After roughly a year of getting their 5G home Internet services rolled out, both Verizon and T-Mobile are not only increasing their coverage areas, but their customer base as well. Just recently, T-Mobile reported they had expanded their service’s availability from 30 to 40 million households. For Verizon, they had announced back in January that their service reaches 20 million households.
AT&T doesn’t have 5G home internet, but it does offer a 4G LTE option to rural customers and businesses. UScellular has also been working on its own 5G home Internet too, but it’s still very limited.
In comparison, Verizon offers the fastest potential speeds for both downloads and uploads, yet T-Mobile‘s service is more widely available. Right now, we only have a max download speed for UScellular, but expect to see more results in the future.
With both, keep in mind that your average 5G speeds will vary based on your location and coverage. And yeah, AT&T’s 4G home internet is abysmally slow.
Download Speeds
- T-Mobile = 33 to 182 Mbps
- Verizon = 85 to 1,000 Mbps
- AT&T (4G Only) = 10 to 25 Mbps
- UScellular = up to 300 Mbps
Upload Speeds
- T-Mobile = 8 to 25 Mbps
- Verizon = 10 to 50 Mbps
- AT&T (4G Only) = up to 1 Mbps
Something to keep in mind about these speeds – at least with Verizon – is you must sign up for the 5G Home Plus plan to gain access to speeds between 300 to 1000 Mbps.
Aside from reasonable pricing options, both Verizon and T-Mobile offer trial periods to test the service. T-Mobile allows for 15 days, while Verizon allows for 30 days. Here’s an outline of some comparisons between T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T plans (we’re still waiting on UScellular to release more details):
| 5G home internet details | T-Mobile | Verizon | AT&T |
| Price with cellular plan | $30/month | $25-35/month | $59.99/month |
| Price without cellular plan | $50/month | $50-70/month | $69.99/month |
| Contract | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Taxes and fees | Included | Included | Extra |
| Data cap | ❌ | ❌ | 350 GB |
| Self-setup | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Installation fee | ❌ | ❌ | $99 |
| Price lock | Lifetime | 2-3 years | ❌ |
Given the information, it may still be difficult for those of us with access to wired broadband services to switch to cellular. However, with the pricing, it could very well make up for the slower bandwidth. Or you might consider adding it as a backup to your broadband service if you cannot afford any downtime. Either way, there’s options with risk free trials so check them out today!