Canada’s telecom companies largely meet or exceed their advertised Internet upload and download speeds, according to a new study by the Canadian Radio-television and Teleccomunications Commission.

The study found that the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) Fibe service offered by Bell, which owns BNN, provided download speeds during peak hours that were 124 per cent of what was advertised.

"These independent tests prove that Bell's strategy to lead investment and innovation in broadband is delivering advanced networks that consistently outperform in speed and reliability," Wade Oosterman, group president of BCE and Bell Canada, and Bell's chief brand officer, said in a press release.

Two Internet service providers, however, underperformed their advertised rate. Bell Aliant’s 7x0.64 Mbps DSL service delivered 77 per cent of its advertised speed, while Telus’ 6x1 Mbps DSL plan was 85 per cent of its advertised speed.

The study, which examined the Internet performance of Canada’s providers between March 15, 2016 and April 14, 2016, was commissioned by the CRTC and conducted by SamKnows, a broadband measurement service.

Bell Aliant, Bell Canada, Rogers, Cogeco, Eastlink, MTS, Northwestel, Rogers, Shaw, Telus and Videotron participated in the study. Sasktel declined to participate in the study.

BNN is a division of Bell Media, which is owned by BCE.