Starting June 2024, location inclusion criteria use the Precision Validity Score (PVS) for mobile and fixed broadband. Results are updated mid-month for the previous three months.
Market Analysis
Fastest Providers - Download
Speedtest Intelligence® reveals that among top fixed broadband providers in Ecuador in Q4 2023, Netlife delivered the fastest median download speed at 91.56 Mbps.
91.56 Netlife | |||||
84.22 Celerity | |||||
78.87 Fibramax | |||||
76.74 Xtrim | |||||
71.96 Claro | |||||
48.30 UFINET | |||||
35.87 CNT | |||||
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Median Multi-Server Latency
Our fixed broadband multi-server latency results in Q4 2023 showed that among top providers, Netlife registered the lowest median multi-server latency in Ecuador at 8 ms.
8 Netlife | ||||
10 Fibramax | ||||
10 Celerity | ||||
11 UFINET | ||||
15 CNT | ||||
16 Claro | ||||
20 Xtrim | ||||
| 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Consistency
In measuring the consistency of each fixed broadband provider’s performance, we found that Xtrim had the highest Consistency in Ecuador during Q4 2023, with 84.8% of results showing at least a 25 Mbps minimum download speed and 3 Mbps minimum upload speed.
84.8% Xtrim | ||||||||
83.6% Celerity | ||||||||
82.7% Netlife | ||||||||
82.5% Claro | ||||||||
80.6% Fibramax | ||||||||
73.4% UFINET | ||||||||
60.0% CNT |
City Speeds
Guayaquil showed the fastest median download speed over fixed broadband among Ecuador's most populous cities during Q4 2023 at 88.59 Mbps.
Rank | City | Median Download Mbps | Median Upload Mbps | Median Multi-Server Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 88.59 | 62.31 | 11 |
| 2 | Quito | 77.37 | 63.63 | 9 |
| 3 | Santo Domingo | 68.30 | 68.95 | 11 |
| 4 | Cuenca | 64.81 | 59.18 | 20 |
| 5 | Machala | 64.04 | 43.98 | 20 |
Market Analysis
Fastest Providers - Download
Speedtest Intelligence® reveals that among top mobile operators in Ecuador in Q4 2023, CNT delivered the fastest median download speed at 26.22 Mbps.
26.22 CNT | |||
23.53 Claro | |||
18.60 Movistar | |||
| 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
Median Multi-Server Latency
Our mobile multi-server latency results in Q4 2023 showed that among top providers, Movistar registered the lowest median multi-server latency in Ecuador at 41 ms.
41 Movistar | |||
44 CNT | |||
50 Claro | |||
| 0 | 20 | 40 | 60 |
Consistency
In measuring the consistency of each operator’s performance, we found that there was no statistical winner for Consistency in Ecuador during Q4 2023.
80.4% CNT | ||||||||
79.1% Claro | ||||||||
71.2% Movistar |
Device Information
An analysis of performance on some of the fastest phones in Ecuador found that there was no statistical winner during Q4 2023.
Device Name | Manufacturer | Median Download Mbps | Median Upload Mbps | Median Median Multi-Server Latency ms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iPhone 15 Pro Max | Apple | 52.42 | 14.72 | 46 |
| iPhone 14 Pro | Apple | 42.49 | 12.87 | 46 |
| iPhone 13 Pro Max | Apple | 41.69 | 11.54 | 47 |
| iPhone 14 Pro Max | Apple | 40.13 | 12.54 | 48 |
| iPhone 12 5G | Apple | 38.75 | 12.94 | 47 |
City Speeds
Santo Domingo showed the fastest median mobile download speed among Ecuador’s most populous cities during Q4 2023 at 31.58 Mbps.
Rank | City | Median Download Mbps | Median Upload Mbps | Median Multi-Server Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 31.58 | 13.75 | 46 |
| 2 | Machala | 30.57 | 13.07 | 53 |
| 3 | Guayaquil | 24.84 | 13.23 | 43 |
| 4 | Quito | 19.49 | 11.43 | 42 |
| 5 | Cuenca | 18.28 | 8.94 | 54 |
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