Ookla Q2 Mobile and Fixed Broadband Performance Report

Speedtest Intelligence reveals AT&T was the fastest mobile operator in the US in Q2 2020 with a Speed Score of 41.23 on modern chipsets in competitive geographies. T-Mobile was the second fastest, Sprint third and Verizon Wireless fourth. Although Sprint merged with T-Mobile earlier in 2020, Ookla considered the companies’ performance separately as the networks have not been fully integrated. We will combine their results when the integration is complete.

As of July 8, 2020, there were 5,165 commercially available 5G deployments in the US according to the Ookla 5G Map. T-Mobile had the majority of these deployments with 5,008. AT&T had 355 deployments and Verizon Wireless 39. While Sprint did show 5G results during Q2 2020, T-Mobile has since shut down those sites. The number of T-Mobile 5G deployments suggests that they had significantly more 5G coverage as of Q2 than the other operators combined.

Verizon ruled the roost for fastest US broadband speeds, and was also tops for lowest latency. For fastest fixed broadband speeds, Comcast, Cox, Charter, AT&T and CenturyLink, respectively, followed on the heels of Verizon. Overall, Ookla reported a decline in fixed broadband download speeds in March due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, but noted download speeds have since rebounded. Median download speeds over fixed broadband increased by almost 20% during the last year to 86.04 Mbps in Q2 while median upload speeds increased by 1.5% to 11.86 Mbps over the same time frame.