On many occasions the theoretical speed, the maximum that we can obtain, is not reflected in the one that actually reaches us. This happens with broadband and also with mobile Internet. Over the years, technology advances and important changes arise in terms of quality and stability. However, problems can always appear and what we expect does not reach us. What about 5G? Which is the expected real internet speed What do users get? Let’s see it in this article.
Opensignal shows reliable speed of 5G
It should be noted that there may be quite a difference between the Maximum speed that we can achieve and the one that really arrives. For example, let’s think about fiber optics, at a rate of 300 Mbps that we have contracted. The maximum that will reach us is that figure, but it could reach less. We may even have a coverage problem and it reaches us much less.
Something similar can happen with the 5G, the most current mobile technology and that will undoubtedly bring important changes. It has the capacity to exceed 500 Mbps of download at the peak, something that undoubtedly exceeds what we can obtain with 4G technology. Now this really is not what reaches most users.
Therefore from Opensignal have made a report to reliably see what actual internet speed 5G users are going to receive. This study has been carried out on a total of 20 countries and they have seen that the speed is 7 times that obtained with 4G, but it is far from the maximum possible.
Opensignal has shown that there are important differences between countries. Thus, South Korea has been the country in the study where they have found a maximum average speed of 5G. Specifically 161.8 Mbps. Much higher than the average speed of 4G in the same country, which was 13.5 Mbps.
However the second country on the list was Australia, but quite a long way from South Korea. Exactly the average reliable speed obtained by users is 61.5 Mbps. Germany follows with 30.8 Mbps and the United Kingdom with 28.9 Mbps.
Almost 20 Mbps real with 5G in Spain
This same report has shown that in Spain the actual speed that 5G users usually receive is 19.9 Mbps, which is five times more than 4 Mbps with 4G.
Keep in mind that this does not mean that it is the maximum speed that we are going to achieve, since the peak is much higher. However it is what Opensignal have found as a expected speed in most cases. Coverage is not always optimal and can also drop indoors.
The idea of this report is to show users the reliable speed they will achieve. That is, they seek that the user not only knows what the maximum peak that he is going to achieve with 5G may be, but what the expected speed would be regardless of the circumstances and have it.