In its latest report, Opensignal finds that T-Mobile users in the U.S. have 2.5 times faster download speeds than AT&T subscribers and three times faster than those on Verizon.
Robert Wyrzykowski for Opensignal:
Once again, T-Mobile wins both overall speed awards outright. It retains Download Speed Experience with a score of 113.1Mbps and Upload Speed Experience with a score of 12.1Mbps. T-Mobile has increased its winning margins over AT&T and Verizon for both metrics compared to the previous U.S. Mobile Network Experience report. Our T-Mobile users enjoy 2.5 times faster average overall download speeds than their AT&T peers and around three times faster than those on Verizon’s network.
Powered with the 2.5GHz spectrum band, T-Mobile triumphs for 5G Download Speed with a score of 204.9Mbps — hitting the 200Mbps milestone for the first time. However, AT&T and Verizon have whittled away at T-Mobile’s lead in 5G Download Speed due to boosts in their scores of 43.5Mbps (54.4%) and 39Mbps (40.5%). These increases are driven by the additional C-band spectrum both AT&T and Verizon gained access to in August 2023. Furthermore, Verizon wins 5G Upload Speed outright for the second time in a row, with a score of 19.9Mbps. It increases its winning margin over T-Mobile to 2.3Mbps — up from 0.3Mbps in the previous report.
Opensignal’s new Coverage Experience metrics measure the geographic coverage of populated areas. Coverage Experience goes to Verizon, which wins the award outright with a score of 9.5 points on a 10-point scale — 0.5 points ahead of AT&T and one point ahead of T-Mobile. Meanwhile, T-Mobile triumphs for 5G Coverage Experience with a score of 7.4 points on a 10-point scale. AT&T comes second, 1.6 points behind the winner, while Verizon takes third place, with a score of 5.4 points.
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That finding, of course, has a giant caveat T-Mobile doesn’t want you to know about: “…where available!…” I love T-Mobile (because of their free international data), but had to give it up because they simply had no service in the area I live in. The carriers – esp. T-Mobile and AT&T – want you to believe that their poor coverage is only in some rare rural areas. But I live within commuting distance of NC’s most populous area (Research Triangle: Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) and I get “No Service” with T-Mobile. I ended up with Verizon.
And I concur with the findings: when I’m downton somewhere, T-Mobile 5G can have amazing speeds compared to Verizon. At one point I measured 3-4 times faster for T-Mobile. How did I do it? Well, T-Mobile has this need “try it” feature whereby you get an eSIM from them and can use it for awhile, free of charge. I do this occasionally to see if their coverage has improved at my house. Alas, I’ve done it twice now in the last 3 years without coverage improvements 🙁