A report by OpenSignal early last year reported speeds in excess of 500Mbps on Verizon’s 5G network. This originally earned it very high scores for raw 5G speeds. The carrier focused on deploying fast, short-range mmWave technology in major urban centers. Verizon’s lower numbers for 5G availability are likely due to its choice to go for speed over coverage in its original 5G rollouts. AT&T came in second at 48%, while Verizon lagged behind at 36.4%. For 5G availability, which measures the percentage of users on 5G-capable devices that spend the majority of their time on 5G, T-Mobile was the only carrier to soar past the halfway mark, at 61.4%. T-Mobile also came out ahead in latency and consistency, although the margins were much closer here.

There was an even larger gap when it came to 5G performance, with T-Mobile’s 187.12Mbps eclipsing both Verizon and AT&T, which failed to break the 100Mbps barrier at all, clocking in at 78.52Mbps and 68.82Mpbs, respectively. AT&T came in second place with median download speeds of 49.25 Mbps, and Verizon was a close third at 44.67Mbps in overall cellular speed numbers. Looking at Ookla’s numbers, it’s clear that this wasn’t even a close race. T-Mobile pulled even farther ahead in 5G speeds, peaking at 187.12 Mbps, which was a considerable jump from its 135.17 Mbps during Q3 2021 The runners up I review phones for a living - here are the 10 apps I can’t live without What is 5G UC? Here’s what that icon on your phone really means What is 5G? Speeds, coverage, comparisons, and more

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