Two reports from mobile analytics company RootMetrics provide a comprehensive look at the performance of network carriers in the first half of 2024. These studies reveal some significant shifts in the 5G landscape, highlighting changes in speed, reliability, and availability rankings among the top carriers: Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T. Key Findings from RootMetrics’ 5G Testing […]
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Ookla Tests 5G Performance in the U.S.
The ongoing improvement of 5G performance in the United States is closely tied to the increasing availability of mid-band spectrum. In March 2024, T-Mobile began utilizing additional 2.5 GHz spectrum acquired in a 2022 auction, significantly boosting its 5G network capacity, particularly in rural areas. This led to a notable increase in median download speeds, […]
Boosting Cellular Connection Speeds: How Antennas Can Help Improve Bandwidth
As more of our lives depend on technology and the Internet, it’s important that we have a fast and reliable connection. For wired Internet services, that might not be such a problem. What if you’re relying on mobile broadband Internet service? With the advent of 5G technology, cellular networks have become even faster, offering lightning-fast […]
OpenSignal Reports: Who is the Best Cellular Provider?
OpenSignal has released their collection of data from cellular providers over the dates of September 16 to December 14 of 2022. It will be no surprise to some of us that in these cellular reports, T-Mobile has won out above the rest, yet again. On the mobile network experience report, multiple factors were tested. For […]
How Do I Perform a Cellular Site Survey?
When it comes to boosting cellular signal, it can be extremely helpful to perform a site survey. This is a simple cellular network strength test of signal and bandwidth. Verifying where you have the best signal and bandwidth speeds first, will not only help determine the ideal placement for your external antenna, but that there […]
How Important is Latency to 5G Users?
According to Ericsson, user experience is all about “time-to-content” – in other words, how fast does my video start or my webpage load after I click to open it? Based on a study the company recently conducted, they found that latency is rarely a factor when it comes to user satisfaction. Reiner Ludwig, Strategic Product […]
What is the Current 5G Experience in the U.S?
Over the course of 3 months (Mar 16 – Jun 13, 2022), OpenSignal gathered 5G data points from each of the major U.S. cellular carriers – Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. This data was put into a report they call the 5G Experience Report, and it was just released. Big surprise…it shows T-Mobile as the winner […]
Who Has the Best Mobile Network?
T-Mobile does it for the second year in a row – they’ve beat out Verizon and AT&T in recent tests performed by the PCMag team. They’ve been running these “Fastest Mobile Network” tests for the past 12 years and with this year came some changes. They opted for electric vehicles for the more than 10,000 […]
Does T-Mobile Still Have the Fastest 5G?
You may be familiar with Ookla, or their famous speedtest.net website that lets users easily test their Internet connection’s latency and download and upload speeds. They also run quarterly reports comparing the results between different Internet providers, both fixed and mobile. We’d like to highlight the mobile results only. This first quarter’s results were just […]
Who is the fastest 5G carrier in the US?
According to the latest report from RootMetrics T-Mobile may have the fastest 5G speeds and greatest 5G availability, but what about reliability? When measuring only 5G reliability, a different carrier, Verizon, came out on top. The timing of this testing however, is important to note. 5G performance was done during the second half of 2021. […]
