Methodology

To determine Speedtest Awards winners for mobile networks, we use results from “modern devices” to

aid in the analysis of a mobile user’s average speeds. "Modern Devices" results include all mobile tests,

regardless of connection technology used, as long as they were taken on devices that are identified as

being capable of achieving the fastest speeds available in a country. Each top carrier accounts for at

least 3% of the sample size in the geographic area.

Awards Report

CANADA’SFASTESTMOBILE

NETWORK

TELUS

Bell Mobility

Videotron

Fido Solutions

Rogers Wireless

Mobile Tests Taken Q2–Q3 2017

47.62

46.79

31.60

30.79

30.09

11.34

11.36

12.06

10.90

10.25

Carrier NameDownload

MbpsUpload

Mbps

39

43

35

50

53

LatencyMS

187,164

180,310

22,955

54,159

187,450

TestCount

111,774

106,923

15,654

36,754

119,633

SampleCount

TELUS

Bell Mobility

Videotron

Fido Solutions

Rogers Wireless

(Average speeds for LTE-capable devices)

Canada’s Fastest Mobile Network(Average speeds for LTE-capable devices)

Mbps

TELUS

Bell Mobility

Videotron

Fido Solutions

Rogers Wireless

UploadDownload

0 10 20 30 40 50

47.62

30.79

30.09

31.60

11.34

30.79

30.09

10.25

10.90

31.60

46.79

12.06

11.36

Canada’s Mobile Internet Speeds

04-17 05-17 06-17 07-17 08-17 09-17

38.01

Download Upload

DATE

Country Stats

TEST COUNT:

SAMPLE COUNT:

DEVICE COUNT:

842,463

510,887

263,273

20

30

10

40

10.71

(Average speeds for all mobile results)

Mbps

TELUS

Bell Mobility

Videotron

Fido Solutions

Rogers Wireless

45.61

44.58

30.62

29.93

29.17

34.44

32.52

24.02

22.71

21.45

109.14

108.83

69.11

70.79

70.86

4.44

4.43

5.33

3.49

2.92

6.62

6.63

8.13

6.72

5.94

30.11

30.21

29.31

28.32

27.44

4.44

4.43

1.14

3.49

2.92

11.06

11.08

11.68

10.61

10.01

Carrier Name 90th

Percentile50th

Percentile10th

Percentile

UploadTrimean

DownloadTrimean

90th

Percentile50th

Percentile10th

Percentile

Percentiles are Mbps

How Speed Score Works

The Speedtest Awards for top providers in speed are determined using a Speed Score that

incorporates a measure of each provider’s download and upload speed to rank network speed

performance (90% of the final Speed Score is attributed to download speed and the remaining 10%

to upload speed). The Speed Score uses a modified trimean to demonstrate the download and

upload speeds that are available across a provider’s network. We take speeds from the 10th

percentile, 50th percentile (also known as the median), and 90th percentile, and combine them in a

weighted average using a 1:2:1 ratio, respectively. We place the most emphasis on the download

speeds and median speeds as those represent what most network providers’ customers will

experience on a day-to-day basis.

Speed Score

TELUS

Bell Mobility

Videotron

Fido Solutions

Rogers Wireless

45.61

44.58

30.62

29.93

29.17

11.06

11.08

11.68

10.61

10.01

Provider NameDownload

TrimeanUpload

Trimean Speed Score

42.16

41.23

28.73

27.99

27.25

0 10 20 30 40 50

TELUS Q2–Q3 Performance

Ookla compared user-initiated tests taken on the Speedtest iOS and Android mobile apps from all

the major mobile carriers in Canada over the award period to determine who was the fastest. Based

on our data from Q2-Q3 2017, TELUS achieved a Speed Score of 42.16 providing faster average

speeds to their users than the other major providers in Canada with average download speeds of

47.62 Mbps and average upload speeds of 11.34 Mbps on LTE-capable devices.

Our Q2-Q3 2017 results are in for Canada and we have called TELUS as the winner of the Speedtest Award for fastest mobile network speeds.

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