NetQ Performance Test: Ikoyi – Yaba route. Lagos-Nigeria Q2 2017

Ikoyi – Yaba route -Lagos Benchmark Survey

As part of the national benchmark series, operators across a number of locations around the country would be benchmarked and Lagos with its buzzing population has to be considered first.  This time we are considering the route between Ikoyi and Yaba. This is done to mirror a mobile customer along this route. Whether going or returning from work, stuck in traffic and you need to send that essential email/attachments or you just need to check up on your kids before office time, this series would provide the customer with handy information as to how each operator rank across a selected  number of KPIs with the hope of positively influencing the customer’s decision.

Coverage

Kindly see NetQ’s coverage map to select your reference operator along this route to have a good idea of each operator’s coverage footprint.

Mobile Data Performance

It is important to note that 2 operators roamed across 4G/3G/2G (Etisalat and MTN) and the other 2 in 3G/2G (Airtel and Glo) during the route test

Download Speed


















Award

Etisalat emerged as the best operator for mobile download along the Ikoyi to Yaba route. Airtel customers won’t be disappointed either with their network coming in second.


Upload Speed

















Award

Etisalat emerged as the best operator for upload while MTN came in second place.


Web browsing














Award

Etisalt edged this KPI ensuring their customers enjoy the best web browsing download experience of all operators in along the Ikoyi- Yaba route.


Ping latency














Award

Etisalat users would experience the least lag in data network performance by a landslide compared to the other operators along this route.


Web Browsing Time (ms)

















Award

Etisalat customers would experience the fastest time it takes to load a web page.


Speed Test-Download (mbps)

















Award

MTN’s 4G dominated the speed test category in this instance along the Ikoyi – Yaba route.


Speed Test-Upload (mbps)

















Award

MTN 4G emerged as the best operator for upload speed test while Etisalat 4G came in second.

Test performed and article written by NetQ