NEW YORK – PC Mag said that it has awarded a tie to Bell and Rogers for the title of fastest mobile network in Canada.
Its second annual test of Canadian wireless service, published Monday, the on-line magazine said that both companies “could really teach U.S. carriers how to build urban LTE networks”. With a focus on speed and reliability and its results weighted for population, the test found that Rogers' LTE network had blazing download speeds for large files, and Bell's network had superior upload speeds and often better webpage download times.
While noting that Telus appeared to have some network configuration issues during its test drive, the article says that all ‘big three’ Canadian carriers offer excellent LTE speeds and coverage across the nation's top metro areas, and solid 3G coverage in smaller cities.
Rogers reigned supreme in Quebec and the Vancouver area, and Bell had a better overall experience in southern Ontario and the big Alberta cities. Regional carriers Eastlink and MTS won their respective coverage areas.
The article added that the “dark side to Canadian wireless” was that these high-quality networks are very expensive to use.
