T-Mobile Maintains Lead in Average Fixed-Wireless Speed: Ookla
T-Mobile maintains its fixed-wireless access leadership position, with a median download speed of 209.06 Mbps, “approximately double that” of AT&T’s median speed of 104.63 Mbps, Ookla said Monday. It found a “noticeable decline” in the download and upload speeds of T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon during Q2 and Q3. That may be a “seasonal pattern,” since the firm said it detected similar declines last year. “It’s also possible that this may be an early indication that strong uptake in FWA is starting to impact performance.”
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A second Ookla report released Monday said the major mobile carriers have a faster median download speed than Wi-Fi in most airports, with Verizon leading the pack. Airport Wi-Fi was “faster than mobile providers in just over one-third of head-to-head comparisons (including ties), and faster than all mobile providers in five airports.”