- A new report from Ookla claims AT&T Fiber is the fastest ISP in the United States, followed by Verizon FIOS and Cox Communications.
- On the mobile side, T-Mobile takes the lead by a decent margin on speed, though reliability and other factors are fairly similar.
- The metrics used to determine these picks vary depending on the speed testing platform involved, and so the results should be taken with a grain of salt.
Our bandwidth needs have increased significantly in recent years, with most US consumers shifting to online media consumption over traditional TV, not to mention activities like online gaming, file downloading, and video conferences. If speed is important to you, you might be curious about who currently leads the pack. According to Ookla’s latest report, it seems the answer is AT&T Fiber.
As you can imagine, AT&T was quick to brag about this victory. AT&T Fiber achieved a Speed Score of 360.85, which was 34% faster than the nearest competitor. Additionally, AT&T Fiber also scored the highest network Consistency Score in the US at 95.2%. Verizon was the next runner-up with a score of 269.47, and Cox took third with a score of 241.86. Most of AT&T Fiber’s competitors had similar consistency scores, just a few percentage points lower than AT&T Fiber.