Given the controversial price hikes, other controversial policy changes, and the proposed acquisition of (most of) U.S. Cellular, T-Mobile Over the past few months, we have received overwhelmingly negative attention from the media.
Verizon and AT&T can’t touch T-Mobile
Strangely enough, T-Mobile It then dropped to 275.50 Mbps in May 2024, but still dwarfed competitors’ results at the end of the period monitored by Ookla for this latest report. VerizonHowever, Big Red managed to increase performance from 133.56 Mbps in June 2023 to 215.57 Mbps late last year, which is something Big Red is unlikely to repeat anytime soon.
Meanwhile, the industry-leading “un-carriers” are preparing various strategies, such as the expansion of 5G standalone (SA) and the deployment of six carrier aggregations, which are very likely to continuously improve both speeds and network availability. With additional spectrum from U.S. Cellular, T-Mobile To On a large scale In future we will strengthen the signals in rural areas.
both T-Mobile and Verizon While all of the country’s top three wireless service providers are still focused on improving speeds in urban areas, they have already made significant improvements to 5G performance in rural areas recently.
Consumer sentiment is also generally positive. Verizon AT&T has made some great strides over the past year or so, but overall, this looks like another key performance metric. T-MobileThe overwhelming lead of 5G is virtually impossible to overcome anytime soon, but the same can’t be said about 5G video quality. Verizon In 5G gaming performance, Big Red actually holds a (slight) lead as of Q1 2024.
Where does the United States stand internationally today?
This may be painful to hear for some, but the United States hasn’t had the strongest start on the global 5G stage in terms of speeds for years.
However, although progress across the country was relatively slow initially; T-Mobile, Verizonand AT&T have essentially teamed up recently to make America great again (sorry, couldn’t resist).
Being No. 11 in the world on Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index as of February 2024 may not sound like the most impressive achievement in U.S. wireless industry history, but it’s certainly better than languishing in 20th place just a year prior to that date.
Meanwhile, in terms of both 5G services and 5G availability, the US is ahead of countries like Canada, France, Australia, Germany and the UK, but is unsurprisingly overtaken by China and South Korea. The US, the land of the free and home of the brave, is also making steady progress in these areas, but it is probably never going to threaten the hegemony of the two Asian superpowers.
