New data from wireless coverage mapping company OpenSignal is showing that mobile networks are beating out Wi-Fi networks for speed in at least 33 countries, including “Australia, where cellular is 13Mbit/s faster than Wi-Fi, to France, where its 2.5Mbit/s faster.” Some industry experts believe this marks the beginning of Wi-Fi’s irrelevance, especially in light of advanced mobile technologies such as 5G.



Ian Fogg, VP of Analysis at OpenSignal, urged mobile networks and smartphone platforms to rethink some basic assumptions. Currently a phone gloms onto a Wi-Fi network whenever it can, assuming this provides the user with a superior internet connection. But increasingly, this not the case. All things being equal, more phones will be pushing more users to a worse experience.

Discussion

Source: [H]ardOCP – Mobile Networks Are Beating Wi-Fi for Speed around the World