Vodafone has "stolen the lead" from other internet companies
and turned around its poor web-browsing speeds, according to
a broadband testing service.
In TrueNet's December test results, Vodafone outpaced its
rivals in the ADSL market, loading a TrueNet test page in
almost a quarter of a second.
ADSL - asymmetric digital subscriber line - is an internet
service run over the copper phone network.
While Vodafone performed better than its competitors in the
ADSL field, TelstraClear's cable network still offered the
fastest service, as it has done in numerous TrueNet tests.
TelstraClear's coaxial cable service is only available in
Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch.
Vodafone's ascension to the top of the ADSL ranks comes four
months after TrueNet found it to have the slowest web
browsing speeds out of those tested.
Although Telecom was the leader in the November round of
tests, it slipped back to fourth place in December, with
Slingshot and Orcon taking the second and third spots.
TrueNet is an independent broadband testing company based in
Wellington.
Its director, John Butt, is a former executive at Telecom and
Callplus.
- By Hamish Fletcher of the New Zealand Herald
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