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/
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday July 23 2018, @03:37PM (3 children)
When I had 3G for my first-gen iPad, my plan included 2 GB per month.
When I first saw 4G advertised it was all about how incredibly fast it was - and now included 4 GB per month!
Dude. Get A Grip.
I happen to have T-Mobile and am very happy with it. I have their $$$ business plan which has no data cap. But what kind of data caps do the plebes have?
I no longer need to bother going around to WiFi spots. I just enable my iToy 7's Personal Hotspot, verify that my MacBook Pro is gonna talk through it then put my iToy back in my pocket.
I even do this when riding the bus or train. It mostly works well but the connection gets flaky each time I'm handed off to a new cell tower.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by insanumingenium on Monday July 23 2018, @05:41PM
No need to even take your iToy out of your pocket, you can activate the hotspot directly from your MBP, as long as you have BT and convergence (or whatever the stupid feature is called) on.
(Score: 2) by legont on Tuesday July 24 2018, @02:08AM (1 child)
I have t-mobile. My fast data is limited to 10G which is enough. However, hotspot data is limited to 2G and drops to real slow after that. I called and I asked and was told no - no plan to get me more. So, could you share links to your plan?
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday July 24 2018, @06:13AM
I only got three hours sleep last night. I don't know why. I was really out of it when I went to bed, then three hours later woke up feeling just fine, and got lots of work done today.
But now I'm totally wrecked.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Qlaras on Monday July 23 2018, @03:38PM (1 child)
Not terribly surprised on either front.
TMobile is finally building out their network everywhere; so lots of their infrastructure is new or built to handle future-growth. (Fiber, modern hardware)
Minneapolis has a heavy Fiber presence: http://fiber.usinternet.com/ [usinternet.com]
The entire state has always been a "quiet" tech hub - the University of Minnesota is where Gopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol) [wikipedia.org] was developed; Honeywell, 3M, Medtronic all grew up there; among others.
The Minnesota State Fair is in between Minneapolis/St. Paul; where over 12 days, almost 2,000,000 people will visit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_State_Fair [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 3, Informative) by PocketSizeSUn on Monday July 23 2018, @06:05PM
Don't forget Control Data and the various Cray incarnations.
(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.(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday July 23 2018, @07:28PM
> As you can expect, Sprint is dead last.
With such amazing service, it's a wonder that Sprint hasn't been bought by Comcast yet.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @09:09PM
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.