While we continue to wait for the detailed H2 2020 “State of the Mobile Union” report that awarded Verizon the top prize across a staggering seven (out of seven) categories to be released, RootMetrics has put together a neat infographic highlighting the fast-growing average wireless download speeds of six major US cities.
The Big Apple takes the cake
New York City and the Tri-State Area eclipsed a grand total of 124 cities with a score of 46.3 Mbps, which essentially means the average NYC resident should be able to download a 5MB song in less than two seconds and a 600MB Netflix video in under two minutes.
While AT&T and T-Mobile made decent gains of their own in the same timeframe, Big Red seems pretty much untouchable for the foreseeable future in the Big Apple. Unsurprisingly, Verizon was named H2 2020’s fastest carrier in four of the other five major East Coast cities too, while AT&T prevailed in Washington D.C.
How did the other five cities fare between July and December 2020?
With one notable exception, the answer to that question is “quite well.” Said exception is Miami, where the aggregate median download speed couldn’t even reach 30 Mbps, compared to Boston and Atlanta’s incredibly close 38.1 and 38.8 Mbps scores respectively.
In second and third place, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. delivered similarly impressive results of 44.6 and 42.6 Mbps respectively, very narrowly trailing New York City’s dominant 46.3 Mbps average.
