Nearly 80 Percent of Countries Have Better Hotel Wi-Fi Than the U.S.


Skift Take

The apparent abundance of free Wi-Fi at U.S. hotels may be enough to overshadow their sluggish Wi-Fi speeds, but not for long.
As the conversation about hotel Wi-Fi continues querying whether or not it's available and free at a property, some hotels forget free Wi-Fi means nothing if connection speeds don't resemble elite marathon runners. And apparently the race isn't on at American hotels, since about 80% of the top 50 most frequently tested countries on hotelwifitest have better quality Wi-Fi than the U.S. The U.S. sits at number 40, behind Brazil, China, and Russia, (among others) but ahead of France and Spain. Hotels in more than 4,000 cities around the world have Wi-Fi test results on the site, with 241 h