You might think of the US as one of the most advanced mobile markets, but when it comes to mobile video quality, the country ranked #68 out 100 according to an Opensignal report…
The firm says that in each of the 100 countries surveyed, it measured the average video experience of Opensignal users on 3G and 4G networks for each operator. It measured real-world video streams using three criteria: picture quality, video loading time, and buffering. A quality score out of 100 is then calculated, the US scoring 53.8 points to take 68th place.
Opensignal says its data is based on more than 94 billion measurements across more than 37 million devices between August and October.
A survey of US consumers confirms the results.
Despite relatively poor mobile video quality in the US, that doesn’t seem to stop people from using it.
US carriers also use streaming video deals as a way to attract customers.
The top-ranking countries for mobile video quality were Norway, the Czech Republic, and Austria. The worst were Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and Iraq. The UK took 25th place, two slots below Germany at #23.
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