The number of public hotspots in the world is growing very fast as a lot of cafes, bars, restaurants, etc. can offer you not only a nice cup of coffee or a snack, but also provide with free WiFi. Such public WiFi access is extremely useful for business and leisure travellers, as they do not have to pay for international mobile data.
Lately public hotspots pop up everywhere – in cities' squares, parks, downtown areas, just name it. Open outdoor WiFi networks create unique conditions for Internet addicted 21-st century travellers that want to update their social networks, share photos, stream videos, check e-mails or simply get directions right. But when it comes to connectivity and the quality of public WiFi networks – not all spots can brag about that. Besides, the situation of one or another city’s public WiFi does not reflect the whole country's context. So if you had to choose a COUNTRY, judging by the quality of public WiFi, what would it be?
Rotten WiFi - a public WiFi and 3G/4G watchdog can help you out! Its users have measured and evaluated the quality of public hotspots in 172 countries worldwide, testing hundreds of networks. The collected data revealed Top 20 countries with best public WiFi.
The majority of countries in the Top 20 are located in Europe, only couple in America and one in Asia. Leading position is taken by Lithuania with the avg. download speed of 15,4 Mbps and upload – 14,17Mbps, not far behind Croatia with avg. download of 14,05 Mbps and upload speed of 11,21 Mbps, followed by Estonia with recorded avg. download speed of 13,75 Mbps and upload of 12,04 Mbps.
Regarding clients’ satisfaction rank, it is 4 or 5 points out of 10, based on NPS (Net Promoter Score) method. Although the fastest and slowest avg. download speeds differ almost 3 times, users’ evaluations vary only by one point, showing that public WiFi needs in every country are diverse.
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