October 2014 #1
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OpenSignal LTE report on the Philippines: Slow but consistent speeds
OpenSignal's latest report on LTE looks towards the Philippines, and while the country has had 4G LTE since 2011, speeds still lag far behind other Asian high-tech hubs such as Singapore and South Korea.
The two carriers, Globe and Smart, are closely matched in terms of download and upload speeds. Globe, however, has the better lower latency at 93ms, which OpenSignal says is "an important metric in determining the true user experience, as low latencies have a big impact on user experience speed when using mobile Internet."
Looking at the data, Globe has speeds of 6.1Mbps download and 7Mbps upload, while Smart has 5.9Mbps download and 7.2Mbps upload. Comparatively, OpenSignal's earlier report on Singapore mentioned an average speed of 21.7Mbps.
Apart from the speeds, the brief OpenSignal report praised Smart for "significant improvement" in its LTE speeds since earlier this year .
However, Smart still needs to improve its latency -- even though it's twice Globe's at 185ms. OpenSignal says Globe users who switch to Smart will notice a significant difference in video streaming and VOPI services.
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24th October 2014 #2
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Looks like I'll be putting a Globe SIM in my phone this time then. I've always used Smart before.
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24th October 2014 #3
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I just ran a test on my wifi access here in my current UK location and here's what got:-
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24th October 2014 #4
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Oh, hadn't realised you could test that.
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