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US Rank Drops To 55th In 4G LTE Speeds

Posted by timothy on from the double-nickels-on-the-dime dept.

alphadogg writes: The U.S. has fallen to No. 55 in LTE performance as speeds rise rapidly in countries that have leapfrogged some early adopters of the popular cellular system. The average download speed on U.S. 4G networks inched up to 10Mbps (bits per second) in the June-August quarter, according to research company OpenSignal. That was an improvement from 9Mbps in the previous quarter, but the country's global ranking fell from 43rd as users in other countries enjoyed much larger gains.

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  1. USA! USA! by PvtVoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    In your face, Indonesia!

  2. On the other hand... by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    USA is near the top in LTE penetration. It's easy to have high speeds when you've got the tower to yourself...

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    1. Re:On the other hand... by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

      USA is near the top in LTE penetration

      So, everybody is getting screwed by the carriers then?

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    2. Re:On the other hand... by danbob999 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      pretty sure LTE penetration is high in South Korea and they still have high speed.

    3. Re:On the other hand... by gmack · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Or in most of the other cities, or along the highways between the cities. South Korea's coverage seems to be rather good actually