Telstra, Vodafone, Optus in 3G and 4G mobile speed tests

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/opensignals-analysis-of-sydney-and-melbourne-3g-and-4g-mobile-broadband-speeds-20140124-31chv.html

Number of Speedtests: Telstra, 3550. Yes Optus, 3542. Vodafone, 3518.

3G
Speed: Telstra again come out the winners here, impressing for all three metrics with very fast download speeds being particularly impressive.

Telstra: 4.6 Mbps (down), 1.6 Mbps (up), 147ms
Yes Optus: 3.2 Mbps (down), 1.1 Mbps (up), 154ms
Vodafone AU: 3.4 Mbps (down), 1.6 Mbps (up), 384ms

Coverage: 3G coverage in Sydney is relatively close between all three networks. Telstra are ahead of the other two, with Vodafone slightly edging ahead of Optus into second place. The gap between Telstra and Vodafone is bigger than the gap between Vodafone and Optus.


4G
Speed: Vodafone again demonstrate exceptionally fast LTE speeds, which combined with the fastest latency (although they fall behind slightly in upload speed) gives them the currently best performing LTE network in Sydney in terms of speed.

Telstra: 20.7 Mbps (down), 6.2 Mbps (up), 80ms
Yes Optus: 18.3 Mbps (down), 8.3 Mbps (up), 84ms
Vodafone AU: 33.9 Mpbs (down), 5.2 Mbps (up), 72ms

Coverage: In terms of LTE coverage the networks in sydney are fairly close. Telstra and Vodafone tie best for LTE coverage, with Optus falling slightly behind.