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\n<\/span><\/p>\nPeople relying on home wi-fi are getting significantly slower speeds than from their fixed broadband connection, research suggests.<\/p>\n
The study ran one million tests over 14,000 wi-fi connections in the UK, US, Spain and Italy.<\/p>\n
On average, the results showed a 30% drop-off compared to the speed coming into the home.<\/p>\n
However, the research also suggests that users tolerate slower speeds in exchange for the freedom wi-fi offers.<\/p>\n
“People are voting with their feet and trading speed for the benefits of mobility,” said Iain Wood, from network measurement firm Epitiro, which carried-out the study.<\/p>\n
He said that researchers were “surprised” by the amount of drop-off in speed but that for the majority of consumers the slower connection would not be noticed.<\/p>\n
“Most of us do e-mailing and web surfing and for these things there is precious little difference between the 50Mb\/s services and an 8Mb\/s service,” he said.<\/p>\n
This is because web surfing uses up relatively small amounts of data.<\/p>\n
But for other services, such as downloading video or watching IPTV, the degradation of speed will become more noticeable.<\/p>\n
Telephony services such as Skype could also be particularly affected, thinks Professor Andy Nix, a wireless expert at Bristol University.<\/p>\n
“If you have a poor quality router and you are using wi-fi at some distance away from it, you could struggle to have a decent Skype conversation,” he said.<\/p>\n
But, he added, for those who invest in good quality wi-fi equipment and position it sensibly, the effects of the speed degradation would hardly be noticed.<\/p>\n
Baby monitors<\/span><\/p>\nThe study raises interesting questions for an industry obsessed with speed.<\/p>\n
“There seems to be a disconnect between the ISPs striving to deliver faster speeds and consumers who are happy to accept slower wi-fi speeds,” said Mr Wood.<\/p>\n
For those unhappy with their home wi-fi, there are some simple measures that can be taken to improve their connections.<\/p>\n
“Firstly people can change channels on their wi-fi router to reduce interference. If they live in flats or urban locations there are likely to be other routers operating on the same channel,” said Mr Wood.<\/p>\n
Other devices in the home, such as baby monitors, TV remotes and cordless phones can also cause interference.<\/p>\n
And for those wanting to download video, the speed issue is resolved simply by plugging the laptop or other wireless device into the router, said Mr Wood.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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