5G promises to be much faster than the NBN , just as reliable and with ultra-low latency. What remains to be seen however is the cost of data on the 5G network and the issue of coverage across Australia. If current mobile data costs are anything to go by, the NBN may be going strong for a few more years yet.
Read moreIs Telstra or Optus 5G better?
Optus now holds the crown for fastest 5G speeds , while Telstra has the widest 5G coverage. Australia’s 5G race continues to heat up as the latest Systemics-PAB report indicates Optus 5G average download speed is 22 percent faster than Telstra’s.
Read moreWhat is the average 5G speed?
The Q3 2021 5G Median Performance Worldwide report found a global average 5G speed of 166.12Mbps , which is 13% lower than the 206.22Mbps recorded during the same tests in the year-ago quarter. Corresponding upload speeds, meanwhile, fell to 21.08Mbps, a 39% drop from the 29.52Mbps seen in Q3 2020.
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Based on this data, T-Mobile beat the other two carriers with an average 5G download speed of 58.1 Mbps , an increase from 49.2 Mbps in June 2020. Meanwhile, 5G download speeds actually fell on both Verizon’s and AT&T’s networks. AT&T download speeds dropped from 60.8 Mbps in June to 53.8 Mbps.
Read moreWhat is the average 5G speed in the US?
At 93.73 Mbps , U.S. median 5G download speeds were the slowest and trailed behind the five European countries and Japan that also fell on the lower end of rankings. The bottom 10% for 5G download in the U.S. clocked a mere 18.54 Mbps, according to Ookla.
Read moreHow fast is 5G download speed in Mbps?
Recent Speedtest Intelligence data recorded in Denver pegged Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband download speeds at 988.37 Mbps , an 820.2% improvement over LTE.
Read moreWhat is the expected speed of 5G?
5G can be significantly faster than 4G, delivering up to 20 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) peak data rates and 100+ Megabits-per-second (Mbps) average data rates .
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