How fast is mmWave?

In OpenSignal’s latest research, Verizon’s 5G download speeds ranged from 338 Mbps to 508.3 Mbps in five cities: Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and Washington D.C. This compares to download speeds from AT&T and T-Mobile, ranging from 44.9 Mbps to 143.3 Mbps.

For some context, mmWave 5G devices can offer maximum speeds of around 4-5Gbps , although consumer speeds are often lower. Still, mmWave can be faster than most wired fiber broadband connections. By comparison, the best sub-6GHz connections can hit a few hundred Mbps, although tens of Mbps is often more realistic.16 Kas 2021

mmWave 5G easily goes beyond 300Mbps, often reaching 500Mbps or even 1Gbps . Getting that kind of data performance on a smartphone is nothing short of amazing, but because mmWave is still pretty unreliable, that breakneck performance isn’t always guaranteed.22 Haz 2021