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Ookla: T-Mobile is Fastest Mobile Internet Carrier in USA, Minneapolis is Speediest City

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 23 2018, @02:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the edging-out-Ft.-Wayne dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

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/

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @09:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @09:09PM (#711439)

    Out here, travel 10 miles out from city center, and you might have to roam on ATT's network. At least that could still get me voice, but no data because I'm prepaid. But it's only 30$ per month, so I'm staying.