Vodafone Q1-Q2 Performance

Ookla compared user-initiated tests taken from all the major internet service providers in New

Zealand over the award period to determine who had the best speeds. Based on our data from

Q1-Q2 2017, Vodafone achieved a Speed Score of 48.50 and provided faster average speeds to their

users than the other major providers in New Zealand with a top download speed of 147.60 Mbps over

modern devices.

Methodology

To determine Speedtest Awards winners for fixed networks, we assess the best network speeds

attained across a given network, regardless of the performance tier for which an individual is paying.

Also, access to ISP service happens over wired and Wi-Fi connections. As a result, we take into

account tests that are taken on various Speedtest applications that connect to a fixed network,

including test taken on mobile phones through a Wi-Fi connection. Each top carrier accounts for at

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

Our Q1-Q2 2017 results are in for New Zealand and we have called Vodafone as the winner of the Speedtest Award for best internet speeds.

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.

Fixed Broadband Tests Taken Q1-Q2 2017

New Zealand

Awards Report

New Zealand’s Fixed Broadband Speeds

01-17 02-17 03-17 04-17 05-17 06-17

61.23

29.51

DOWNLOAD UPLOAD

DATE

MbpsCountry Stats

TEST COUNT:

SAMPLE COUNT:

DEVICE COUNT:

2,407,678

1,415,739

562,75620

30

40

50

60

70

0 10 20 30 40 50

Vodafone

2degrees

Spark

Trustpower

Slingshot

52.47

49.10

40.30

35.82

35.38

12.74

34.75

14.56

11.01

14.53

Carrier NameDownload

TrimeanUpload

Trimean Speed Score

48.50

47.66

37.73

33.34

33.30

Vodafone

2degrees

Spark

Slingshot

Trustpower

147.60

110.41

103.29

94.16

93.65

29.50

105.14

36.45

38.59

24.26

CARRIER NAMEDOWNLOAD

MBPSUPLOAD

MBPS

4

2

3

3

7

LATENCYMS

730,237

140,180

785,615

266,835

102,645

TESTCOUNT

425,331

86,444

484,003

148,302

56,095

SAMPLECOUNT

Speed Score

New Zealand’s Top Fixed Broadband

Vodafone

2degrees

Spark

Slingshot

Trustpower

Mbps UPLOADDOWNLOAD

0 30 60 90 120 150

29.50

147.60

36.45

110.41

103.29

38.59

94.16

24.26

93.65

105.14

AWARDS

2017

Vodafone

2degrees

Spark

Trustpower

Slingshot

52.47

49.10

40.30

35.82

35.38

28.80

40.30

26.67

22.70

21.60

147.60

110.41

103.29

93.65

94.16

4.69

5.38

4.58

4.22

4.17

10.35

16.55

10.53

9.54

9.39

29.50

105.14

36.45

24.26

38.59

0.77

0.75

0.72

0.73

0.75

12.74

34.75

14.56

11.01

14.53

Carrier Name 90th

Percentile50th

Percentile10th

Percentile

UploadTrimean

(Mbps)

DownloadTrimean

(Mbps)90th

Percentile50th

Percentile10th

Percentile

(Average speeds from all fixed broadband results)

(90th percentile speeds for all fixed broadband results)

(90th percentile speeds for all fixed broadband results)