T-Mobile’s key advantage is being eroded.
AT&T has deployed 5G Standalone (SA) across the US, five years after its rival T-Mobile’s 5G SA network went up. The company’s SVP and Network CTO, Yigal Elbaz, subtly dismissed T-Mobile’s lead by claiming that being the first doesn’t mean you are the most reliable. He might have been right.AT&T appears to have overtaken T-Mobile in 5G download speeds
YouTube channel Tech Life Channel tested how 5G speeds compare on T-Mobile and AT&T. He parked his car near a tower that hosted both networks and conducted the test.
AT&T achieved a download speed of 1,543 Mbps and an upload speed of 132 Mbps. T-Mobile clocked in a download speed of 1,120 Mbps and an upload speed of 138 Mbps. The results were similar when he ran the test again.
Latency was lower on T-Mobile’s network, meaning its users should experience fewer delays than AT&T’s. That’s understandable, given T-Mobile’s deployment of the Low Latency, Low Loss, Scalable Throughput (L4S) tech in late July.
