Fixed-Wireless Access Subscribers Benefit from Robust Download Speeds

Fixed wireless access has steadily gained popularity in the U.S. over the past four years and now the service has more than 11.5 million subscribers—and that’s just counting the FWA subscribers from the big three nationwide operators. Today, FWA is considered a viable broadband competitor, and its traction with customers has caused many cable operators to lose customers to FWA. 

• As of Q4 2024, T-Mobile’s FWA subscriber base tops 6.43 million. However, that growth in FWA subscribers hasn’t impacted the company’s download speeds. T-Mobile’s FWA median download speeds increased more than 50% from 134.99 Mbps in Q4 2023 to 205.44 Mbps in Q4 2024.  
• AT&T’s Internet Air FWA customers experience strong median download speeds of 150.47 Mbps (as of Q4 2024). 
• T-Mobile consistently outpaces the competition when it comes to median upload speeds. 
• Verizon and T-Mobile have both recently increased their goals for the number of FWA subscribers they plan to attract by 2028. Verizon increased its goal to 8 million to 9 million by 2028 and T-Mobile increased its goal to 12 million by 2028.