Ookla releases its mobile and fixed broadband Speedtest rankings for December 2021

Ookla's Speedtest released its mobile and fixed broadband speed rankings in the United States for December 2021. Speedtest Intelligence revealed T-Mobile was the fastest mobile operator in the United States during Q4 2021 with a median download speed of 90.65 Mbps on modern chipsets. AT&T was second and Verizon third. This represents a strong increase in download speed for T-Mobile from 62.35 Mbps in Q3 2021. Calculating median latency for the three top mobile providers in the US during Q4 2021, T-Mobile had the lowest latency at 31 milliseconds (ms). Verizon was second at 32 ms and AT&T third at 34 ms. In measuring each operator’s ability to provide consistent speeds, we found that T-Mobile had the highest Consistency Score in the US during Q4 2021, with 87.3 percent of results showing at least 5 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload speeds. Verizon was second at 80.4 percent and AT&T was third at 80.2 percent. Looking only at tests taken on a 5G connection, T-Mobile had the fastest median download in the US in Q4 2021, Verizon Wireless was second, and AT&T third. During Q4 2021, T-Mobile also had the best 5G Availability, followed by AT&T and then Verizon.