The Fastest Cell Phone & Internet Service Providers in 2024 WSOC TV [Video]

This month, Ookla released the H1 2024 U.S. Connectivity Report. The report contains data from January-June 2024 collected from millions of daily consumer-initiated tests taken on Speedtest. Ookla collected data from mobile service providers and fixed internet service providers (ISPs).

Here are a few key takeaways from the report: 

In this article, I’ll take a closer look at Ookla’s 1H 2024 Connectivity Report and how all the major cell phone networks and fixed ISPs compare.

Compared to other major networks, T-Mobile was the fastest mobile provider in the U.S. during the first half of 2024. T-Mobile’s network showed a median download speed of 234.82Mbps, up from 164.14Mbps during the first half of 2023. Both AT&T and Verizon Wireless’ median speed also improved.

The Speed Score below was calculated by combining each network’s download and upload performance.

T-Mobile also had the fastest 5G download speeds in the first half of 2024. The median …