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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday August 27 2016, @01:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the can-you-hear-me-now? dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The back-and-forth over which carrier has the best network continues, with Verizon Wireless taking the latest win.

The nation's largest carrier also proved to be the best, according to the results taken from the first half of the year from testing firm RootMetrics. Along with the best overall performance, Verizon took the top spot in reliability, speed, data, calling and text message. AT&T finished second in every category except for calls, where Sprint edged out its rival.

The results, which didn't differ much from RootMetrics' second-half 2015 test, give Verizon further ammunition as it touts the superiority of its network. These tests are critical to carriers as they sell you on the strength of their service. That's particularly the case for Verizon, which needs to justify the premium it charges its customers.

But RootMetrics isn't the only game in town, and the results differ radically. Rival testing firm OpenSignal has declared T-Mobile the best overall network, and Speedtest.net regularly crowns T-Mobile the fastest network to boot.

The high score among wireless carriers goes to Verizon.

The differing results come down to how each firm conducts its test. OpenSignal and Speedtest relies on tests run by regular people, which they argue offer vastly more results in real-world situations. RootMetrics uses a fleet of test vans and professional testers with a consistent set of phones.

RootMetrics said it conducted 3.7 million tests, drove 265,386 miles and tested 4,249 indoor locations to get its results.


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  • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Sunday August 28 2016, @06:51AM

    by butthurt (6141) on Sunday August 28 2016, @06:51AM (#394115) Journal

    Verizon is also a member, as are several other carriers.

    http://wirelessdataspco.org/members.php [wirelessdataspco.org]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @07:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @07:42AM (#394127)

    Sprint and T-Mobile don't have presumptuous names for themselves in their whois records.

    $ whois 208.20.6.242 | egrep -E "(Net|Org)Name"
    NetName:        SPRINTLINK-BLKS
    OrgName:        Sprint
    $ whois 208.54.70.98 | egrep -E "(Net|Org)Name"
    NetName:        TMO2
    OrgName:        T-Mobile USA, Inc.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @08:30AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @08:30AM (#394135)

      The IP address 166.175.184.31 isn't registered to AT&T, but to the Wireless Data Service Provider Corporation.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @09:05AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @09:05AM (#394146)

        Oh, that's so insightful. Tell me another one, like, Verizon Wireless address space is registered to Cellco Partnership.