Digi Net, the fixed internet service offered by those from RCS & RDS, was for a long time the fastest service of this kind in Romania, offering the highest speeds for downloading and uploading from the Internet. This is no longer valid starting from 2017, and this is because Digi was overtaken by Orange, the oranges being able to offer superior download speeds for their own clients, using Telekom's network for that.
Digi fell to the second position in the list of operators with the fastest fixed internet in Romania in 2017, according to ANCOM, the difference compared to Orange being a considerable one, as you can see. Digi offers average download speeds of 220 Mbps, and 200 Mbps for upload, while Orange offers 300 Mbps and 269 Mbps, so a difference of approximately 40% from Digi to Orange in terms of download via fixed internet in Romania.
Digi NO LONGER has the FASTEST Fixed Internet in Romania
Digi remains in 2nd place, while UPC occupies the third position, Nextgen the fourth, and Telekom remains in the last position, even though those from Orange offer the fixed internet service through the Telekom infrastructure. As for the cities with the highest internet speeds, well, Bucharest is in first place with 119 Mbps, Ilfov following with 117 Mbps, Doljul with 116 Mbps, and from here things start to go downhill, Ialomita having the lowest speed, 61 Mbps.
In 2017 fixed internet speeds had an average value of 112 Mbps (186 Mbps download and 61 Mbps upload), recording an 18% increase compared to the values obtained for 2016 in Romania. Download speeds increased by 40 Mbps in 2017 compared to 2016, while upload speeds increased by only 5 Mbps, so here the operators still have work to do, but those from Orange are now doing the best job, and Digi have a bit lost from the field.
