T-Mobile Was the Fastest U.S. Cellular Provider in Q1 2022

[MacRumors]

T-Mobile provided the fastest cellular service in the United States during the first quarter of 2022, according to Ookla. For those unfamiliar, Ookla is the company behind the popular Speedtest bandwidth measurement service, and it regularly releases reports on connectivity speeds.

The median T-Mobile download speed was 117.83Mb/s on modern chipsets, while Verizon came in second with median download speeds of 62.62Mb/s, and AT&T placed third with 56.10Mb/s. T-Mobile's median connectivity speeds have increased since the fourth quarter of 2021, when it was measuring in at 90.65Mb/s.

When considering just 5G connectivity, T-Mobile again had the fastest median download speed at 191.12Mb/s, followed by Verizon at 107.25Mb/s and AT&T at 68.43Mb/s.

T-Mobile has the largest 5G network of the three carriers because it has used 600MHz low-band spectrum for 5G coverage across the United States. 5G coverage from AT&T and Verizon is more limited in availability at this time, but it can also hit higher maximum speeds in urban areas.

T-Mobile and Verizon tied for lowest median latency at 31 ms, with AT&T coming in at 34 ms. T-Mobile also won the top "consistency score" with 88.3 percent of results showing at least 5Mb/s download and 1Mb/s upload speeds. Verizon came in second at 84.6 percent and AT&T was third at 82.1 percent.

Minnesota, the District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Illinois, and New Jersey had some of the fastest median download and upload speeds in the United States during the quarter, with St. Paul, Minnesota winning out as the city with the fastest speeds (136.72Mb/s median download speeds).

Ookla's website has additional carrier-specific information about connectivity speeds in the United States, with details available in its full Q1 2022 report.

Article Link: T-Mobile Was the Fastest U.S. Cellular Provider in Q1 2022

 

[sdhalpern]

T-Mobile is garbage in San Francisco. I was lucky to get 3 mbps down in Eurkea Valley near Castro. Lots of dead zones all over SF. Had to switch to ATT

 

[Premium1]

Not surprised since T-Mo had years head start to launch their 5G. Will be interesting to see over the next year with att and verizon rolling out their mid-band how much the speeds and coverage improve.

 

[Agent OrangeZ]

Did they come to Phoenix? Because T-Mobile is slow AF in Phoenix.

 

[Realityck]

I think Verizon is aggressively tearing up streets around south SF Bay area (Silicon Valley) , and T-Mobile will soon be less attractive for providing 5G for homes and cells in this area. Both Verizon and T-Mobile are after the home internet using 5G cell boxes.

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[Unity451]

Unless you're in a dead or weak spot... then it's terrible.

(NOTE the full bars)

 

[Shaggymax]

T-Mobile has treated us well here in Central PA...and has been useable in many international destinations ?

 

[4jasontv]

These results make me laugh. I don’t see anywhere near their reported speeds, despite being in one of my states largest cities and have 3/4 bars of 5G.

 

[roland.g]

When I left AT&T (which I had been with since the iPhone in 2007) for Verizon when the iPhone launched 5G on the iPhone 12, I looked at Verizon and T Mobile. Verizon won not because of speed, but because of coverage.

 

[mrat93]

My TMO 5G speeds are fine, but I often lose my connection which takes a good 20-30 seconds to reconnect at times. I never had this issue with LTE prior to iPhone 12.

 

[bigrustyjc]

This is all assuming you can get T-Mobile coverage anywhere. I switched from ATT to T-Mobile a couple years ago, and it was the biggest mistake ever. Coverage at work and school in a major Metro area was spotty at best. Forget about traveling anywhere. I switched back as soon as I could.

 

[Ram65]

Att in 3rd place oh hell no they slacking . People gonna start leaving

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Wow! Lately, AT&T has been so slow. Can barely get any signal nowadays and it’s annoying. Hopefully this is a wake up call for AT&T team.

 

[noone]

They're also the fastest at losing their customer's data.

 

[nutmac]

T-Mobile's 5G when you can get it. Unfortunately, T-Mobile's 5G expansion appears to be at the expense of improving coverage in many metro areas.

 

[BootsWalking]

They're very fast in my area but more importantly, in terms of the quality of customer service and how they treat me as a customer, T-Mobile is 5G and AT&T is two tin cans with a piece of string between them.

 

[Yrmmont]

Figures, Charter/Spectrum did not make the grade. BTW, they suck!

 

[Sean.]

Works great for me in my area. I recently canceled my cable ISP and switched to T-Mobile’s 5G internet at my house and it’s been awesome so far.

 

[FelixDerKater]

It's great when and where it works...

 

[anshuvorty]

Unless you're in a dead or weak spot... then it's terrible.

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(NOTE the full bars)

This looks like you are on 4G LTE, not 5G...

 

[jz0309]

VZW in my (non-rural) home: 1.29 down, 0.02 up Mbps with 130ms ping
Best so far I've seen (I'm not on a 5G plan) 240/59
13ProMax

 

[progx]

Ditched Verizon for T-Mobile years ago, never had a problem and the signal has only improved in my area of PA. They’re not perfect, but they fix all my issues and hand out bill credits when Netflix is lying in wait to charge you when you make changes to your plan. Yes, Netflix auto-charges you when you make any changes to your cell plan.

They‘ve turned on their high end 5G out here too. It almost kills my Spectrum 400 down package.

 

[progx]

Figures, Charter/Spectrum did not make the grade. BTW, they suck!

Spectrum uses Verizon’s towers. They don’t have their own.

 

[SactoGuy18]

I've seen 850 megabits/second download speeds on my iPhone 12 if I'm next to a tower that runs in T-Mobile's Ultra Capacity mode. For a normal 5G connection, I get about 190-200 megabits/second download speed maximum.

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

Worked fine in DC/NC on my trip! here in Utah I get around 700ish down at my home!