

Verizon launched new 5G markets and expanded its millimeter wave “Ultra Wideband” 5G footprint in parts of 35 cities. In addition, AT&T repurposed its 850 MHz low-band spectrum, previously used for 3G service, in parts of 30 states to offer improved 5G coverage. operators were focused on implementing 5G over the past year.ĪT&T continued to roll out its millimeter wave “5G+” network in parts of major cities. Mobile operators doubled down on 5GĪll major U.S. To learn more about how operators performed for 4G Availability and latency, read the full report. AT&T also had the highest Consistency Score ™ with 79.7% of Speedtest® results meeting or exceeding speed thresholds of 5 Mbps for download and 1 Mbps for upload. With a Speed Score ™ of 41.23, AT&T was the fastest operator in competitive geographies in the U.S. Read our week-by-week view of COVID-19’s impact on internet performance. Speeds have since rebounded on both mobile and fixed broadband. We saw a decline in mobile and fixed broadband download speeds in early March as consumer behavior shifted in response to the pandemic. Median download speed over fixed broadband increased 19.6% during the last year to 86.04 Mbps in Q2 2020, and median upload speed increased 1.5% to 11.86 Mbps in Q2 2020.
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The median upload speed for mobile was 5.74 Mbps, down 15.2% from Q2 2019. during the period.ĭata from Speedtest Intelligence reveals median download speed over mobile in the U.S. The Q2 2020 Speedtest® United States Market Report by Ookla® is based on Speedtest Intelligence® data from over 1.6 million unique mobile user devices and 18.9 million fixed broadband devices performing more than 85.1 million consumer-initiated tests on Speedtest apps in the U.S.
