Verizon now dropped to 3rd in latest speed test data

[Premium1]

Not really surprising. Have seen the speeds drop over the past year or so. Hopefully once they get all the cdma shut down they won't have all of this congestion

"The carrier that charges the most money for the “best” network appears to be struggling when it comes to raw speed.

Data for the last few months puts Verizon’s network in third place for average speed, behind T-Mobile and AT&T. Although Ookla’s data isn’t anything close to an accurate, comprehensive analysis of wireless speeds, the overall trend — Verizon getting slower — is hard to argue with.

The data is collected from users of Ookla’s Speedtest service, so it’s only providing a small snapshot of users. Crowdsourced speed data that relies on users running the tests themselves tend to be subject to all kinds of bias: people generally only run speedtests when they feel their data is being abnormally slow or fast, and there’s no consistency in the location or devices being tested.

But even if the data is imperfect, the large number of tests means it should at least be broadly consistent. So, Verizon falling from second to third place is a good indication that something is slowing down, and that’s really not good news for Verizon. T-Mobile claims that it’s because Verizon’s network is being overloaded by its recent rollout of unlimited plans, but really, there’s far more factors that could be at play."

 

[anon(238680)]

Although Ookla’s data isn’t anything close to an accurate, comprehensive analysis of wireless speeds

And that pretty much says it all for me.

 

[Premium1]

And that pretty much says it all for me.

Yes but this makes a good point But even if the data is imperfect, the large number of tests means it should at least be broadly consistent.

 

[anon(238680)]

Smoke and mirrors. They very well may be slowing down, but I'll take hard data to believe it and won't change anyway.

 

[Premium1]

Smoke and mirrors. They very well may be slowing down, but I'll take hard data to believe it and won't change anyway.

Not saying I will change either (can't beat the 5gb/$55 w discount) but that being said, I have noticed speeds decreasing the past year or so, even before unlimited.

 

[tpence2177]

Yeah a close city to me that isn't even the biggest city in the area is really congested and crawls at times. Like premium said though I'm on the 5 gig $55 a month and can't beat it. I generally only use around 2.5 gigs per month so I almost always have 7.5 gigs each month if needed.

 

[Premium1]

Yeah a close city to me that isn't even the biggest city in the area is really congested and crawls at times. Like premium said though I'm on the 5 gig $55 a month and can't beat it. I generally only use around 2.5 gigs per month so I almost always have 7.5 gigs each month if needed.

Same. I'm around wifi a lot so don't use a ton of data, and with carry over for those months I might I have plenty of data.

 

[tpence2177]

Yeah I'm generally too busy at work to use my phone short of a quick google search for a specific medicine I may not know or a diagnosis or something. I generally talk and text while I'm at work and then use my phone for days stuff when I'm at home on wifi lol.

 

[Almeuit]

Hard for me to leave Verizon due to so many lines. I pay around 33 bucks a month for unlimited data with Verizon.. so hard to beat.

T-Mobile at my work desk was around 10 Mbps... I get 35 now on Verizon. Works for me . The extra coverage didn't hurt when the GF went down south more.. she had LTE 100 percent of her trip and while down there.

That said... I still love T-Mobile. They forced the competition to have to change in order to compete. Better for us consumers.

 

[cell adviser]

Yep thanks for then bringing back stupid ***** unlimited data. Now people are abusing like never before

 

[cell adviser]

Why people still use Verizon I still don't really understand.

 

[Almeuit]

Yep thanks for then bringing back stupid ***** unlimited data. Now people are abusing like never before

Again... You use unlimited minutes right? So using data with unlimited is abuse? Someone sounds biased for their usage only.

 

[Almeuit]

Why people still use Verizon I still don't really understand.

I've already explained my reasons to you. Super cheap and unlimited.

 

[RHChan84]

VZW isn't the fastest but it always works for me. I'll stick with them. I have VZW and ATT and family/friends that use Sprint or T Mobile. VZW seems to work the best overall. I sometimes use my personal phone for work calls since ATT might not have good reception in certain areas.

Some areas, ATT works better but that's not a lot of areas that I've been too.

 

[Mooncatt]

Let's see, should I care? Here's a hint: What good does the fastest connection do you when you have no signal?

As for the claim that Verizon is the most expensive, that isn't always true anymore. They are the best value for me with their service plans, and they were the cheapest price for the LG V20 when it was released.

 

[Premium1]

Why people still use Verizon I still don't really understand.

Because they pretty much have coverage everywhere? If you hate it so much, switch. Then again you are probably just mad your speeds dropped a little because you feel nobody else should be able to use your lte... Get out of here with that nonsense.

 

[Premium1]

Again... You use unlimited minutes right? So using data with unlimited is abuse? Someone sounds biased for their usage only.

I think that is a poor analogy. If someone is using the unlimited as their home internet replacement (which it was never intended to be) I could see the users complaint. That being said, the speed decreases were happening before they launched the new unlimited plans. I noticed speeds slowing about a year ago, way before they brought back unlimited. Hopefully with 5g they do not have all these congestion issues.

 

[Almeuit]

I think that is a poor analogy. If someone is using the unlimited as their home internet replacement (which it was never intended to be) I could see the users complaint. That being said, the speed decreases were happening before they launched the new unlimited plans. I noticed speeds slowing about a year ago, way before they brought back unlimited. Hopefully with 5g they do not have all these congestion issues.

And I agree with you -- but cell adviser has been known to hate anyone who uses any amount of data over 1 GB since he doesn't use that. If someone uses up to 20,30,40 GB on their phone during a month he counts that as abusive. I say with some companies (like T-Mobile) having their "soft cap" at 32 GB for de-prioritization that using something like 40 GB in a month isn't really abusive if you're using it as phone data.

Most people can't use it as home internet anymore since you would have to have a really old grandfathered plan. In addition to even having that old plan users who still have it and are using a lot are being booted off the networks so the whole argument of "using it as home internet" wasn't even part of my discussion since it really isn't happening like it used to.

So my question is .. Would you count it as abuse from using a good amount of data in the proper / on phone / not as home internet way?

 

[Premium1]

And I agree with you -- but cell adviser has been known to hate anyone who uses any amount of data over 1 GB since he doesn't use that. If someone uses up to 20,30,40 GB on their phone during a month he counts that as abusive. I say with some companies (like T-Mobile) having their "soft cap" at 32 GB for de-prioritization that using something like 40 GB in a month isn't really abusive if you're using it as phone data.

Most people can't use it as home internet anymore since you would have to have a really old grandfathered plan. In addition to even having that old plan users who still have it and are using a lot are being booted off the networks so the whole argument of "using it as home internet" wasn't even part of my discussion since it really isn't happening like it used to.

So my question is .. Would you count it as abuse from using a good amount of data in the proper / on phone / not as home internet way?

Not at all. If you are one who watches/streams a lot of shows, I don't consider that "abusing it"