Verizon has the fastest LTE network in western regions of the United States, while its up-and-coming rival T-Mobile has the top speeds throughout the east coast, according to a recent study by OpenSignal, which crowdsourced signal data from nearly 170,000 smartphone users who downloaded the OpenSignal app.
OpenSignal divided the United States into five regions-the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and West-and found that Verizon had the fastest LTE speeds in the West and Midwest, while T-Mobile was tops in the Northeast and Southeast. Verizon and T-Mobile had a statistical tie in the Southwest.
Verizon had an average download speed of 20 Mbps in the Midwest, for example, compared to 18.4 Mbps for T-Mobile. Meanwhile, in the Northeast, T-Mobile`s average download speed was 18.6 Mbps versus 17 Mbps for Verizon. OpenSignal`s testing was completed in the fourth quarter of 2016.
LTE speeds among all `Big Four` carriers in the United States, namely AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile, were fastest in the Midwest overall, while lowest in the Southwest, said OpenSignal.
The geographical breakdown is a follow-up to OpenSignal`s latest State of Mobile Networks report published last week. The original report, which included a city-by-city breakdown, found Verizon had the faster network in a number of major cities, including Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.Tags: T-Mobile, Verizon, OpenSignal Discuss this article in our forums
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