As of the end of September 2020, T-Mobile said the addition of Sprint's midband spectrum had boosted its average 5G download speeds to 300 Mbps. However, Ookla went out and did some testing, reporting a 25% jump in mean download speeds for New York between January and mid-May 2020. Testing T-Mobile's 5G network using a OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren (Image credit: Tom's Guide)īecause of the coronavirus pandemic, we haven’t had the opportunity to go out and see how T-Mobile expansion in New York and other cities has improved its 5G performance. Just as important as the time was the fact that we ran this test indoors, something you really can’t do over faster mmWave-based 5G. That three-hour-plus movie took 3 minutes to download over 5G we stopped trying after 10 minutes over LTE. One encouraging test we ran at time involved downloading The Irishman off of Netflix. In some instances, 5G was much faster than T-Mobile LTE, though in a few spots, performance was actually worse. At the time, the Uncarrier was promising a 20% boost on download speeds over its existing LTE coverage, which is roughly what we saw when testing T-Mobile 5G with a OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren. When T-Mobile turned on its nationwide network in 2019, we had a chance to test the service in Maui.
After the first three months of this year, T-Mobile said its Ultra Capacity 5G coverage reached 125 million people, with plans to go nationwide by the time 2021 draws to a close. By the end of September 2020, T-Mobile said this Ultra Capacity 5G coverage was live in 210 cities and towns, giving them a 7.5x improvement over LTE speeds on average. That means New York City is now served by all types of 5G through T-Mobile.Īfter those first two cities, T-Mobile added mid-band 5G coverage in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. The New York expansion is particularly significant because that city was already served by T-Mobile's low-band and millimeter wave-based service. by checking out the carrier’s 5G coverage map (opens in new tab).Īround a year ago, T-Mobile added Sprint's mid-band spectrum to its 5G service in Philadelphia and New York, broadening coverage depth while also boosting speed in those two cities. You can see if T-Mobile 5G extends to your part of the U.S. That makes T-Mobile’s 5G network the largest, as Verizon says its nationwide coverage reaches 230 million people.
These days, T-Mobile says its 5G signal reaches more than 8,300 cities and towns, covering 287million people.
T-Mobile’s 5G coverage has only expanded since then, thanks in no small part to to its Sprint acquisition.
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