T-Mobile Gets Top Oookla Marks for Mobile Speed in Q4
T-Mobile was the fastest wireless carrier in the U.S. in Q4, with a median download speed of 151.37 Mbps on modern chipsets, up from 116.14 Mbps in Q3 2022, Ookla said Tuesday. Verizon Wireless (69.01 Mbps) and AT&T (65.57) were…
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“distant runners up.” T-Mobile also had the fastest upload speed at 12.53 Mbps, topping Verizon (9.33) and AT&T (7.98). “T-Mobile had the highest Consistency in the U.S. during Q4 2022, with 86.8% of results showing at least 5 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload speeds,” the report said: “Verizon Wireless and AT&T followed at 82.4% and 81.1%, respectively.” On the percentage of time 5G-capable devices spend on a 5G network, T-Mobile (69.2%) and AT&T (64.5%) bested Verizon (34.3%). The states with the fastest median download speeds were Minnesota, Illinois and New Jersey. Mississippi finished last. “In addition to topping national rankings, T-Mobile’s network proved fastest in 45 states and the District of Columbia as well as in 86 of the 100 most populous U.S. cities,” T-Mobile said Tuesday.