Verizon’s 5G network recently fell from “nation’s fastest” grace as Big Red started moving from its speedy mmWave Ultrawide Band buildout that covers a few city blocks at a time, to deploying lower bands that cover much more ground but are way slower.
Verizon’s 4G LTE vs 5G network speeds
Verizon’s current CBRS 4G vs 5G Ultrawide Band vs 5G DSS network technology speeds
What you are seeing above is pretty self-explanatory – those Verizon 4G LTE speeds are so good, you might not care about its 5G connection, lowband or highband – but they merit a little discussion.
As Sascha Segan has pointed out in the report, the 4G CBRS network speeds will be available to your phone if you have the LTE 48 band on it, which is most phones in the past couple of years.
Speaking of 5G, its mmWave Ultrawide Band buildout delivers the usual breathtaking 3Gbps+ download speeds, as you can see above, but only in very limited areas, while the new 5G DSS seems to be just there for the range and the 5G icon bragging rights, as it delivers slower speeds.
