Is AT&T really the fastest?
AT&T: 2Mbs+ 3G
AT&T: 160Kbs+ EDGE most rural areas
Sprint: 2Mbs Rural 1Mbs Urban
T-Mobile: 45Kbs Rural 120Kbs urban
It seems to me that no carrier can really say they are the fastest con...
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That study is getting to be about a year old now and the market has gone through a lot of changes.
How these studies are structured will cause a lot of variation in the results. If you go by technology deployed you'll get a pretty accurate picture of who has the fastest in your area, assuming the carrier is supporting it with enough base stations and backhaul.
That would look like this:
GRPS < EDGE < 1Xrt < UMTS 3.6 (WCDMA) < EVDO < HSPA (UMTS 7.2) < Wimax < HSPA+ (UMTS 21.0) < LTE >>>>>>>>
These things may or may not hold true in a customer's particular area.
HSPA+ is fast, but if you're in an area where T-mob only has GRPS deployed speed is no reason to pick them.
When you get past the marketing buzz you see that it's a dynamic market.