T-Mobile continues to lead 5G speeds in the US, 2x faster than AT&T and Verizon

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Opensignal is out with its quarterly report on 5G in the US. For the October study, the findings include T-Mobile having the fastest average 5G download speeds for the fourth time in a row – now more than doubling its competitors. Meanwhile, Verizon came in on top for 5G video, games, and voice apps.

Opensignal published its October 2021 5G User Experience Report today based on millions of devices and billions of measurements in the US from June to September 2021.

When looking at the overall categories, T-Mobile took first place again for download and upload speeds, availability, and reach.

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And Verizon took first for the 5G video, games, and voice app experience with AT&T trailing in every category. When it came to 5G availability, T-Mobile users saw the latest cellular standard 34.7% of the time. That was more than double AT&T and more than triple Verizon. Meanwhile, average 5G upload speeds were much closer between the three major US carriers and saw if any, very slight improvements.

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