The research group Epitiro reports that the average mobile-broadband download speed in the UK is 0.9Mbps. This is a quarter of the rate promised by most providers.

Epitiro chief executive Gavin Johns said in a statement: "This exhaustive study confirms the general consensus that mobile-broadband services are functional and, while currently slower in practice than their fixed-line competition, continually improving.

I think this statement is a little too upbeat. It's a timely reminder of the frustration many users experience, and this is certainly something Coda will be exploring in its new project around netbooks and mobile broadband.

For its report, Mobile Broadband Performance Analysis - Initial Findings 2009, Epitiro pulled together more than 1.4 million test results. The tests took place between December 2008 and May 2009, and were conducted with the more than 1,300 UK mobile-broadband users who downloaded Epitiro's broadband-monitoring software.

Source: Silicon.com

Labels: mobile broadband, netbooks