AT&T and Verizon eke out just one 5G network quality award each against T-Mobile

T-Mobile vs AT&T vs Verizon 5G network passive and active speeds

With the recent deployment of the C-band mid-frequencies by Ma Bell and Big Red the equation may change, but the process of catching up to T-Mobile will be slow and painful for them. The only category where Verizon’s fast but very limited 5G network shines is overall latency.

T-Mobile vs AT&T vs Verizon 5G network latency, stability, and coverage

Thankfully, in terms of the more important 4G LTE coverage both AT&T and Verizon are ahead of T-Mobile, especially in rural areas, but its rapid 5G network deployment made possible by the mid-band frequencies it inherited from Sprint have now made Big Magenta the current market leader at places where it offers signal. 

Umlaut’s tests are crowdsourced, i.e. done by people who tend to congregate in cities and especially their more central parts where T-Mobile has coverage which is on par with the best of them.