T-Mobile Now Has America's Fastest Mobile Data

February 2, 2016 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

State of Mobile Networks: USA (Feb 2016)
State of Mobile Networks: USA (Feb 2016)

OpenSignal has published the results of its recent data network tests to establish which carrier provides the fastest downloads. And the answer, perhaps surprisingly, is… T-Mobile.

The carrier effortlessly wins out on 3G download speeds, shown below, offering an average speed of 3.5Mbps. That’s way faster than second-placed AT&T, which offers 2.2Mbps, and leaves Verizon and Sprint in the dust, with their paltry 0.66 Mbps and 0.64Mbps respectively.

T-Mobile Now Has America's Fastest Mobile Data (Barely)

Things are a little closer when it comes to 4G, shown below. T-Mobile just squeaks a victory, with an average download speed of 12.26Mbps, while Verizon lags behind with 11.98Mbps. AT&T and Sprint languish, with 7.93Mbps and 6.56Mbps respectively.

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