Hotel chains with fastest wi-fi ranked

A new study from the website hotelwifitest.com finds that the lodging chain with the overall best Wi-Fi quality in guest rooms is not a U.S. company but a Scandinavian group.

The site examined Wi-Fi quality at 50 hotel chains worldwide and rated Nordic Choice in the number one spot. Nordic Choice has scores of hotels in the Scandinavian countries, most of them affiliated with Choice International brands like Comfort, Quality and Clarion. What’s more, it offers free Wi-Fi at all of its locations, the report noted. (The study also estimated what percentage of a chain’s properties offer free in-room Wi-Fi.)

How do they judge Wi-Fi quality? “A hotel judged as having adequate WiFi must provide an expected download speed of at least 3 Mbps (the Netflix recommendation for SD-quality streaming) and an upload speed of 500 kbps (the Skype recommendation for high-quality non-HD video calling),” the company said.

”WiFi Quality is expressed by the percentage of hotels that offer adequate WiFi quality in a given geographical area. This type of ranking is easy to understand, and it makes perfect sense from a practical standpoint. For most travelers, having super-fast and consistently stable WiFi is a great bonus, but their first priority is ensuring that basic quality expectations for Internet access are met.”

The Radisson Blu chain ranked second in Wi-Fi quality, followed by Marriott’s Renaissance brand, France‘s Mercure and Ibis groups, Scandic Hotels, InterContinental, Econo Lodge, Four Points, and Marriott Hotels.

Chains not on the list were excluded because they didn’t have enough tested hotels.

Following is the full list of chains.

	Chain name	WiFi Quality	Free WiFi
1	Nordic Choice	84.7%	100%
2	Radisson Blu	68.8%	95.2%
3	Renaissance	61.0%	30%
4	Mercure	60.7%	83.6%
5	Ibis and ibis styles	60.3%	84.2%
6	Scandic Hotels	57.6%	100%
7	Inter-Continental	56.3%	42.1%
8	Econo Lodge	55.3%	86.2%
9	Four Points	54.2%	79.5%
10	Marriott Hotels & Resorts	52.5%	18.1%
11	Hyatt Hotels	49.0%	100%
12	Sheraton Hotels & Resorts	47.1%	37.0%
13	Radisson	47.1%	93.8%
14	Sleep Inn	46.8%	88.8%
15	Novotel	46.5%	82.2%
16	Best Western	45.6%	91.8%
17	Quality	45.6%	87.9%
18	Hilton Hotels & Resorts	45.6%	26.0%
19	Crowne Plaza	45.1%	68.2%
20	Sofitel	43.9%	73.6%
21	Ramada	43.6%	86.6%
22	Comfort Suites	43.3%	89.1%
23	Westin	43.0%	25%
24	Super 8	42%	90.6%
25	Comfort Inn	40.2%	88.8%
26	Holiday Inn Express	37.3%	90.0%
27	Days Inn	35.8%	91.4%
28	Holiday Inn	35.5%	73.5%
29	Country Inn & Suites	35.3%	93.1%
30	Four Seasons	34.9%	43.5%
31	Courtyard	33.8%	93.1%
32	Residence Inn	33.5%	95.2%
33	La Quinta Inn & Suites	33.1%	95.1%
34	Wyndham Hotels	32.8%	85.3%
35	Travelodge	30%	91.3%
36	Staybridge Suites	29.6%	91.8%
37	TownePlace Suites	29.4%	95.0%
38	Doubletree	29.3%	61.7%
39	SpringHill Suites	27.7%	96.9%
40	Red Roof Inn	26.5%	98.2%
41	Hyatt Place	23.3%	100%
42	Fairfield Inn	19.4%	96.0%
43	Hilton Garden Inn	17.1%	97.1%
44	Candlewood Hotel	17.0%	85.7%
45	Motel 6	15.9%	43.8%
46	NH Hotels	12.0%	97.2%
47	Embassy Suites	10.3%	24.0%
48	Extended Stay America	8.8%	100%
49	Homewood Suites	8.8%	93.9%
50	Hampton Inn	8.6%	92.3%

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