For what it’s worth, OpenSignal’s April 2021 report says T-Mobile has the fastest 5G speed — the testing firm says T-Mobile has an average 5G download speed of 71.3 Mbps . While that may not seem as fast as what you’d expect from 5G, it’s ahead of the averages for AT&T (54.9 Mbps) and Verizon (47.7 Mbps).
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AT&T ranked first for 5G speed and tied with Verizon for reliability, while T-Mobile maintained its claim for greatest 5G availability. As deployments march forward, there’s still a lot of room left for greater 5G coverage and speeds across carriers.
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According to the report, T-Mobile’s average 5G download speed reached 150 Mbps , more than 2.5x faster than what Opensignal reported a year ago and up more than 25% from last quarter.
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Meanwhile, speeds on AT&T’s 5G network, which uses lower band spectrum, jumped more than 10 Mbps over the past three months to 75.59 Mbps .
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While T-Mobile has a larger 5G network and faster 5G speeds , AT&T has one technical advantage in that its 5G network supports a wider range of radio channels to support 5G phones.
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But it doesn’t support especially high speeds, often coming in only a little faster than 4G LTE. You can expect download speeds that average over 100Mbps, but it less often passes 200Mbps .
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