Did you know Which US Mobile Networks Excel in 5G? New Report by Ookla Reveals

 

Ookla just published their semi-annual report on connectivity in the US and one of the takeaways from the report is that 5G performance is getting better. But then comes the question whether consumers are noticing this improvement in the performance or not. The 5G network has gotten widespread in the whole country and it is helping in faster upload speeds and downloads. iPhone users are also making apps download faster and streaming videos without interruption all became 5G. But most of the people think that 5G is an upgrade in name only and it seems just like a continuation of 4G/LTE.

Ookla compared data from its report from the first half of 2024 to know if there are any improvements in 5G performance. According to the data, T-Mobile’s 5G performance jumped from 228.24 in the first half of 2024 to 242.76 in the second half of 2024. AT&T saw minimal improvement, with 131.63 in the first half of 2024 to 132.68 in the second half of 2024. On the other hand, the 5G speed of Verizon declined to 185.26 from 191.56. The report also covered customers’ ratings on a 5-star rating system and it was found that T-Mobile’s rating dropped a little from 3.73 to 3.7. AT&T’s customer rating dropped to 3.12 from 3.14 while Verizon’s rating remained the same throughout the year. This shows that customer ratings of these three mobile networks have remained almost the same.

Ookla’s report also added 5G availability rankings according to which T-Mobile ranks at the top with 89.4% 5G availability ranking. AT&T’s 5G availability ranking was 86.2% while Verizon had 49.3% 5G availability. The report also praised AT&T Fiber, saying it was the fastest ISP in the US during the second half of 2024 with an average download speed of 357.45 Mbps. It had an average upload speed of 286.93 Mbps. It was followed by Verizon with the download speed of 277.41 Mbps.