Tests of mobile phone service in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal show it is faster and more reliable on average than service in cities in the United States or the United Kingdom, according to a report released today by the U.S.-based research company RootMetrics.
“Overall … in the markets that we studied, the mobile performance (in Canada) is far superior on average to what we’re seeing in the U.S. or the U.K.,” said Annette Hamilton, market director at RootMetrics, which tested the performance of Bell, Rogers and Telus, Wind Mobile and Videotron. “Your speeds are faster, your reliability is better.”
In the urban centres it tested, Canadian pricing was lower than comparable centres in the U.S., although not necessarily than in the U.K., Hamilton said.............................
Canada’s wireless tops the U.S and U.K. in speed, reliability, report says
I don't know about the eastern US but in in the West the cell service sucks a short drive outside any city....if you can get any bars at all.
“Overall … in the markets that we studied, the mobile performance (in Canada) is far superior on average to what we’re seeing in the U.S. or the U.K.,” said Annette Hamilton, market director at RootMetrics, which tested the performance of Bell, Rogers and Telus, Wind Mobile and Videotron. “Your speeds are faster, your reliability is better.”
In the urban centres it tested, Canadian pricing was lower than comparable centres in the U.S., although not necessarily than in the U.K., Hamilton said.............................
Canada’s wireless tops the U.S and U.K. in speed, reliability, report says
I don't know about the eastern US but in in the West the cell service sucks a short drive outside any city....if you can get any bars at all.
