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Mobile internet speeds are blazing fast these days thanks to 4G LTE, and they are about to get even faster with the impending roll-out of 5G. Not all carriers are created equally, however. In a new study by Ookla -- of Speedtest.net fame -- it is discovered that T-Mobile offers the fastest mobile internet overall in the USA. As you can expect, Sprint is dead last.
Ookla didn't just rank carriers, but cities too. After all, speed can vary by location since performance can be impacted by number of towers, terrain, and other factors. Shockingly, the overall fastest city in the USA is not New York or Los Angeles, but Minneapolis -- located in the cold state of Minnesota.
"While you may expect a bustling coastal city or carrier's headquarters to take first prize for fastest city out of the 100 studied (by population), it was Minneapolis that was awarded the title thanks to having the fastest mean download speed over mobile. This year, the twin cities edged out Fort Wayne to take the number one and two spots, followed by San Francisco and Irvine surpassing Atlanta and Pittsburg in the fourth and fifth place spots,"says Ookla.
Source: https://betanews.com/2018/07/18/tmobile-carrier-fast-usa/
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday July 23 2018, @06:56PM
I have been on Tmobile for quite a while and have only had one issue with coverage, otherwise I've been very happy with their service. Speed is good and streaming over the mobile network has never been an issue even on my old AF Nexus 5.
Tethering is my only gripe as that data is separate from mobile data and my old unlimited plan only gives me 2.5GB/month tethering and speed is crippled after the 2.5GB to 128kbps or something (no monetary penalty or charges). The only reason for those caps is to prevent people from sharing a connection
encouragingforcing people to artificially pay more for a bigger cap or adding a line per device.