Which carrier has the best 5G?

[Rodney Willis]

Which carrier has the best 5G service

 

[joeldf]

No way to really know just yet.

Too many factors involved.

Where are you?

What carriers are available to you?

It's all so new still and not every carrier has 5G turned on in every location. You may be somewhere that no carrier has turned it on yet. Or, maybe you're in Chicago where there's great coverage.

It depends.

 

[Nostromo79]

Which carrier has the best 5G service

The online consensus, for what it's worth, points to T-Mobile at the moment. Verizon is just getting their juggernaut warmed-up.

 

[Rodney Willis]

I'm in The New York city area

 

[Rodney Willis]

No way to really know just yet.

Too many factors involved.

Where are you?

What carriers are available to you?

It's all so new still and not every carrier has 5G turned on in every location. You may be somewhere that no carrier has turned it on yet. Or, maybe you're in Chicago where there's great coverage.

It depends.

NYC

 

[Rodney Willis]

Tmobile is pulling ahead

 

[mustang7757]

Tmobile is pulling ahead

Yeah crazy right !

 

[Bodestone]

Which carrier has the best 5G service

Just a quick point for forums by the way. Your full description given would have suited quite well as the subject/title of the post.

No bad intended, just tips.

 

[L0n3N1nja]

Tmobile is pulling ahead

Depends what metric you look at. While T-Mobile is winning the coverage map Verizon is pushing mmWave which has shorter range(requiring more towers) but is faster and likely to handle congestion better.

It's really a matter of where one lives and what's more important to them.

 

[mustang7757]

Depends what metric you look at. While T-Mobile is winning the coverage map Verizon is pushing mmWave which has shorter range(requiring more towers) but is faster and likely to handle congestion better.

It's really a matter of where one lives and what's more important to them.

Tmobile also supposed to let out the low band 5g 600mhz better penetration

 

[MittenSportsFan]

With any carrier choice it is very dependent on where you live work and travel. What is bad for me could be great for you because a particular carrier could have towers right near all the places you go.
If we are talking strictly 5G, T-Mobile is far ahead and has a better overall strategy than Verizon and AT&T.
They have a big jump with coverage and availability right now with their low and mid band deployment and can add more speed over time with high band mmWave.
Verizon's mmWave is virtually useless for general use and will never be deployed in sparsely populated suburbs and rural areas. It is being deployed in select high traffic, high use areas like business/tourist areas, large commercial office buildings, airports, stadiums and arenas. It is super high speed but has very little range or ability to penetrate objects. Verizon's website indicates it is available outside in select areas. There is no area in the entire country that has more than a few blocks of continuous Verizon 5G mmWave coverage. You can't use it in a moving car for more than a minute or so.
No carrier will be able to have nationwide coverage with just high band mmWave 5G.
Verizon will have to overpay to win the next spectrum auction this fall because everyone knows they are desperate for mid-band spectrum to roll out a nationwide 5G network.

T-Mobile already has a complete spectrum of high band mmWave, as well as mid and low band to cover the nation.
T-Mobile in 5G will be what Verizon has been in 4G. They will have the best coverage and reliability when looking to find and maintain a 5G signal.

I am still a Verizon customer because their 4G coverage is so much better (especially where I live) and practical 5G benefits are negligible at best.
This is why I am staying with my Note 10+ and sitting out the Note 20 Ultra.

But the next phone I get will have to be 5G and I will likely switch to T-Mobile unless Big Red gets a better plan for catching up to T-Mo

 

[o4liberty]

Verizon is rolling out the fastest 5g but it will take years to have it anywhere outside major cities. T-Mobile has more coverage with slower speeds but with Sprint being part of TMobile the speeds and coverage will increase faster.

 

[sulla1965]

T-mobile still has a lot of black holes. But if they change this with their 5g network then maybe I'd leave Verizon. I'd still put my money on Verizon's 5g service though.

 

[MittenSportsFan]

Verizon is still the king of 4G coverage and that is what is most important to me at this time.
T-Mobile does have some significant 4G coverage gaps but is far ahead in 5G and has a better overall 5G strategy.
T-Mobile will likely be the "King of 5G".

 

[mustang7757]

With any carrier choice it is very dependent on where you live work and travel. What is bad for me could be great for you because a particular carrier could have towers right near all the places you go.
If we are talking strictly 5G, T-Mobile is far ahead and has a better overall strategy than Verizon and AT&T.
They have a big jump with coverage and availability right now with their low and mid band deployment and can add more speed over time with high band mmWave.
Verizon's mmWave is virtually useless for general use and will never be deployed in sparsely populated suburbs and rural areas. It is being deployed in select high traffic, high use areas like business/tourist areas, large commercial office buildings, airports, stadiums and arenas. It is super high speed but has very little range or ability to penetrate objects. Verizon's website indicates it is available outside in select areas. There is no area in the entire country that has more than a few blocks of continuous Verizon 5G mmWave coverage. You can't use it in a moving car for more than a minute or so.
No carrier will be able to have nationwide coverage with just high band mmWave 5G.
Verizon will have to overpay to win the next spectrum auction this fall because everyone knows they are desperate for mid-band spectrum to roll out a nationwide 5G network.

T-Mobile already has a complete spectrum of high band mmWave, as well as mid and low band to cover the nation.
T-Mobile in 5G will be what Verizon has been in 4G. They will have the best coverage and reliability when looking to find and maintain a 5G signal.

I am still a Verizon customer because their 4G coverage is so much better (especially where I live) and practical 5G benefits are negligible at best.
This is why I am staying with my Note 10+ and sitting out the Note 20 Ultra.

But the next phone I get will have to be 5G and I will likely switch to T-Mobile unless Big Red gets a better plan for catching up to T-Mo

I agree

 

[7h3d34f0n3]

Hell I would be happy if they would get 4G everywhere first. Kinda works at home & barely get 1 bar of 3G at work.