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5G from AT&T and Verizon turns out to be Europe-level bad

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I've had Verizon's "Home Internet" service for a year or so in middle America. The 4G and 5G signal strength roughly match and aside from a few initial reboot issues - resolved by firmware updates - it's had rock solid speed. I just ran a few tests from librespeed.org:

  ╔═════════════╦════════════════╦══════════╦════════╦════════╦══════════╦═════════╗
  ║  Location   ║    Provider    ║ Protocol ║  Ping  ║ Jitter ║   Down   ║    Up   ║
  ╠═════════════╬════════════════╬══════════╬════════╬════════╬══════════╬═════════╣
  ║ Chicago     ║ Sharktech      ║ IPv4     ║  60 ms ║  15 ms ║ 408 Mbps ║ 23 Mbps ║
  ║ Atlanta     ║ Cloudiver      ║ IPv6     ║  67 ms ║   8 ms ║ 311 Mbps ║ 23 Mbps ║
  ║ Amsterdam   ║ "Rust backend" ║ IPv4     ║ 169 ms ║ 260 ms ║  68 Mbps ║ 20 Mbps ║
  ║ Nuremberg   ║ Hetzner        ║ IPv6     ║ 155 ms ║ 125 ms ║ 132 Mbps ║ 20 Mbps ║
  ║ Los Angeles ║ Sharktech      ║ IPv4     ║  86 ms ║  15 ms ║ 373 Mbps ║ 21 Mbps ║
  ║ Serbia      ║ SOX            ║ IPv6     ║ 188 ms ║  29 ms ║ 173 Mbps ║ 17 Mbps ║
  ║ Tokyo       ║ A573           ║ IPv4     ║ 183 ms ║  72 ms ║ 156 Mbps ║ 22 Mbps ║
  ╚═════════════╩════════════════╩══════════╩════════╩════════╩══════════╩═════════╝

I wouldn't say it's "decrepit", but maybe I'm just lucky.

Does OpenSignal have details explaining how they collected this data? Could there be differences in the way these networks manage cellular connections, such as not utilizing 5G when 4G would save battery and/or provide a better signal.

I've noticed my device, an iPhone 13 Pro Max, will stay on LTE until I start downloading or streaming something. Then it will switch to 5g ultra wideband.

They develop 5G which is allegedly good for up to 10 GB/s. Then they throttle your speeds to exactly what they were on 4G. Maybe they can serve more customers in densely populated areas, but I'll never get to see a difference anyways.

I have a 5g router for backup internet. works great get like 30 down and 5 up. ama. google fi ftw.

Same, except from Verizon except and I get ~300mbps down and ~20mbps up. I'm in Tampa and I get 5G in most places I frequent on my phone.

Though, I have noticed, that sometimes I'll be on LTE until I start streaming/downloading something. I figured it was a battery saving measure.

how much do you pay a mount if you don't mind me asking?

What hardware?

Bah, lost track of my Gs. It’s a 4g LB1120.

Thanks for the reply.

Apparently that is no longer available and the reviews for the replacement, the LB1200 are insanely bad, sadly.

I got mine used on reddit. It's been stable thus far.

WTH does europe-level bad mean!?

I’m curious about this.. I’m in the middle of nowhere, 2 miles from nearest mast and home internet is a Zyxel NR5103E 5G Router on Three.. I get near as dammit 1Gb down/50Mbps up with 20ms ping, for £15 a month..

"On '5G availability,' T-Mobile resembles an Usain Bolt alongside the decrepit fun runners of AT&T and Verizon, scoring 67.9%. AT&T limps over the line below 12%, while Verizon collapses on it at 7.7%." -- what a quote!

I'm disappointed, but not especially surprised.

t-mobile 5g is the worst. its slow as shit compared to at&t

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