While AT&T has released news of its 5G mmWave network, its consumer adoption has been limited at this time. T-Mobile, which is trying to secure a $ 26 billion merger with Sprint, launched six 5G markets using mmWave spectrum in the 28 and 39 GHz bands. Meanwhile, Sprint allocated 60 MHz of its 2.5 GHz mid-band spectrum for 5G in Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago and Kansas. According to the test, Verizon launched 5G in Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver and Providence, where it initially allocated 400 MHz in mmWave in selected areas of the urban cores. Ookla’s test also explored the carriers’ 5G approach, as the next generation of wireless is one of the industry’s most widely discussed topics.

Meanwhile, Rhode Island recorded the fastest speed among the 50 states with a 49.71 Mbps average download speed over mobile. T-Mobile had the second fastest speed score (30.94) after AT&T, followed by Verizon and Sprint.įrom a local perspective, Minneapolis registered as the fastest city for the second year in a row with a mean download speed over mobile with 61.54 Mbps. However, Verizon had the most consistent speeds and the highest 4G availability at the country level according to the speed test. The carrier also displayed the highest speeds on two of the industry’s fastest devices. However Ookla noted the improvements were not applicable to everyone and are directly connected to whether LTE is available in a specific area, according to Extreme Tech.ĪT&T was the fastest overall operator in the U.S., 30 states and 52 of the country’s biggest cities. increased 24 percent between Q1-Q2 2018 and Q1-Q2 2019, and 13 percent in upload speeds based on metro areas. The test, which collected data from 2.7 million unique mobile user devices totaling 11.5 million benchmarks, also revealed the United States ranked 40 th in the world for mean wireless download speeds and finished 94 th for upload speeds.

Wireless carriers Verizon and AT&T showed to have boosted their mobile network performance during the past 12 months, according to Ookla’s recent Q1-Q2 speed test report.

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